Top Gun
Created by	Jim Cash Jack Epps Jr.
Original work	"Top Guns" (1983 article) by Ehud Yonay
Owner	Paramount Pictures
Years	1986–present
Films and television
Film(s)	Top Gun (1986) Top Gun: Maverick (2022) Top Gun 3
Games
Video game(s)	List of video games
Audio
Soundtrack(s)	Top Gun (1986) Top Gun: Maverick (2022)
Original music	"Danger Zone" "Take My Breath Away" "Heaven in Your Eyes" "Mighty Wings" "Playing with the Boys" "Top Gun Anthem" "Hold My Hand" "I Ain't Worried"

Top Gun is an Americanactiondramamultimedia franchise based on the 1983 article "Top Guns" by Ehud Yonay, which was adapted into theeponymous 1986 film, written byJim Cash andJack Epps Jr. The original film portraysTom Cruise asLieutenantPete "Maverick" Mitchell, a youngnaval aviator aboard theaircraft carrierUSS Enterprise, who, with hisradar intercept officer,LTJG Nick "Goose" Bradshaw, is given the chance to train at the US Navy'sFighter Weapons School atNaval Air Station Miramar inSan Diego,California.

Produced and released byParamount Pictures,Top Gun became acultural phenomenon and, despite receiving mixed reviews, was acclaimed for its groundbreaking visual effects and energetic soundtrack. It was followed by the 2022 sequel filmTop Gun: Maverick, which takes place 36 years after the events of the first film and depicts Maverick's reluctant return to the United States Navy Strike Fighter Tactics Instructor program, where he must confront his past as he trains a group of younger aviators, among them the son of his deceased best friend.Top Gun: Maverick was met with greater critical and commercial success than the original, with praise for its story, performances, emotional weight, and flying sequences.

In May 2022, Miles Teller stated that he had beenpitching a follow-up film centered around his character to the studio. The actor referred to his pitch asTop Gun: Rooster.^[1] By July of the same year, he stated that he has been having ongoing discussions regarding a sequel with Tom Cruise.^[2]

• "Danger Zone"
• "Take My Breath Away"
• "Heaven in Your Eyes"
• "Mighty Wings"
• "Playing with the Boys"
• "Top Gun Anthem"
• "Hold My Hand"
• "I Ain't Worried"

The soundtrack to the original film reached number one in the UScharts for five nonconsecutive weeks in the summer and autumn of 1986. It was the best selling soundtrack of 1986 and is still one of the best selling soundtrack albums of all time.^[16][17] The soundtrack spawned two top 10 singles on the US charts, with the song "Danger Zone" byKenny Loggins peaking at number two and the song "Take My Breath Away" byBerlin reaching number one, the latter of which would also go on to win both theAcademy Award for Best Original Song^[18] and theGolden Globe Award for Best Original Song.^[19] According toAllmusic, 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."^[17]

The soundtrack to the sequel featured the singles "Hold My Hand" byLady Gaga and "I Ain't Worried" byOneRepublic, with the latter becoming a top 10 hit. The score of the film harkened back to the original film's sound and was noted by Zanobard Reviews as a "thoroughly entertaining and incredibly nostalgic musical experience from beginning to end".^[20]

Top Gun also spawned a number ofvideo games for various platforms. Theoriginal game was released in 1986 under the same title as the film. It was released onCommodore 64,ZX Spectrum,Amstrad CPC, andAtari ST. Another game, also titledTop Gun, was released in 1987 forNintendo Entertainment System (NES) andNintendo VS. System arcade cabinets. In the 1987 game, the player pilots an F-14 Tomcat fighter, and has to complete four missions. A sequel,Top Gun: The Second Mission, was released for the NES three years later.

Another game,Top Gun: Fire at Will, was released in 1996 for the PC and later for theSony PlayStation platform.Top Gun: Hornet's Nest was released in 1998.Top Gun: Combat Zones was released forPlayStation 2 in 2001 and was subsequently released for theGameCube andMicrosoft Windows.Combat Zones features other aircraft besides the F-14. In 2006, another game simply titledTop Gun was released for theNintendo DS. A 2010 game, also titledTop Gun, retells the film's story. At E3 2011, a new game was announced,Top Gun: Hard Lock, which was released in March 2012 forXbox 360, PC, andPlayStation 3.

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