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09-03-2013, 01:51 AM
VA - Music from and Inspired By TOP GUN (1986/2006, FLAC+320) Remastered Deluxe Edition
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Tracklist:
01. Kenny Loggins - Danger Zone (3:37)
02. Cheap Trick - Mighty Wings (3:51)
03. Kenny Loggins - Playing With the Boys (3:59)
04. Teena Marie - Lead Me On (3:47)
05. Berlin - Take My Breath Away (Love Theme from "Top Gun") (4:15)
06. Miami Sound Machine - Hot Summer Nights (3:37)
07. Loverboy - Heaven In Your Eyes (4:04)
08. Larry Greene - Through the Fire (3:46)
09. Marietta - Destination Unknown (3:47)
10. Harold Faltermeyer - Top Gun Anthem (4:12)
11. Otis Redding - (Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay (2:42)
12. Harold Faltermeyer - Memories (2:56)
13. Jerry Lee Lewis - Great Balls of Fire (1:51)
14. The Righteous Brothers - You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling (3:44)
15. Kenny Loggins - Playing With the Boys (6:41)
Deluxe Edition Bonus Tracks:
16. REO Speedwagon - Can't Fight This Feeling (4:54)
17. Mr. Mister - Broken Wings (4:23)
18. Europe - The Final Countdown (Single Version) (3:57)
19. Starship - Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now (4:24)
20. Jennifer Rush - The Power of Love (4:28)
FLAC - https://mega.co.nz/#!a4ZFmL4J!VxrMej3hgmlCKT760ICjXix_jKtdNlcXNnfMEMn sMm0
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One of the definitive and best-selling soundtracks of the 1980's was the Top Gun soundtrack. It yielded two Top Five singles, one in the Top Twenty, and two in the bottom half of the charts. With the success of the first two singles, the soundtrack took off without needing any help from the other three.
The racing rocker "Danger Zone" evokes an image of F-14s soaring through the air and cements Kenny Loggins' reputation as that guy who did soundtrack songs (Caddyshack, Footloose, Over The Top). This is definitely his best soundtrack song. The searing guitar solo he does after the bridge is just hot.
Cheap Trick's "Mighty Wings" is a thematic rocker in keeping pace with the movie when Robin Zander and company implores: "Take me on your mighty wings and fly." This shouldn't have flopped in the bottom 50 of the Hot 100. Both this song and "Danger Zone" is refreshing for long car trips.
It's the song afterwards, a mild rocker titled "Playing With The Boys", by Mr. Loggins, that is good, but none one of his best.
With 80's synthesizers blaring, Teena Marie performs the 80's dance pop of "Lead Me On." A similar sound and voice is present in "Destination Unknown" by Marietta. No, this isn't the Missing Persons number. Teena Marie had enough songs to have a greatest hits CD, but whatever happened to Marietta?
Berlin's "Take My Breath Away" was one of those immortal love themes for movies, highlighted by Terri Nunn's vocals. Since I first heard it on radio and MTV, I never got sick of it.
Compared to the material on their first two albums, "Hot Summer Nights" by Miami Sound Machine is totally a throwaway dance song, but at least it's better than when Gloria Estefan overshadowed the machine and turned her back on Cuban dance pop to disco.
"Heaven In Your Eyes" by the Vancouver-based group Loverboy is a prime and splendid example of a power ballad, which should've done better than the #12 peak on the Billboard singles chart. Mike Reno really lets it rip in the last line of the bridge: "Oh this feeling inside, in your eyes" before that wailing guitar kicks in.
"Through The Fire" by Larry Greene, another artist who I'm not sure made any other songs, has a rock guitar nearly as crunchy as "Danger Zone" but overlaced with synthesizers to produce that 80's rock-synthesizer sound. His voice kind of reminds me of a restrained version of Jimi Jameson of Survivor.
Harold Faltermeyer ("Axel F") and Steve Steven (Billy Idol's shaggy-haired guitarist) do the instrumental "Top Gun Anthem," a splendid power-ballad type marriage of keyboard synthesizer and piercing electric guitar. "Memories", the sad elegiac instrumental, which I assume was played when Maverick mourns his best friend's death.
As for the five additional songs, the three 60's classics work to the point that it's more of a complete soundtrack, although it's kind of jarring for those used to having the album end with "Top Gun Anthem." The 6:41 dance mix of "Playing With The Boys" is a welcome addition, but that's because it was remixed by Jellybean Benitez, Madonna's pre-Sean Penn boyfriend?
The CD sleeves includes an interview with Top Gun's producer Jerry Bruckheimer and his fond recollections. According to him, it's difficult doing a soundtrack with certain artists in mind because they might have other obligations. The key is getting the songwriters to do the songs, then approaching the artists whenever they're free. Giorgio Moroder and Tom Whitlock were real assets here, considering they wrote the songs done by Berlin, Teena Marie, Larry Greene, and Kenny Loggins' "Danger Zone." Still, the perfect example of a packaged soundtrack that's actually good.
