- Top Gun Anthem
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Name = Top Gun Anthem
Artist =Steve Stevens
Album =Top Gun (soundtrack)
Released =1986
Format =CD
Recorded = 1985
Genre =Instrumental rock
Length = 4:12
Label =Columbia Records
Producer = Harold Faltermeyer"Top Gun Anthem" is an
instrumental rock song played on guitar bySteve Stevens . It was the theme for the1986 film "Top Gun" and was featured on the soundtrack. Many people have confused "Danger Zone" byKenny Loggins , also featured on the soundtrack, as the theme song. "Top Gun Anthem" won a 1987 Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Performance. The song'smusic video , directed byDominic Sena , showsHarold Faltermeyer playing the piano and Stevens on electric guitar in ahangar with Naval aircraft. This video was re-released within the2004 "Top Gun" Collector's Edition DVD. Since the advent ofpeer-to-peer filesharing networks, the song is often misattributed toJoe Satriani orEddie Van Halen A similar tune was found in the 1988
Amiga flight simulatorF/A-18 Interceptor .Rapper
T.I. sampled the guitar riff for his songBig Things Poppin' .On
July 3 ,2008 ,Activision released a free downloadable version of the "Top Gun Anthem" covered bySteve Ouimette for both thePlayStation 3 andXbox 360 versions of "".cite web | url=http://www.joystiq.com/2008/07/01/guitar-hero-iii-getting-free-top-gun-anthem-dlc | title=Guitar Hero III Getting Free Top Gun Anthem DLC | date=2008-07-01 | accessdate=2008-07-02 | author=Ludwig Kietzmann |publisher=Joystiq ]References
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