Streets of Fire resembles an extended Jim Steinman music video—a comparison that isn’t really a stretch, given Steinman's inclination toward cinematic presentation. Steinman wrote both the opening and closing songs, including the memorable anthem “Tonight Is What It Means to Be Young,” while the soundtrack incorporates Ry Cooder’s work from another film project; it would be difficult to find something significantly b…

Bombers, Blasters, Attackers and Streets of Fire. Streets of Fire comes from director Walter Hill, who also collaborated on the screenplay with Larry Gross. The cast includes Michael Paré, Diane Lane, Rick Moranis, Amy Madigan and Willem Dafoe. Ry Cooder composed the music and Andrew Laszlo handled the cinematography. The story involves Ellen Aim, lead singer of the Attackers, being abducted by a biker gang cal…