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Tom Cruise, Kelly McGillis, Val Kilmer, Anthony Edwards, Tom Skerritt, Michael Ironside, John Stockwell, Barry Tubb, Rick Rossovich, Tim Robbins - Top Gun Soundtrack

Tom Cruise, Kelly McGillis, Val Kilmer, Anthony Edwards, Tom Skerritt, Michael Ironside, John Stockwell, Barry Tubb, Rick Rossovich, Tim Robbins - Top Gun Soundtrack

Band: Tom Cruise, Kelly McGillis, Val Kilmer, Anthony Edwards, Tom Skerritt, Michael Ironside, John Stockwell, Barry Tubb, Rick Rossovich, Tim Robbins Title: Top Gun Soundtrack Rating: Release Date: 31 August, 1999 Media: Audio CD Tracks: 1: Danger Zone - Kenny Loggins 2: Mighty Wings - Cheap Trick 3: Playing With The Boys - Kenny Loggins 4: Lead Me On - Teena Marie 5: Take My Breath Away (Love Theme) - Berlin 6: Hot Summer Nights - Miami Sound Machine 7: Heaven In Your Eyes - Loverboy 8: Through The Fire - Larry Greene 9: Destination Unknown - Marietta 10: Top Gun Anthem - Harold Faltermeyer/Steve Stevens 11: (Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay - Otis Redding 12: Memories - Harold Faltermeyer 13: Great Balls Of Fire - Jerry Lee Lewis 14: You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling - The Righteous Brothers 15: Playing With The Boys (Dance Mix) - Kenny Loggins

Editoral Review It propelled Tom Cruise to superstar status, and jetted director Tony (True Romance, 1994; Enemy of the State, 1998) Scott's career into the stratosphere. Top Gun (1986) must be counted one of the most influential movies of the 1980s. It also allowed producers Don Simpson and Jerry Bruckheimer to perfect their multiplex-friendly blockbuster formula of join-the-dots plot, MTV-inspired visuals and rapid-fire action. Not least, it all but invented the modern pop soundtrack. Certainly it was the success of Simon and Garfunkel's The Graduate (1967) which inspired many song soundtracks in the pre-Star Wars (1977) decade, but since Top Gun, soundtrack pop has been gunning for the top like never before. Two singles dominate the album, Berlin's massive hit, "Take My Breath Away", and Kenny Loggins' "Danger Zone", both co-written by Giorgio Moroder, who also scored Midnight Express (1978) and penned Blondie's "Call Me" from American Gigolo (1980). Most of the remainder is up-beat, energetic American AOR stadium pop-rock by bands like Cheap Trick and Loverboy, huge names at the time of the film's release. Rounding out the collection is the electro-instrumental "Top Gun Anthem" by Harold Faltermeyer, the man behind "The Heat Is On" from Simpson and Bruckheimer's previous box-office bonanza, Beverly Hills Cop (1984). All in all, a landmark soundtrack. --Gary S. Dalkin .. You can see a complete list of all Tom Cruise, Kelly McGillis, Val Kilmer, Anthony Edwards, Tom Skerritt, Michael Ironside, John Stockwell, Barry Tubb, Rick Rossovich, Tim Robbins discography, or go back to the Tom Cruise, Kelly McGillis, Val Kilmer, Anthony Edwards, Tom Skerritt, Michael Ironside, John Stockwell, Barry Tubb, Rick Rossovich, Tim Robbins tabs