35 Years Later, Top Gun And Its Epic Soundtrack Still Takes Our Breath Away by : Cameron Frew on : 16 May 2021 17:09 Paramount Pictures Danger Zone; a soundtrack of unmistakable, eternal super-bangers. All it takes is Harold Faltermeyer’s opening ‘dum’ of a tubular bell. It’s like the warmth of a heated car seat in winter, or the first sip of a pint. The smile creeping across my face only grows wider as the credits outline the plot. Advert 10 ‘On March 3, 1969, the United States Navy established an elite school for the top one percent of its pilots. It’s purpose was to teach the lost art of aerial combat and to insure that the handful of men who graduated were the best fighter pilots in the world.’