Twenty One Pilots singer says band was on Top Gun soundtrack until Tom Cruise 'fired everyone'

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Twenty One Pilots singer Tyler Joseph said that his band was slated to be on the Top Gun: Maverick soundtrack - until the film's leading man and producer Tom Cruise let them go from the high-profile project.Joseph, 33, speaking with KROQFriday, said that he and drummer Josh Dun, 33, had worked on music for the long-awaited sequel.'I was working with the music placement person for the new Top Gun on writing a new song for them,' Joseph said, 'and then I believe Tom Cruise just came in and just fired everyone.' The latest:Twenty One Pilots singer Tyler Joseph, 33, said that his band was slated to be on the Top Gun: Maverick soundtrack - until the film's leading man and producer Tom Cruise, 59, let them go from the high-profile project.

Joseph was snapped last fall in NYCAn insider told Billboard the Ohio-based duo had never been officially signed to perform on the film's soundtrack.Joseph said that Twenty One Pilots was a 'a part of' the major changes made to the movie amid multiple delays due to the coronavirus pandemic, as the preview for the movie first was released in July of 2019.

Joseph said he 'saw some scenes' of the high-profile motion picture, which features Cruise, Jennifer Connelly, Miles Teller, Val Kilmer and Jon Hamm.'They brought me in to show me some scenes and stuff, and I actually don’t think I started writing,' the Heathens artist said. 'It was actually pretty soon after they brought me in to show me parts of the movie of what they were looking for and stuff then I kind of got word that there was a wholesale swap.' Joseph said that he and drummer Josh Dun, 33, had worked on music for the long-awaited sequel Joseph said thatTom Cruise (pictured at theTop Gun: Maverick in San Diego last week) 'just came.