Top Gun: Maverick [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack] in Bloomington, MN

The soundtrack to the 36-years-in-coming movie sequel
Top Gun: Maverick
teams up
Top Gun
(1986) composer
Harold Faltermeyer
with
Hans Zimmer
,
Lorne Balfe
, and
Lady Gaga
. They and a handful of others contribute in various incarnations to a rock-injected orchestral score based partly on the original film's anthem. With songwriting help from one of those others,
Michael Tucker
(aka
BloodPop
),
Gaga
also provides the new power ballad "Hold My Hand." The album's score tracks alternate with pop songs including the latter, a reprisal of
Kenny Loggins
' "Danger Zone," and a live-on-set performance of "Great Balls of Fire" by cast member
Miles Teller
. Other contributors to the soundtrack include
OneRepublic
, who offer up original song "I Ain't Worried," and
Smiths
guitarist
Johnny Marr
, who performs the movie's theme just a year after his appearance on the Bond theme "No Time to Die." ~ Marcy Donelson