Harold Faltermeyer
Sound
1952-10-05 · Munich, Bavaria, West Germany [now Germany]
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
Pioniere der Filmmusik - Europas Sound für Hollywood
2024 · Movie
Top Gun: Maverick
2022 · Movie
Studio 3 - Live aus Babelsberg
2022 · Series
Hopfen, Malz und Blei
2021 · Movie
Disco Europe Express
2019 · Movie
Meine Welt ist die Musik
2019 · Movie
Otto - Die Doku
2018 · Movie
Geheimniskrämer
2018 · Series
Ringlstetter
2016 · Series
Cop Out
2010 · Movie
Gier
2010 · Series
Markus Lanz
2008 · Series
Kult am Sonntag
2007 · Series
Best of the Best: Inside the Real Top Gun
2004 · Movie
Danger Zone: The Making of Top Gun
2004 · Movie
Die Hit-Giganten
2003 · Series
Die ultimative Chartshow
2003 · Series
Ski to the Max
2001 · Movie
Abendschau
2000 · Series
Volle Kanne
1999 · Series
Where Are They Now?
1999 · Series
Der König von St. Pauli
1998 · Series
Frankie
1996 · Series
White Magic
1994 · Movie
Asterix Conquers America
1994 · Movie
Sauerkraut
1992 · Series
Kuffs
1992 · Movie
DAS!
1991 · Series
Fire, Ice and Dynamite
1990 · Movie
Tango & Cash
1989 · Movie
Fletch Lives
1989 · Movie
The Running Man
1987 · Movie
Fatal Beauty
1987 · Movie
Beverly Hills Cop II
1987 · Movie
Snow Motion
1987 · Movie
Top Gun
1986 · Movie
Fire & Ice
1986 · Movie
Fletch
1985 · Movie
Beverly Hills Cop
1984 · Movie
Thief of Hearts
1984 · Movie
Non-Stop Trouble with my Double
1984 · Movie
Kölner Treff
1976 · Series
Bambi
1948 · Series