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The Latest Breaking News from Harold Faltermeyer

“I remember saying, ‘Come on, you’re gonna edit it down to, what, four bars?’ Harold goes, ‘No, we’re gonna keep everything.’ And they did!”: How a guitar hero's epic 64-bar solo lit up a classic movie theme

"We got the whole thing done in three hours"

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“It’s like having your own James Bond theme. They’ll play that at my funeral one day”: Eddie Murphy on Axel F, which has been re-recorded using the original synths for Netflix’s new Beverly Hills Cop movie

“We went right back to the origins by getting the same instruments that were playing it, the same sounds,” says composer Lorne Balfe

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Beverly Hills Cop is back… but Axel F sounds very different to how you remember it

It seems that Harold Faltermeyer’s iconic synth-powered theme has been given a makeover

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The lost meaning of "Top Gun"

No, it's not the much-vaunted theory about represssed homosexuality, but embracing a more nuanced masculinity

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Top Gun: Maverick is a cinematic joyride, but Dolby Atmos is the real star

"This is a movie that is designed to be seen on the biggest screen you can find and the best sound system in your town," Maverick director Joseph Kosinski tells us in an interview.

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Will Lady Gaga help Top Gun: Maverick take everyone’s breath away?

The soundtrack was essential to the original film’s popularity, and the singer’s powerful new ballad, Hold My Hand, could ensure that Top Gun: Maverick flies high too

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