{"id":32748,"date":"2022-06-01T22:42:16","date_gmt":"2022-06-01T22:42:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/why-kenny-loggins-new-danger-zone-was-cut-from-top-gun-maverick\/"},"modified":"2022-06-01T22:42:16","modified_gmt":"2022-06-01T22:42:16","slug":"why-kenny-loggins-new-danger-zone-was-cut-from-top-gun-maverick","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/why-kenny-loggins-new-danger-zone-was-cut-from-top-gun-maverick\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Kenny Loggins&#8217; new &#8216;Danger Zone&#8217; was cut from &#8216;Top Gun: Maverick&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Ride into the danger zone &#8211; of Hollywood&#8217;s cutting room floor. <\/p>\n<p>Grammy-winning and Oscar-nominated singer-songwriter Kenny Loggins revealed on Tuesday that he had re-recorded the 1986 hit tune &#8220;Danger Zone&#8221; for Tom Cruise&#8217;s new film &#8220;Top Gun: Maverick.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>However, the song was axed from the final cut. <\/p>\n<p>According to 74-year-old Loggins, he redid the song to bring audiences back into the \u201cTop Gun\u201d world &#8211; but Cruise, 59, wanted to go with the nostalgia of the original film&#8217;s soundtrack, Entertainment Weekly reported. <\/p>\n<p>Director Joseph Kosinski &#8211; who helmed the blockbuster, record-setting sequel &#8211; said the choice to go with the original version was to assure the audience that they were in good hands. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI wanted that first few minutes to just tell you, this is a &#8216;Top Gun&#8217; movie.  We love it as much you do, \u201dKosinski, 48, said in an interview with the outlet.  &#8220;From there, our story goes in a very different direction, but I wanted the first few minutes to let the audience know: Don&#8217;t worry, we love it, too, this is going to be a &#8216;Top Gun&#8217; movie.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption>Director Joseph Kosinski said the choice to go with the original version was to assure the audience that they were in good hands.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">CBS via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignright\">\n\t<\/aside>\n<p>Meanwhile, Loggins said he only found out that \u201cDanger Zone\u201d wasn&#8217;t being used in April.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen I met Tom Cruise on &#8216;Jimmy Kimmel Live!&#8217;  about six years ago, I knew he had the property at that point, \u201dLoggins told the outlet.  &#8220;I said, &#8216;So, tell me, is\u201c Danger Zone \u201din or out?'&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>Cruise reportedly told Loggins that it would not be a \u201cTop Gun\u201d film without the song and that it would definitely be in the film.  He stayed true to his word of him even though it wasn&#8217;t confirmed at the time where the song &#8211; or what version &#8211; would play at the time. <\/p>\n<p>In the end,<strong> <\/strong>fans were hearing Loggins&#8217; old-school rendition as \u201cTop Gun: Maverick\u201d soared to the top of the box office. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen we first talked about it, they were thinking it might go in a scene in the middle of the movie or somewhere near the end where he comes to the rescue,\u201d said Loggins.  \u201cInstead, Tom opted to use it at the beginning of the movie so that it really conjures up the energy and excitement of the original &#8216;Top Gun.&#8217;  &#8220;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/top-gun-35.jpg?resize=1024%2C682&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Tom Cruise attends the Royal Performance of &quot;Top Gun: Maverick&quot; at Leicester Square on May 19, 2022 in London.\" class=\"wp-image-22485924\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/top-gun-35.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/top-gun-35.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/top-gun-35.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><figcaption>Tom Cruise attends the royal performance of \u201cTop Gun: Maverick\u201d at Leicester Square on May 19 in London.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Karwai Tang \/ WireImage<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Loggins stated that even though his new version of the song was never used, he was still really excited that the original was in the film. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt really does capture that vibe from the very first time [I saw it]36 years ago, \u201dLoggins said. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/top-gun-33.jpg?resize=1024%2C682&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"According to Loggins, Tom Cruise wanted to go with the nostalgic theme of the first movie. \" class=\"wp-image-22485903\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/top-gun-33.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/top-gun-33.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/top-gun-33.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><figcaption>According to Loggins, Tom Cruise wanted to go with the nostalgic theme of the first movie. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">CBS via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>    .<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ride into the danger zone &#8211; of Hollywood&#8217;s cutting room floor. Grammy-winning and Oscar-nominated singer-songwriter Kenny Loggins revealed on Tuesday that he had re-recorded the 1986 hit tune &#8220;Danger Zone&#8221; for Tom Cruise&#8217;s new film &#8220;Top Gun: Maverick.&#8221; However, the song was axed from the final cut. According to 74-year-old Loggins, he redid the song &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/why-kenny-loggins-new-danger-zone-was-cut-from-top-gun-maverick\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Why Kenny Loggins&#8217; new &#8216;Danger Zone&#8217; was cut from &#8216;Top Gun: Maverick&#8217;<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":32749,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[10],"tags":[14,14346,1153,762,1706],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/newspress-collage-22485388-1654092104175.jpg?ssl=1","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/newspress-collage-22485388-1654092104175.jpg?quality=75&strip=all&1654082547&w=1024","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32748"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32748"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32748\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32749"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32748"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32748"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32748"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}