Name
Harold Faltermeyer
Known For
Sound
Birthday
1952-10-05 (74 years old)
Place of Birth
Munich, Germany
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.
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- 2024 Pioniere der Filmmusik - Europas Sound für Hollywood as Self - Interviewee
- 2019 Meine Welt ist die Musik as Self
- 2018 Otto - Die Doku as Self
- 2019 Disco Europe Express as Self - Musician
- 2004 Danger Zone: The Making of Top Gun as Self
- 1999 Where Are They Now? ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2016 Ringlstetter ( 1 episode ) as self
- 2003 Die Hit-Giganten ( 1 episode )
- 1948 Bambi ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2018 Geheimniskrämer ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1999 Volle Kanne ( 3 episodes ) as Self
- 2003 Die ultimative Chartshow ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2008 Markus Lanz ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1976 Kölner Treff ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2022 Studio 3 - Live aus Babelsberg ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1991 DAS! ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2007 Kult am Sonntag ( 1 episode ) as himself
- 2000 Abendschau ( 1 episode ) as self
