And just when I was planning to sell back GH3... ;_;

brainwav

It makes me a sad panda that no one even remembers that Joe Satriani is the man who brought the Top Gun Theme Song to life.

khendros

Steve Stevens FTW!!!

more, more, more, more, moooorrree

madgerald

Adding to list of free stuff I downloaded and will never play. Hey, has to be better than the 3 kings one from xmas.

lonkley

You can be my wingman anytime.

PsycheE

Tom Cruise is creepy. That is all.

greyhoundbus

It also comes with a free personality test, courtesy of Mr. Cruise.

jboswell2000

@phicaluk: There's never enough BIG HAIR in RB/GH. You hear that? I want more BIIIIIGGG hair.

But yeah, Danger Zone would have been more awesome, but I guess you can't argue with free.

Salen

awww, why didnt they make danger zone available

bigman88zz

FLy intooooo... THE DAAANGER ZOOOONEEE!!!!! *Insert Guitar Solo*.

Slider still stinks, tough.

Shiryu

hahahaha... awesome

EndwaterAngry

yeah it was... lol

Kikoman2dx

Will we lowly foreigners get to share the patriotism?

El-Suave

@Kikoman2dx: ....is that a joke? There are no words to this song.

jp182

@KillerBee:
meh,I have the Kenny Loggins one..lol

enewtabie

Noooo! I thought it was Kenny Loggins. Ah well. Still not bad for free.

will52

@enewtabie: You, sir, are me hero. That takes balls.

KillerBee

@Tycoonalex1337:

Doubtful. On 4th of July we have a day of national mourning for the loss of the colonies. We'll be getting Take My Breath Away by Berlin.

phicaluk

I have this as a ringtone..Yes,that's bad:)

enewtabie

Is this the one that goes "doo doo doo dodoDOdododo do do doo do do doo do do doooo dooo"?

chuffhoncho

@JarenFace: If they had put Tragically Hip as DLC for Guitar Hero III for Canada Day, I wouldn't need fireworks. Although given the choice here, I wouldn't be surprised if we drew Bryan Adams instead.

nick.soapdish

For free.... I'll live...

But c'mon if they really wanted to do something kick ass for the forth of july why not the national anthem by Hendrix... First of all THAT ACTUALLY FITS. Second it is a ton more awesome than this track.

@HeyApples:

I was just listening to the tracks that are going to be in the Who pack and I can not agree more.

gamedismantler

LOL! One of the first songs I learned on the guitar all those years ago :D

Spoony Bard

HAHAA yes. I was always dreaming this song would be on one of these games. Too bad its not on rock band, where you can sing the song... damn. Props to cock rock in GHIII!

Kikoman2dx

*Lives in Canada*

...um. I have relatives in the States. Can I have some free songs too please <_<;;

JarenFace

@Salen:

Kelly McGillis had Big 80s Hair

phicaluk

@phicaluk: Haha.

IS this UK too?

Tycoonalex1337

Not Danger Zone? POTENTIAL WIN TURNED INTO COMPLETE FAIL.

CHU BOI

Definitely a good song, but this song isn't even hard to play on the real guitar. They need to get "Danger Zone" on here as well if they are going to have this one.

Capp

Awwww. I want 'Big 80s Hair' DLC. ;_;

Salen

NOT

HeyApples

Yay! Free DLC, this is awesome, can't wait for.....PS3, and Xbox360 you say?, ah shucks.

AznSlackerType

This is a great way to upstage The Best of The Who 12 pack news.

HeyApples

Just what Guitar Hero needed - a healthy dollop of homoeroticism.

phicaluk

I misread this as Top Gear Theme ._.

I almost believed it, since that theme has a guitar intro >.>

doesntlikedede

I like this song much more than Danger Zone, tbh.

SWATJester

Why all the "Theme" hate? This song is much more iconic than Danger Zone. Yeah, the Loggins song was great, but this is much more inspiring as a theme song.

I put it on par with "Main Title" from Last of the Mohicans and "Axel F" from Beverly Hills Cop as songs that perfectly invoke the tone of the movie. Now, if only there were Orchestra Hero, and Synth Hero, we could enjoy those songs as well.

zenpoet

PS: HMX should respond by actually going "Here's DANGER ZONE!" and then rofling all the way to the bank.

TRT-X

@CHU BOI: Yeah, "Danger Zone" was the first thing I also thought of.

But geez..."I Am Murloc", followed by "Top Gun Anthem". And RB is giving us "Promised Land" from that new movie for free.

Looks like the Full-Band Arms race is heating up in the form of promotional giveaways. Quite frankly if it means more new songs to play at no cost to me...SIGN ME UP!

TRT-X

@khendros: It's because he's not, it was Steve Stevens.

