Harold Faltermeyer
Born: 1952-10-05 in Munich, Germany
Known For: Sound
Biography
Harold Faltermeyer (born Hans Hugo Harold Faltermeier; named after a US-Colonel stationed in Germany; 5 October 1952) is a German musician, keyboard player, composer and record producer. He is recognized as one of the composers/producers who best captured the zeitgeist of 1980s synthpop in film scores. He is best known for writing and composing the "Axel F" theme for Beverly Hills Cop and the Top Gun Anthem for the film Top Gun. Both works were influential synthpop hits in the 1980s.
Filmography
2024
- Pioniere der Filmmusik - Europas Sound für Hollywood as Self - Interviewee
2022
- Top Gun: Maverick ... (Original Music Composer)
- Studio 3 – Live aus Babelsberg as Self
2021
- Hopfen, Malz und Blei ... (Music)
2019
- Disco Europe Express as Self - Musician
- Meine Welt ist die Musik as Self
2018
- Geheimniskrämer as Self
- Otto - Die Doku as Self
2016
- Ringlstetter as self
2010
- Cop Out ... (Original Music Composer)
2008
- Markus Lanz as Self
2007
- Kult am Sonntag as himself
2004
- Danger Zone: The Making of Top Gun as Self
- Best of the Best: Inside the Real Top Gun ... (Music)
2003
2001
- Ski to the Max ... (Original Music Composer)
2000
- Abendschau as self
1999
- Volle Kanne as Self
- Where Are They Now? as Self
1998
- Der König von St. Pauli ... (Original Music Composer)
1996
- Frankie ... (Original Music Composer)
1994
- Asterix Conquers America ... (Original Music Composer)
- White Magic ... (Music)
1992
- Kuffs ... (Original Music Composer)
- Sauerkraut ... (Original Music Composer)
1991
- DAS! as Self
1990
- Fire, Ice & Dynamite ... (Original Music Composer)
1989
- Tango & Cash ... (Original Music Composer)
- Fletch Lives ... (Original Music Composer)
1987
- The Running Man ... (Original Music Composer)
- Beverly Hills Cop II ... (Original Music Composer)
- Fatal Beauty ... (Original Music Composer)
- Snow Motion ... (Original Music Composer)
1986
- Top Gun ... (Original Music Composer)
- Fire & Ice ... (Original Music Composer)
1985
- Fletch ... (Original Music Composer)
1984
- Beverly Hills Cop ... (Original Music Composer)
- Thief of Hearts ... (Original Music Composer)
- Non-Stop Trouble with my Double ... (Original Music Composer)
1976
- Kölner Treff as Self
1948
- Bambi as Self