Harold Faltermeyer
- Sound
- October 5, 1952 · Munich, Bavaria, West Germany [now 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.
Known for
Filmography
- Pioniere der Filmmusik - Europas Sound für Hollywood · Self
- Top Gun: Maverick · Music
- Studio 3 - Live aus Babelsberg · Self
- Hopfen, Malz und Blei · Music
- Disco Europe Express · Self
- Meine Welt ist die Musik · Self
- Otto - Die Doku · Self
- Geheimniskrämer · Self
- Ringlstetter · Self
- Cop Out · Music
- Gier · Songs
- Markus Lanz · Self
- Kult am Sonntag · Self
- Best of the Best: Inside the Real Top Gun · Music
- Danger Zone: The Making of Top Gun · Self
- Die Hit-Giganten
- Die ultimative Chartshow · Self
- Ski to the Max · Music
- Abendschau · Self
- Volle Kanne · Self
- Where Are They Now? · Self
- Der König von St. Pauli · Music
- Frankie · Music
- White Magic · Music
- Asterix Conquers America · Music
- Sauerkraut · Music
- Kuffs · Music
- DAS! · Self
- Fire, Ice and Dynamite · Music
- Tango & Cash · Music
- Fletch Lives · Music
- The Running Man · Music
- Fatal Beauty · Music
- Beverly Hills Cop II · Music, Theme Song Performance
- Snow Motion · Music
- Top Gun · Music, Songs
- Fire & Ice · Music
- Fletch · Music
- Beverly Hills Cop · Music, Theme Song Performance
- Thief of Hearts · Music
- Non-Stop Trouble with my Double · Music
- Kölner Treff · Self
- Bambi · Self