This was
Jan Hammer's final musical appearance on the show.
Tim Truman would take over in season five, although Hammer's opening theme would remain. Some of Hammer's classic tracks are featured in this episode, including the music when Crockett and Tubbs meet Grocero in the smoke-filled room in
Smuggler's Blues (1985) (used during Burnett's dealings with Manolo and Gutierrez, as well as when he first wakes up after the explosion) and "Rico's Blues" (used when Rico is visiting Manolo's Miami HQ). Additionally, the Hammer track featured during the scene where Crockett/Burnett drives off in his speedboat with Tubbs calling out to him is a mixture of the haunting melody first used when Tubbs remembers his brother's death in
Brother's Keeper (1984) and "Crockett's Theme".