Harold Faltermeyer
Composer
5 October 1952 (73 years)
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
| 2024 | Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F · as Composer |
| 2022 | Top Gun: Maverick · as Original Music Composer |
| 2021 | |
| 2010 | Cop Out · as Original Music Composer |
| 2010 | Glanz the Magnificent · as Composer |
| 2001 | Ski to the Max · as Original Music Composer |
| 1998 | The King of St. Pauli · as Original Music Composer |
| 1995 | Frankie · as Original Music Composer |
| 1994 | |
| 1994 | Asterix in America · as Original Music ComposerOn Plex |
| 1992 | Sauerkraut · as Original Music Composer |
| 1992 | Kuffs · as Original Music Composer |
| 1990 | Fire, Ice & Dynamite · as Original Music Composer |
| 1989 | Tango & Cash · as Original Music Composer |
| 1989 | Fletch Lives · as Original Music Composer |
| 1987 | The Running Man · as Original Music Composer |
| 1987 | Fatal Beauty · as Original Music Composer |
| 1987 | Beverly Hills Cop II · as Original Music Composer |
| 1986 | Fire and Ice · as Original Music Composer |
| 1986 | Top Gun · as Original Music Composer |
| 1985 | Fletch · as Original Music Composer |
| 1984 | Beverly Hills Cop · as Original Music Composer |
| 1984 | Thief of Hearts · as Original Music Composer |
| 1984 | Non-Stop Trouble with My Double · as Original Music Composer |
| 2024 | Pioniere der Filmmusik - Europas Sound für Hollywood · as Self - Interviewee |
| 2022 | Schickeria - Als München noch sexy war · as Self |
| 2019 | |
| 2017 | The Untold Story of Euro Disco · as Self |
| 2016 | Ringlstetter · as Self |
| 2014 | MDR um 4 · as Self |
| 2010 | Hitlåtens historia · as Self - Interviewee |
| 2008 | Markus Lanz · as Self |
| 2007 | We are emperors · as Self |
| 2004 | Danger Zone: The Making of 'Top Gun' · as Self |
| 2003 | Wir in Bayern · as Self |
| 2003 | Die ultimative Chartshow · as Self |
| 2002 | Beverly Hills Cop II: Shakedown Music · as Self |
| 1999 | Volle Kanne · as Self |
| 1999 | Where Are They Now? · as Self |
| 1995 | Für mich soll's rote Rosen regnen · as Self |
| 1991 | DAS! · as Self |
| 1988 | Flitterabend · as Self |
| 1976 | Kölner Treff · as Self |
| 1969 | ZDF Hitparade · as Self - Interview |
| 1964 | Top of the Pops · as Self |