I had to see whether the original composer,
Harold Faltermeyer, still has a hand in this madness, or if he sold the rights to his composition outright, for a lump sum. I gladly extend my top hat to collect your puzzle pieces.
Including any other work (Faltermeyer wrote the "Top Gun Theme," just to name one) just the royalties on these compositions alone should have Harold Scrooge McDuckin' on the bed of bills for decades to come. I was curious.
According to AI and Wikipedia:
Harold Faltermeyer, the composer of "Axel F," still holds the rights to the original composition. However, the Crazy Frog version of "Axel F" was produced and marketed by Jamba! (also known as Jamster!), which is now owned by Ministry of Sound.
So, while Faltermeyer retains the rights to his original work, the specific version used by Crazy Frog is associated with the company that owns Crazy Frog.
Also:
Harold Faltermeyer retains the rights to his original composition "Axel F." However, the specific licensing agreement for the Crazy Frog version might involve royalties or a lump sum payment. Unfortunately, the exact details of the agreement between Faltermeyer and the company behind Crazy Frog (Jamba!/Ministry of Sound) are not publicly disclosed.
So the question burning on no one's mind is, what Salah is playing...can that be considered "Axel F" or "Crazy Frog?"
As a music autist, to me, he is absolutely playing "Axel F." To the poop-loving autist playing it, it's "Crazy Frog," sadly. As to who is owed the mechanicals on Salah's performances, it's unclear whether it's the ringtone company, or Faltermeyer himself, due to the NDA. It would be quite hilarious if Cutie's aylawgs forced the issue and the money trail was exposed. Since Cutie's aylawgs are rarely capable of doing anything funny, I'm not holding my breath.
Okay, so why was this largely irrelevant semantic issue trotted out by me, and trampled to death, for the edification of absolutely no one?
The large portion of Cutie's most ardent aylawgs were absolutely, unquestionably, alive when "Beverly Hills Cop" was in theaters, and "Axle F" was being played regularly on mainstream radio.
I am convinced that they are trying to pathetically retcon themselves as younger women by calling it "Crazy Frog," be it on a parasocial level, or simply infantalizing themselves ala Hamberloin's Legos.
Or maybe they are uncultured swine, perish the thought. I'll take that excuse for the youngsters, but there's no fucking way those gorls weren't hearing that song next to "Walk Like an Egyptian" and "West End Girls" on the town's strongest FM signal. Come the fuck on, their biggest fattest figurehead (Yaba) brags about having a record player. Let's not discount the millions of VHS copies of "Beverly Hills Cop" floating around the homes of so many Americans. I have a strong feeling a lot of these gorls' families didn't immediately switch to DVD upon its rollout.
So yeah. If you are on Twatter pretending to be better than Salad al-Shartan and his bride, try not pretending you're in you're 20's. Also if you ARE in your 20's and have already discarded your life by aylawging a fat Canadian and her pet autist, this is a good time to reconsider your life and change it.