(http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/812/c5vo.jpg/)
Tracklist:
01. Kenny Loggins - Danger Zone (3:37)
02. Cheap Trick - Mighty Wings (3:51)
03. Kenny Loggins - Playing With the Boys (3:59)
04. Teena Marie - Lead Me On (3:47)
05. Berlin - Take My Breath Away (Love Theme from "Top Gun") (4:15)
06. Miami Sound Machine - Hot Summer Nights (3:37)
07. Loverboy - Heaven In Your Eyes (4:04)
08. Larry Greene - Through the Fire (3:46)
09. Marietta - Destination Unknown (3:47)
10. Harold Faltermeyer - Top Gun Anthem (4:12)
11. Otis Redding - (Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay (2:42)
12. Harold Faltermeyer - Memories (2:56)
13. Jerry Lee Lewis - Great Balls of Fire (1:51)
14. The Righteous Brothers - You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling (3:44)
15. Kenny Loggins - Playing With the Boys (6:41)
Deluxe Edition Bonus Tracks:
16. REO Speedwagon - Can't Fight This Feeling (4:54)
17. Mr. Mister - Broken Wings (4:23)
18. Europe - The Final Countdown (Single Version) (3:57)
19. Starship - Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now (4:24)
20. Jennifer Rush - The Power of Love (4:28)
FLAC - https://mega.co.nz/#!a4ZFmL4J!VxrMej3hgmlCKT760ICjXix_jKtdNlcXNnfMEMn sMm0
---------- Post added at 01:51 AM ---------- Previous post was at 01:51 AM ----------
One of the definitive and best-selling soundtracks of the 1980's was the Top Gun soundtrack. It yielded two Top Five singles, one in the Top Twenty, and two in the bottom half of the charts. With the success of the first two singles, the soundtrack took off without needing any help from the other three.
The racing rocker "Danger Zone" evokes an image of F-14s soaring through the air and cements Kenny Loggins' reputation as that guy who did soundtrack songs (Caddyshack, Footloose, Over The Top). This is definitely his best soundtrack song. The searing guitar solo he does after the bridge is just hot.
Cheap Trick's "Mighty Wings" is a thematic rocker in keeping pace with the movie when Robin Zander and company implores: "Take me on your mighty wings and fly." This shouldn't have flopped in the bottom 50 of the Hot 100. Both this song and "Danger Zone" is refreshing for long car trips.
It's the song afterwards, a mild rocker titled "Playing With The Boys", by Mr. Loggins, that is good, but none one of his best.
With 80's synthesizers blaring, Teena Marie performs the 80's dance pop of "Lead Me On." A similar sound and voice is present in "Destination Unknown" by Marietta. No, this isn't the Missing Persons number. Teena Marie had enough songs to have a greatest hits CD, but whatever happened to Marietta?
Berlin's "Take My Breath Away" was one of those immortal love themes for movies, highlighted by Terri Nunn's vocals. Since I first heard it on radio and MTV, I never got sick of it.
Compared to the material on their first two albums, "Hot Summer Nights" by Miami Sound Machine is totally a throwaway dance song, but at least it's better than when Gloria Estefan overshadowed the machine and turned her back on Cuban dance pop to disco.
"Heaven In Your Eyes" by the Vancouver-based group Loverboy is a prime and splendid example of a power ballad, which should've done better than the #12 peak on the Billboard singles chart. Mike Reno really lets it rip in the last line of the bridge: "Oh this feeling inside, in your eyes" before that wailing guitar kicks in.
"Through The Fire" by Larry Greene, another artist who I'm not sure made any other songs, has a rock guitar nearly as crunchy as "Danger Zone" but overlaced with synthesizers to produce that 80's rock-synthesizer sound. His voice kind of reminds me of a restrained version of Jimi Jameson of Survivor.
Harold Faltermeyer ("Axel F") and Steve Steven (Billy Idol's shaggy-haired guitarist) do the instrumental "Top Gun Anthem," a splendid power-ballad type marriage of keyboard synthesizer and piercing electric guitar. "Memories", the sad elegiac instrumental, which I assume was played when Maverick mourns his best friend's death.
As for the five additional songs, the three 60's classics work to the point that it's more of a complete soundtrack, although it's kind of jarring for those used to having the album end with "Top Gun Anthem." The 6:41 dance mix of "Playing With The Boys" is a welcome addition, but that's because it was remixed by Jellybean Benitez, Madonna's pre-Sean Penn boyfriend?
The CD sleeves includes an interview with Top Gun's producer Jerry Bruckheimer and his fond recollections. According to him, it's difficult doing a soundtrack with certain artists in mind because they might have other obligations. The key is getting the songwriters to do the songs, then approaching the artists whenever they're free. Giorgio Moroder and Tom Whitlock were real assets here, considering they wrote the songs done by Berlin, Teena Marie, Larry Greene, and Kenny Loggins' "Danger Zone." Still, the perfect example of a packaged soundtrack that's actually good.