Harold Faltermeyer
Sound
- Born
- October 5, 1952 (age 74) · 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.
Known for
Top Gun: Maverick
May 21, 2022
Top Gun
May 16, 1986
Beverly Hills Cop
December 5, 1984
The Running Man
November 13, 1987
Beverly Hills Cop II
May 18, 1987
Tango & Cash
December 22, 1989
Cop Out
February 26, 2010
Fletch
May 31, 1985
Asterix Conquers America
September 29, 1994
Fletch Lives
March 17, 1989
Kuffs
January 10, 1992
Fatal Beauty
October 30, 1987
Behind the camera21
- 2022Top Gun: Maverick Original Music Composer
- 2021Hopfen, Malz und Blei Music
- 2010Cop Out Original Music Composer
- 2004Best of the Best: Inside the Real Top Gun Music
- 2001Ski to the Max Original Music Composer
- 1994White Magic Music
- 1994Asterix Conquers America Original Music Composer
- 1992Kuffs Original Music Composer
- 1990Fire, Ice and Dynamite Original Music Composer
- 1989Tango & Cash