'They were looking to offer a few British bands soundtrack opportunities. ĪBC members Martin Fry and Mark White were invited to see the director's rough cut version of Top Gun in 1986. The band offered the producers three other songs for the soundtrack, all of which were rejected. Downing later called their opting out of the film 'a big mistake'. Judas Priest were 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). The Motels were originally considered to perform 'Take My Breath Away', and a demo version exists on their 2001 compilation Anthologyland. 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. Eventually, the film's producers agreed that 'Danger Zone' would be recorded and performed by Kenny Loggins. Corey Hart also declined, preferring to write and perform his own compositions. (Adams also refused to allow his song 'Only the Strong Survive' to be featured in the film.) REO Speedwagon were approached but declined, due to not being allowed to contribute any of their own compositions to the soundtrack. 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. Toto were originally intended to perform the track ' Danger Zone', but legal conflicts between the film's producers and the band's lawyers prevented this. In 1999, the album was reissued as a 'Special Expanded Edition' with additional songs, and in 2006, it was reissued again as Music From and Inspired by Top Gun: Deluxe Edition, containing additional songs not in the film. According to Allmusic, the album 'remains a quintessential artifact of the mid-'80s', and the album's hits 'still define the bombastic, melodramatic sound that dominated the pop charts of the era.' The song ' Take My Breath Away' by Berlin went on to win both the Academy Award for Best Original Song and the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song. It was the best selling soundtrack of 1986 and one of the best selling of all time. The album reached number one in the US charts for five nonconsecutive weeks in the summer and autumn of 1986. Top Gun is the soundtrack from the film of the same name, released in 1986 by Columbia Records.

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