Hans Hugo Harold Faltermeier was born on 5 October 1952 and is a German musician, composer and record producer.
12 Facts About Harold Faltermeyer
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Harold Faltermeyer is best known for composing the "Axel F" theme for the feature film Beverly Hills Cop, an influential synth-pop hit in the 1980s.
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Harold Faltermeyer composed the "Top Gun Anthem" for the feature film Top Gun and the music for the Chevy Chase Fletch feature films, Fletch and Fletch Lives.
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Harold Faltermeyer was born in Munich, Bavaria, in what was then West Germany, the son of Anneliese, a homemaker, and Hugo Faltermeier, a construction businessman.
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At 11, a Nuremberg music professor discovered that Harold Faltermeyer had absolute pitch.
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Harold Faltermeyer played organ in a rock combo and studied trumpet and piano at the Munich music academy.
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Moroder and Harold Faltermeyer continued their collaboration in the next decade, producing Donna Summer albums and several hits for various artists.
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Soon Harold Faltermeyer was earning an international reputation for both precise workmanship and trendsetting creativity in his use of synthesizer technology.
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Harold Faltermeyer composed the theme song, "Bit by Bit", sung by Stephanie Mills.
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In 1989, Harold Faltermeyer composed soundtrack music on the Fletch sequel Fletch Lives.
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Harold Faltermeyer provided the soundtrack for the 2007 computer game Two Worlds.
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Harold Faltermeyer returned to film scoring for Kevin Smith's 2010 action comedy Cop Out starring Bruce Willis.