[Thor Joachim Haga]

A solo trumpet or sax usually gets the trick done.

Bill Conti’s BLOOD IN BLOOD OUT has some good stuff. Sadly not released commercially, and the track I own on a bootleg that would fit in here, “East Los Angeles”, I couldn’t find on YouTube.

Another example is Christian Verbeek’s recent score for THREE DAYS OF FISH:

Sometimes helicopters fly over the cityscapes, allowing for great, sweepingly poetic music. One example is in Cliff Martinez’ TRAFFIC:

But an even better example — perhaps the best helicopter-flying-over-city cue ever – is Tim Truman’s gorgeous track from MIAMI VICE:

OK, enough for now. I don’t want these threads to get TOO YouTube-heavy.