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Christopher Franke
Composer, Additional CreditsBorn April 6, 1953 (72 years)
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).
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).
Christopher Franke Filmography
| 2013 | |
| 2010 | |
| 2006 | |
| 2003 | |
| 2001 | |
| 1993 | The Tommyknockers (TV Series) |
| 1993 | Babylon 5 (TV Series) |
| 1992 | |
| 1989 | Tales from the Crypt (TV Series) |
| 1987 | |
| 1985 | |
| 1984 |
| 1976 | Tangerine Dream at Coventry Cathedral · as Himself |
| 2026 | The Ark and the Aardvark · as Composer |
| 2010 | Ultrasuede: In Search of Halston · as Original Music Composer |
| 2008 | High School Confidential (TV Series) · as Composer |
| 2007 | Babylon 5: The Lost Tales - Voices in the Dark · as Original Music Composer |
| 2007 | Faces of Earth (TV Series) · as Composer |
| 2006 | Confrontation · as Composer |
| 2005 | Berkeley · as Original Music Composer |
| 2005 | Green Street Hooligans · as Original Music Composer |
| 2005 | Supernanny (US) (TV Series) · as Composer |
| 2004 | What the #$*! Do We (K)now!? · as Original Music Composer |
| 2004 | No Opportunity Wasted (TV Series) · as Composer |
| 2004 | Amish in the City (TV Series) · as Composer |
| 2004 | Mad Mad House (TV Series) · as Composer |
| 2003 | Footsteps · as Original Music Composer |
| 2003 | A Date with Darkness: The Trial and Capture of Andrew Luster · as Original Music Composer |
| 2003 | Hunter (2003) (TV Series) · as Composer |
| 2003 | Hunter: Back in Force · as Original Music Composer |
| 2003 | Manhood · as Original Music Composer |
| 2002 | Dancing at the Harvest Moon · as Original Music Composer |
| 2002 | Babylon 5: The Legend of the Rangers: To Live and Die in Starlight · as Original Music Composer |
| 2001 | The Amazing Race (TV Series) · as Composer |
| 2001 | Murder on the Orient Express · as Original Music Composer |
| 2001 | Jack the Dog · as Original Music Composer |
| 2000 | The Calling · as Original Music Composer |
| 2000 | Seventeen Again · as Composer |
| 2000 | Big Brother (US) (TV Series) · as Composer |
| 2000 | Fortress 2: Re-Entry · as Composer |
| 2000 | 18 Wheels of Justice (TV Series) · as Composer |
| 1999 | A Holiday Romance · as Original Music Composer |
| 1999 | |
| 1998 | Babylon 5: The River of Souls · as Original Music Composer |
| 1998 | Terror in the Mall · as Original Music Composer |
| 1998 | Babylon 5: Thirdspace · as Original Music Composer |
| 1998 | Tarzan and the Lost City · as Original Music Composer |
| 1998 | Lost in the Bermuda Triangle · as Composer |
| 1998 | Babylon 5: In the Beginning · as Original Music Composer |
| 1997 | Menno's Mind · as Original Music Composer |
| 1997 | The Devil's Child · as Original Music Composer |
| 1997 | |
| 1997 | Jamaica Beat · as Composer |
| 1997 | The Inheritance · as Original Music Composer |
| 1997 | Tell Me No Secrets · as Original Music Composer |
| 1996 | Code Name: Wolverine · as Composer |
| 1996 | Solo · as Original Music Composer |
| 1996 | Tenchi the Movie - Tenchi Muyo in Love · as Original Music Composer |
| 1996 | Public Enemies · as Original Music Composer |
| 1996 | A Face to Die For · as Original Music Composer |
| 1996 | Pacific Blue (TV Series) · as Composer |
| 1996 | Hypernauts (TV Series) · as Composer |
| 1995 | In the Line of Duty: Kidnapped · as Composer |
| 1995 | Night of the Running Man · as Original Music Composer |
| 1995 | The Surgeon · as Original Music Composer |
| 1994 | Beyond Betrayal · as Composer |
| 1994 | M.A.N.T.I.S. (TV Series) · as Composer |
| 1994 | Movie Magic (TV Series) · as Composer |
| 1994 | The Yarn Princess · as Original Music Composer |
| 1993 | Angel Falls (TV Series) · as Composer |
| 1993 | Walker, Texas Ranger (TV Series) · as Composer |
| 1993 | Journey to the Center of the Earth · as Original Music Composer |
| 1992 | Raven (TV Series) · as Composer |
| 1992 | Raven: Return of the Black Dragons · as Original Music Composer |
| 1992 | She Woke Up · as Original Music Composer |
| 1991 | Eye of the Storm · as Composer |
| 1991 | McBain · as Original Music Composer |
| 1991 | Driving Me Crazy · as Original Music Composer |
| 1987 | Three O'Clock High · as Original Music Composer |
| 1987 | Near Dark · as Original Music Composer |
| 1987 | Shy People · as Original Music Composer |
| 1985 | The Park Is Mine · as Original Music Composer |
| 1985 | Red Heat · as Original Music Composer |
| 1985 | Vision Quest · as Original Music Composer |
| 1984 | Flashpoint · as Original Music Composer |
| 1984 | Firestarter · as Original Music Composer |
| 1983 | The Keep · as Original Music Composer |
| 1983 | Wavelength · as Original Music Composer |
| 1983 | Risky Business · as Original Music Composer |
| 1982 | The Soldier · as Original Music Composer |
| 1981 | Strange Behavior · as Original Music Composer |
| 1981 | |
| 1977 | Sorcerer · as Original Music Composer |
| 1970 | Tatort (TV Series) · as Original Music Composer |