Christopher Franke
- Known for
- Sound
- Born
- April 6, 1953 (age 73)
- Birthplace
- Berlin, Germany
Biography
Christopher Franke (born 6 April 1953) is a German musician and composer. From 1971 to 1987, he was a member of the electronic group Tangerine Dream. Initially, a drummer with The Agitation later renamed Agitation Free, his primary focus eventually shifted to keyboards and synthesizers as the group moved away from its psychedelic rock origins. While he was not the first musician to use an analog sequencer, he was probably the first to turn it into a live performance instrument, thus laying the rhythmic foundation for classic Tangerine Dream pieces and indeed for the whole Berlin school sound. After his departure from the group, he founded the Sonic Images record label, a new-age music label called Earthtone, and the Berlin Symphonic Film Orchestra, and produced a number of solo music works. After leaving Tangerine Dream, his only live concert was on 9 October 1991 at the Astoria Theatre in London. He performed on stage with Edgar Rothermich (a.k.a. Richard E. Roth) who is also his producer and engineer on all his solo projects and film music after 1990. Franke moved to Los Angeles in 1991 to pursue film work. In 1995 he scored the AFI short Requiem. He may be best known for composing the music for the science fiction television series Babylon 5, as well as the score of the anime movie Tenchi Muyo! in Love and in 2005 the music for the German musical Ludwig² (with Konstantin Wecker).
Known For
Filmography
Julia
Movie · Music
Ultrasuede: In Search of Halston
Movie · Original Music Composer
Reviving Ophelia
Movie · Music
Babylon 5: The Lost Tales - Voices in the Dark
Movie · Original Music Composer
What the Bleep! Down the Rabbit Hole
Movie · Music
Tangerine Dream at Coventry Cathedral
Movie · Music
Green Street Hooligans
Movie · Original Music Composer
Berkeley
Movie · Original Music Composer
What the #$*! Do We (K)now!?
Movie · Original Music Composer
Footsteps
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Elizabeth Smart Story
Movie · Music
Hunter: Back in Force
Movie · Original Music Composer
Manhood
Movie · Original Music Composer
A Date with Darkness: The Trial and Capture of Andrew Luster
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Family
TV · Music · 9 eps
Babylon 5: The Legend of the Rangers - To Live and Die in Starlight
Movie · Original Music Composer
Dancing at the Harvest Moon
Movie · Original Music Composer
When Dinosaurs Roamed America
Movie · Music
Murder on the Orient Express
Movie · Original Music Composer
Jack the Dog
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Calling
Movie · Original Music Composer
Fortress 2
Movie · Original Music Composer
A Holiday Romance
Movie · Original Music Composer
Babylon 5: The River of Souls
Movie · Original Music Composer
Babylon 5: In the Beginning
Movie · Original Music Composer
Babylon 5: Thirdspace
Movie · Original Music Composer
Tarzan and the Lost City
Movie · Original Music Composer
Terror in the Mall
Movie · Original Music Composer
Lost in the Bermuda Triangle
Movie · Original Music Composer
Tell Me No Secrets
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Inheritance
Movie · Original Music Composer
Menno's Mind
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Devil's Child
Movie · Original Music Composer
A Face to Die For
Movie · Original Music Composer
Tenchi Muyo! In Love
Movie · Original Music Composer
Public Enemies
Movie · Original Music Composer
Solo
Movie · Original Music Composer
Requiem
Movie · Music
The Surgeon
Movie · Original Music Composer
Night of the Running Man
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Yarn Princess
Movie · Original Music Composer
Babylon 5
TV · Music · 110 eps
Journey to the Center of the Earth
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Tommyknockers
TV · Music · 2 eps
Universal Soldier
Movie · Music
She Woke Up
Movie · Original Music Composer
Raven: Return of the Black Dragons
Movie · Original Music Composer
Driving Me Crazy
Movie · Original Music Composer
McBain
Movie · Original Music Composer
Tales from the Crypt
TV · Music · 1 ep
Near Dark
Movie · Original Music Composer
Shy People
Movie · Original Music Composer
Canyon Dreams
Movie · Music
Three O'Clock High
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Park Is Mine
Movie · Original Music Composer
Red Heat
Movie · Original Music Composer
Vision Quest
Movie · Original Music Composer
Legend
Movie · Music, Songs
Firestarter
Movie · Original Music Composer
Flashpoint
Movie · Original Music Composer
Heartbreakers
Movie · Music
Wavelength
Movie · Original Music Composer
Risky Business
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Keep
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Soldier
Movie · Original Music Composer
Dead Kids
Movie · Original Music Composer
Thief
Movie · Original Music Composer
Sorcerer
Movie · Original Music Composer
Scene of the Crime
TV · Original Music Composer · 1 ep