---
name: "The Reds"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/the-reds"
fi1m_id: "the-reds"
tmdb_id: 5380152
roles: ["Composer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 82
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-17T18:37:07.200571+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# The Reds

## Identity

The Reds

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/the-reds
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** the-reds
- **TMDB ID:** 5380152
- **Same entity:** https://www.themoviedb.org/person/5380152

Composer.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Active:** 1984–1986
- **Frequently works with:** [Michael Mann](https://film.one/person/michael-mann.md)
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.themoviedb.org/person/5380152

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Manhunter*](https://film.one/film/manhunter.md) (84)
- **Tubi:** [*Miami Vice*](https://film.one/tv/miami-vice.md) (81)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

The Reds are an American rock band from Philadelphia, formed in the late 1970s by guitarist and vocalist Rick Shaffer and keyboardist Bruce Cohen. They released several albums on labels including A&M and Sire before their 1984 album *Shake Appeal* led to collaborations with director Michael Mann.

The band contributed original music and songs to the films *Manhunter* (1986), for which they composed and performed alongside Michel Rubini, *Band of the Hand* (1986) and *A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 2: Freddy's Revenge* (1985), as well as music for episodes of the television series *Miami Vice*.

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, jazzrocksoul.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Manhunter* (1986), Fi1m 84, Music, Original Music Composer, Songs — [page](https://film.one/film/manhunter.md)
- *Miami Vice* (1984), Fi1m 81, Music — [page](https://film.one/tv/miami-vice.md)

## Complete filmography (5)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Dirty Step Upstage* (2009), as Songs · Original Music Composer
- *Manhunter* (1986), Original Music Composer, Songs — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/manhunter.md)
- *Band of the Hand* (1986), as Songs · Music
- *A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 2: Freddy's Revenge* (1985), as Songs
- *Miami Vice* (1984), series, Music, Songs — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/tv/miami-vice.md)

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