Top Gun (soundtrack)

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Toto was originally intended to perform the track "Danger Zone", but legal conflicts between the film's producers and the band's lawyers prevented this. Bryan Adams was approached to perform it, but refused any involvement in the film, feeling that it glorified war and, as such, not wanting any of his work linked to it. (Adams also refused to allow his song "Only the Strong Survive" to be featured in the film.) REO Speedwagon was approached but declined, due to not being allowed to contribute any of their own compositions to the soundtrack. Corey Hart also declined, preferring to write and perform his own compositions. Eventually, the film's producers agreed that "Danger Zone" would be recorded and performed by Kenny Loggins.^[10]

Members of Toto also wrote and intended to perform a song called "Only You" that would have been used as the film's love theme instead of "Take My Breath Away", but legal conflicts prevented doing so.^[10] The Motels were originally considered to perform "Take My Breath Away", and a demo version exists on their 2001 compilation Anthologyland.^[11]

Judas Priest was also approached to allow their song "Reckless" in the film but declined when the proposed contract stipulated that the filmmakers have exclusive rights to the song, which would have necessitated the band omitting the song from their forthcoming album Turbo (1986). Former Judas Priest guitarist K.K. Downing later called their opting out of the film "a big mistake". The band offered the producers three other songs for the soundtrack, all of which were rejected.^[12]

ABC members Martin Fry and Mark White were invited to see the director's rough cut version of Top Gun in 1986. "They were looking to offer a few British bands soundtrack opportunities. Mark and I weren't impressed with the film and chose not to contribute any music to it."^{[13][better source needed]}

Bobby Blotzer of Ratt proposed using the song "Reach for the Sky", an outtake from Ratt's 1984 album Out of the Cellar. Although the rest of the band seriously considered the idea, they declined under the belief that their long-time fans would not like the song and would accuse the group of selling out.^[14] Although the song title "Reach for the Sky" would become the title of the band's 1988 album, the track itself was never officially released until 2024, being remastered and finally released in honour of the 40th anniversary of Out of the Cellar.

The Cars' song "Stranger Eyes" (from their 1984 album Heartbeat City) was featured in an early teaser trailer for the film, though it was absent from the film's final cut.^{[citation needed]}

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Music from and Inspired by Top Gun: Deluxe Edition

In 2006, the "Special Expanded Edition" was repackaged in the UK with five additional songs "not included in the motion picture".^[15]

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No.	Title	Writer(s)	Performer	Length
16.	"Can't Fight This Feeling"	Kevin Cronin	REO Speedwagon	4:54
17.	"Broken Wings"	Richard Page Steve George John Lang	Mr. Mister	4:24
18.	"The Final Countdown"	Joey Tempest	Europe	3:58
19.	"Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now"	Albert Hammond Diane Warren Richard Hulle	Starship	4:25
20.	"The Power of Love"	Gunther Mende Candy DeRouge Jennifer Rush Mary Susan Applegate	Jennifer Rush	4:27

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