Perhaps without you realizing it, there’s a strong chance that the last 12 months of your life have been graced by the classic, sequenced electronic disco of Italian songwriter, producer and ...

It’s a synth-pop power ballad that was seemingly everywhere back in the summer of 1986, when it was released as the love theme for the blockbuster film Top Gun, starring Tom Cruise. The song was Take ...

Whitlock and composer Giorgio Moroder created five songs together for Top Gun. Throughout his career, Whitlock also wrote songs that were performed by Bonnie Tyler, Ray Charles, and Graham Nash. He is ...

Tom Whitlock, the Oscar-winning songwriter who co-wrote the lyrics for “Danger Zone” and “Take My Breath Away” for the 1986 film Top Gun, died on Feb. 19. He was 68. No cause of death was revealed, ...

Tom Whitlock, who co-wrote two songs that helped elevate the 1986 movie "Top Gun" into a pop culture phenomenon, died Saturday in Gallatin, Tennessee. He was 68. His death was confirmed by ...

Mr. Whitlock wrote the words for that song and the chart-topping “Take My Breath Away,” central elements in the success of the hit 1986 movie. By Daniel Victor Tom Whitlock, who co-wrote two songs ...