ビッグ ボス

Awesome song from an awesome movie, too bad it's not for Rock Band! :(

ビッグ ボス

No Danger Zone? Serious, how can they NOT add this to the theme of Top Gun. This also needs to be on rock band. Now I need a wingman.

zerokoolpsx

@khendros
It wasn't Joe Sartriani, it was Steve Stevens. Joe may have covered it at some point (i don't know).

madgerald

Man, you people love to bitch for something that is FREE.. if you don't like it, don't download it!

Ares

ROCKBAND could top this by getting 'America, F*** yeah!'

DarkTetsuya

This is full of Epic Win. The "Top Gun Theme" has always been a guilty pleasure of mine when it comes to guitar riffs; and even though Rock Band is my number one love over Guitar Hero, this still makes GH that "Hey, I'll give you a call a little later when I've got nothing going on" type deal.

JoshuaB81285

Argghhh Kotaku, why did you do this. I managed to like this song for over 20 years, and now you destroy it by showing us the videoclip...I didn't know it until now, but i definitely have to shred the dvd with the movie on it... :(

Player1_975

@MrsXBob:

Didnt know that....

Thanks for the link ;)

doesntlikedede

@doesntlikedede: Forgot the link!

+ Watch video

MrsXBob

@doesntlikedede: Guitar Hero II has the 'Top Gear Theme' - it's called Jessica

MrsXBob

I am so glad it's no longer the 80s. Scary times.

thefais

I hath been owned. Whenever I saw the Top Gun theme song, it was always credited as being done by Joe. He sure has covered it a lot, though...

khendros

@DarkTetsuya: I would kill for that song in Rock Band.

TRT-X

As much as I love Top Gun, it says something about how much GH is losing the DLC battle right now that the day after Rock Band announces a massive Who package GH announces the theme from Top Gun.

Len Bias Cocaine Surplus

This song will definitely get shredded in my living room on July 4th, pants optional.

D-Lish

First good Guitar Hero DLC ever.

Rock Band needs to counter with "Danger Zone."

KaneRobot

you got me all excited for Loggins' Danger Zone. now that would've been an independence day coup!

velvet396

I have been talking about this being in Guitar Hero since the first game. I am pumped liked nobodies business!

RichMeisterMan

The saddest part of this is that a guitar song, it's nothing much. It's that same simple melodic piece over and over again for two and a half minutes (minus piano breaks), then a minute of 80's rock solo, then back to repeating that same phrase until the end. If the main riff were at all challenging or interesting, or if there were more fills or variation, it might make wading through it to get to the solo worthwhile. But when 75% of a song is that boring to play, I don't see why they'd even use it in this game.

As for the clip, I love how the guitar dude with the ridiculous hair throws in all that body language as he plays that simple riff over and over again. Does the actual guitar sound reflect those histrionics? Nope, still sounds like a studio musician, sitting on a stool, picking out his part for a day's dollar. But for the video, you gotta make it look interesting somehow, I guess. But this song and this video reminded me of everything that was wrong about the 80's.

MrBungo

Nice, Harold Faltermeyer FTW

Ryuujin1024

OMFG, the heaven above have grant us a gift this 4th of July. Its only fitting that on the greatest day of american history, we get the greatest song recorded in american history. I'm proud to be an american.

dan13l

Cool song, and it's free! Granted, Danger Zone would be better, but you can't complain at that price. I'll definitely be downloading this.

Xenigma

ROFL, i just imagined the scene in Harold and Kumar 2 where that annoying guy started listening to "Danger Zone"....

Anyways, free song so don't really mind (well maybe a little) what it is...

sdimacu

@Ryuujin1024: No, Steve Stevens FTW!

Greg

:44 all about the hair

F22

dang i thought it was danger zone before i read the article/watched the video

mrtoofresh

Meh. after reading the title, I was expecting "Take My breath Away". Too bad.

Orka Borka

it's the same freaking riff over and over and over and over... until a pretty unimpressive solo. it needs more hot volleyball scene action

Grahamunculus

im so excited about this! i cant wait to download...wait...i have the wii version of guitar hero 3...bloody bob saget....

so activision....dlc for the wii gh3 huh...

when will gh world tour come out...

in regards, if i could dl this, i so would! i love top gun an i love this song!

ShnitzelsBelgianROFLs

I was so looking forward to Danger Zone for a second. Then I watched that video and suddenly im upset. That song sounds terrible in comparison.

Starseed77

Sweet!

ninja_warrior

Dammit! My leather pants arn't back from the dry cleaners yet!

hehe free is free.

The best songs out there have been 3 kings and the halo tune that were free so cant wait for this. Shame its not highway to the dangerzone though.

Owen-Lars

God damn you Nintendo.

I feel good knowing that Activision stood up for me and is working around their bullshit for World Tour at least, but.... Fuck you Nintendo.

Bobby McPresscott

This just tripled my desire for GH III. But I'm still not keen on collecting a huge pile of incompatible music games and instruments, so... yeah. Maybe it'll hit Rock Band, right? Right?

MechaTama31