Cast & creator
Harold Faltermeyer
Best known for DAS!, Markus Lanz, Volle Kanne
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.
29
film credits
17
television credits
18
1948–2024 · acting roles
6.5
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (46)
Showing 46 of 46 credits
DAS!
Self
1991
Markus Lanz
Self
2008Volle Kanne
Self
1999
Kölner Treff
Self
1976
Abendschau
self
2000
Top Gun: Maverick
Original Music Composer
2022
Bambi
Self
1948
Top Gun
Original Music Composer
1986Top Gun
Songs
1986
Ringlstetter
self
2016Die ultimative Chartshow
Self
2003
Beverly Hills Cop
Original Music Composer
1984Beverly Hills Cop
Theme Song Performance
1984Where Are They Now?
Self
1999
The Running Man
Original Music Composer
1987
Beverly Hills Cop II
Original Music Composer
1987Beverly Hills Cop II
Theme Song Performance
1987Studio 3 - Live aus Babelsberg
Self
2022
Tango & Cash
Original Music Composer
1989Die Hit-Giganten
2003
Cop Out
Original Music Composer
2010
Der König von St. Pauli
Original Music Composer
1998
Fletch Lives
Original Music Composer
1989Kult am Sonntag
himself
2007
Fletch
Original Music Composer
1985
Sauerkraut
Original Music Composer
1992
Asterix Conquers America
Original Music Composer
1994
Thief of Hearts
Original Music Composer
1984
Pioniere der Filmmusik - Europas Sound für Hollywood
Self - Interviewee
2024
Fatal Beauty
Original Music Composer
1987Geheimniskrämer
Self
2018
Frankie
Original Music Composer
1996
Kuffs
Original Music Composer
1992
Gier
Songs
2010
Danger Zone: The Making of Top Gun
Self
2004
Fire, Ice and Dynamite
Original Music Composer
1990
White Magic
Music
1994
Hopfen, Malz und Blei
Music
2021Best of the Best: Inside the Real Top Gun
Music
2004
Ski to the Max
Original Music Composer
2001
Snow Motion
Original Music Composer
1987
Disco Europe Express
Self - Musician
2019
Non-Stop Trouble with my Double
Original Music Composer
1984
Meine Welt ist die Musik
Self
2019
Fire & Ice
Original Music Composer
1986
Otto - Die Doku
Self
2018