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Year: 1986 (59th) Academy Awards

Category: Music (Original Song)

Song Title: "Take My Breath Away"

Film Title: Top Gun

Winner: Music by Giorgio Moroder; Lyric by Tom Whitlock

Presenter: Bernadette Peters

Date & Venue: March 30, 1987; Dorothy Chandler Pavilion

GIORGIO MORODER:
What a surprise. I didn't, I didn't think...there were so many great songs this year, and this I really like. I would like to thank the director, Tony Scott; the producers, Jerry Bruckheimer, Don Simpson. And Tom would like to thank...

TOM WHITLOCK:
I'd like to thank everyone at Paramount, the artists Terri Nunn and Berlin, my friend Giorgio Moroder, and Happy Goday. Thank you all.

GIORGIO MORODER:
Thank you very much.

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