Thomas Ross Whitlock was an award winning American songwriter and musician best known for co-writing Danger Zone and Take My Breath Away, for the movie Top gun, songs that earned him an Oscar Award for best original song. Whitlock started playing drums with the Ozark Mountain Daredevils before moving to New York where he started a band with friends. His chance meeting with Giorgio Moroder led to him fixing the brake of his car and subsequently got a job as an assistant at his studio. The top gu... moreThomas Ross Whitlock was an award winning American songwriter and musician best known for co-writing Danger Zone and Take My Breath Away, for the movie Top gun, songs that earned him an Oscar Award for best original song. Whitlock started playing drums with the Ozark Mountain Daredevils before moving to New York where he started a band with friends. His chance meeting with Giorgio Moroder led to him fixing the brake of his car and subsequently got a job as an assistant at his studio. The top gun songs Take My Breath Away made it to No. 1 on the Billboard 100 and Danger Zone reached No. 2 on the chart. The film’s soundtrack sold 9 million copies. Whitlock and Moroder went on to write songs for other movies like Over the Top, Beverly Hills Cop II, Meet me halfway, Rambo III. The duo also came up with the themes for the 1988 Seoul Olympics Hand in Hand and the 1990 World Cup in Italy To Be Number One.
