Harold Faltermeyer
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Harold Faltermeyer

Born 5 October 1952 · Munich, Bavaria, West Germany [now Germany]
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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
Top Gun
Beverly Hills Cop
The Running Man
Beverly Hills Cop II
Tango & Cash
Cop Out
Fletch
Asterix Conquers America
Fletch Lives
Kuffs
Fatal Beauty
Top Gun: Maverick
Hopfen, Malz und Blei
Cop Out
Ski to the Max
Asterix Conquers America
White Magic
Kuffs
Fire, Ice and Dynamite
Tango & Cash
Fletch Lives
Beverly Hills Cop II
The Running Man
Fatal Beauty
Snow Motion
Top Gun
Fire & Ice
Fletch
Beverly Hills Cop
Non-Stop Trouble with my Double
Thief of Hearts
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