Three decades after collaborating on some of the biggest movie themes of the 1980s, 74-year-old production and songwriting legend Giorgio Moroder is back, releasing his first solo record since 1985 last year. To celebrate his return — and this week’s 30th anniversary of Top Gun — we caught up with the man himself, to discuss his Oscar-winning composition Top Gun theme “Take My Breath Away,” performed by Los Angeles new wave band Berlin. Martha Davis of the Motels was actually the first to take a stab at the love theme. So next he tried for Aimee Mann, who at the time was riding high with ‘Til Tuesday.
