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ABC frontman Martin Fry has revealed he turned down the chance to write Top Gun soundtrack.
The 80s pop star, 65, said he wasn't interested when approached about the job because he didn't think the film starring Tom Cruise would 'take off'.
He was at the height of his fame when asked to work on the movie in 1986 but after seeing a special screening of the director's rough cut he said no.
During the 80s, Martin and ABC produced five hit albums including Beauty Stab, Alphabet City and, their biggest hit, The Lexicon of Love in 1982 which reached No. 1 in the UK.
He told The Mirror of turning it down: 'We were invited to see a movie in LA that they were looking for music for.
Oh no! ABC frontman Martin Fry has revealed he turned down the chance to write Top Gun soundtrack
Shock: The 80s pop star, 65, said he wasn't interested when approached about the job because he didn't think the film starring Tom Cruise would 'take off'
'I remember saying, 'It's a film about planes, it's so jingoistic, it's never going to take off'.
'Six months later the film was out and I was sitting in the cinema thinking, 'S**t, this is that film'. It was Top Gun. Rank stupidity is a big part of being in a band.'
The film went on to win an Oscar
