Soundtrack
A soundtrack album was released in 1987 to coincide with the release of the movie. It contains music from Frank Stallone, Kenny Loggins (who performs the film's central theme, "Meet Me Half Way"), Eddie Money, and Sammy Hagar. John Wetton, lead singer of the rock group Asia, sang "Winner Takes It All" for the movie, but after performing the song, it was felt that his voice wasn't "mean" enough, so the song was offered to Hagar, whose version, featuring a bass guitar solo from Hagar's then-bandmate Edward Van Halen, ended up being the one on the soundtrack.
The track listing is:
- "Winner Takes It All" – Sammy Hagar
- "In This Country" – Robin Zander
- "Take It Higher" – Larry Greene
- "All I Need Is You" – Big Trouble
- "Bad Nite" – Frank Stallone
- "Meet Me Half Way" – Kenny Loggins
- "Gypsy Soul" – Asia
- "The Fight (Instrumental)" – Giorgio Moroder
- "Mind Over Matter" – Larry Greene
- "I Will Be Strong" – Eddie Money
Stallone appears in the video for "Winner Takes It All," wrestling Hagar at the end of the video. Hagar says in his video commentary on the DVD The Long Road to Cabo that he wasn't crazy about the song. Hagar says that Stallone gave him his black cap at the end of the shoot, both signed it, and the cap went to charity, fetching around $10,000.
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