Tom Whitlock

Thomas Ross Whitlock (20 ga Fabrairu, 1954 - 18 ga Fabrairu, 2023) mawakin waƙa ne ɗan Amurka, wanda aka fi sani da rubuta waƙar Academy Award - da kuma waƙar Golden Globe mai suna " Take My Breath Away ", wadda Berlin ta rera daga fim ɗin Top Gun, tare da Giorgio Moroder . Ya rubuta waƙoƙin wata waƙa ta fim ɗin, " Danger Zone ", wanda Kenny Loggins ya rera. 

 Sana'a 
An haifi Whitlock kuma ya girma a Springfield, Missouri . Shahararrun mawaka da yawa sun ziyarci birnin yayin da yake karbar bakuncin shirin talabijin na Ozark Jubilee, wanda ya rinjayi Whitlock ya buga ganga. Ba da daɗewa ba, ya zama mawaƙin zaman aiki yana aiki tare da fitattun mawaƙa kamar Wayne Carson, da kuma mai buga ganga ga ƙungiyoyin mawaƙa kai tsaye. Lokacin da yake ɗan shekara 15, Whitlock ya fara rubuta waƙoƙi a piano.  A lokacin makarantar sakandarensa a Glendale High School, a Springfield, Missouri, ya raba lokacinsa tsakanin karatu da rana da kuma buga ganga tare da ƙungiyoyin mawaƙan rock a ƙarshen mako a duk faɗin Midwest. Ya shiga Jami'ar Drury a 1971 don babban fannin kiɗa. Jami'ar ta karrama shi a matsayin ɗaya daga cikin tsofaffin ɗalibanta a 1998, kuma tare da digirin girmamawa a kiɗa a shekara mai zuwa.   

A shekarar 1983, Whitlock ya yi tafiya zuwa Los Angeles, California, yana shirin kafa ƙungiyar mawaƙa a can. Yayin da yake taimaka wa abokinsa Dave Concors a ɗakin studio na Davlen Sound Studios da ya daina aiki, Whitlock ya haɗu da shahararren mawaki Giorgio Moroder yayin da yake korafi game da lahani na birki a cikin motarsa ta Ferrari . Whitlock ya sayi wasu gwangwani na ruwan birki sannan ya ci gaba da gyara motar Moroder. Daga ƙarshe Moroder ya ɗauki Whitlock aiki a ɗakin studio ɗinsa. A halin yanzu, ya yi karatun rikodi tare da injiniyan Moroder Brian Reeves, ganin cewa ɗakin studio yana cike da fina-finai kamar Scarface, Flashdance da Beverly Hills Cop, kuma ya rubuta nasa waƙoƙin. [1] Kafin a samar da waƙoƙin Top Gun, Moroder ya ga abokan aikinsa na rubuta waƙa Keith Forsey da Pete Bellotte ba su nan, kuma sanin cewa Whitlock mawaki ne ya gayyace shi don aikin. [1] Whitlock da Moroder sun rubuta waƙoƙi biyar tare don Top Gun ciki har da " Take My Breath Away " da kuma waƙar Kenny Loggins mai suna " Danger Zone ". ASCAP ta nuna waƙoƙi 113 da aka yi wa rijista, waɗanda mawaka kamar Berlin, Bonnie Tyler, Jennifer Rush, Michael McDonald, Ray Charles, Graham Nash, Falco, Diana Ross, Teddy Pendergrass, Roger Daltrey, da John Entwistle suka rejista.

Whitlock da Moroder sun yi wasu haɗin gwiwa, don fina-finan Over the Top, American Anthem da Rambo III, kuma sun rubuta waƙoƙin jigo na hukuma na Olympics na bazara na 1988 (" Hand In Hand ") da kuma gasar cin kofin duniya ta FIFA ta 1990 (" To Be Number One ").

A shekarar 2012, Library of Congress ya karrama Whitlock saboda gudummawarsa ta rubuta waƙoƙi.   Whitlock shi ma mai buga ganga ne na ƙungiyar mawakan Missouri, The Dog People, tare da Michael Granda (wanda aka fi sani da Supe Dujour), Jim Wunderle, da Terry Wilson.

 Mutuwa 
Whitlock ya mutu sakamakon matsalolin cutar Alzheimer a Nashville, Tennessee, a ranar 18 ga Fabrairu, 2023, yana da shekaru 68.    

 Fim ɗin waƙoƙi 

Rukuni:Mutuwan 2023
Rukuni:Haihuwan 1954