Harold Faltermeyer
- Known for
- Sound
- Born
- October 5, 1952 (age 74)
- Birthplace
- 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
Top Gun: Maverick
Movie · Original Music Composer
Hopfen, Malz und Blei
Movie · Music
Cop Out
Movie · Original Music Composer
Gier
TV · Songs · 2 eps
Best of the Best: Inside the Real Top Gun
Movie · Music
Ski to the Max
Movie · Original Music Composer
Der König von St. Pauli
TV · Original Music Composer · 6 eps
Frankie
TV · Original Music Composer · 6 eps
Asterix Conquers America
Movie · Original Music Composer
White Magic
Movie · Music
Kuffs
Movie · Original Music Composer
Sauerkraut
TV · Original Music Composer · 13 eps
Fire, Ice and Dynamite
Movie · Original Music Composer
Tango & Cash
Movie · Original Music Composer
Fletch Lives
Movie · Original Music Composer
Beverly Hills Cop II
Movie · Original Music Composer, Theme Song Performance
The Running Man
Movie · Original Music Composer
Fatal Beauty
Movie · Original Music Composer
Snow Motion
Movie · Original Music Composer
Top Gun
Movie · Original Music Composer, Songs
Fire & Ice
Movie · Original Music Composer
Fletch
Movie · Original Music Composer
Beverly Hills Cop
Movie · Original Music Composer, Theme Song Performance
Non-Stop Trouble with my Double
Movie · Original Music Composer
Thief of Hearts
Movie · Original Music Composer