In addition to being the legendary guitarist of Billy Idol, a rocker who will play a concert in Peru on September 4th, Steve Stevens He also wrote the theme song for the eighties film Top Gun, which recently released its sequel.Top Shooter: Maverick’ turned into a worldwide blockbuster, and once again starring Tom Cruise.
As a result of the success of the second part of the eighties film, the magazine Guitar technique sought out Stevens to ask him about his participation in Top Gun Anthem. The musician commented on how he met the author of the work, Harold Faltermeyer, when the latter was invited to play on the album billy idol.
“Harold Faltermeyer came to record keyboards for Billy Idol’s third album Whiplash Smile,” the guitarist said. “He was a friend of our producer Keith Forsey. He then asked me if I was interested in being able to record guitars on the theme of the movie in a few hours,” he added.
The touch of Steve Stevens in “Top Gun Anthem”
The song written by Faltermeyer required an emotional element, and that’s when the talent Steve Stevens entered into force. “When I was recording my guitars, I was able to trace the entire recording. I thought that since the end of the solo stays on the same G chord for four bars, moving up the intervals, hitting those intervals on the open third string would be a great ending. ” took place.
He also noted in an interview that the guitar he used for the recording was a Charvel San Dimas with a 68 Marshall plexiglass amp and a Boss GE7 pedal to give the recording more power.
Currently, Steve Stevens He is considered one of the best guitarists of his generation. He will arrive in Lima along with his musical partner. billy idolwhich will be presented on September 4 at the Arena of Peru.
Tickets for this eighties rock show are on sale on the Teleticket website and its modules located in Wong de Sant Borja, San Miguel and Chacarilla; in Plaza Norte metro and in CC. Baltic descent.
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