Harold Faltermeyer

To me, Harold Faltermeyer is the sound of the 1980s in two notes. The moment I hear that springy synth riff of "Axel F" from Beverly Hills Cop, I'm transported straight back to the era of neon and Ferrari Testarossas. What I respect most is that he wasn't just a soundtrack guy churning out filler. The Munich-born composer co-wrote the "Top Gun Anthem," which won him a Grammy, and his work on Fletch proved he understood comedy timing too. He's German, not American, and his synth-pop instrumentals basically wrote the playbook for cinematic electronic scoring. Underrated as a craftsman, in my opinion.

Name (English)

Harold Faltermeyer

Name (Japanese)

ハロルド・フォルターメイヤー

Reading

はろるど・ふぉるたーめいやー

Born

October 5, 1952 (age 73)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Libra / Dragon

Origin

Munich, Upper Bavaria, Germany

Occupation

composer / record producer / film score composer / recording artist / music arranger

Awards & achievements

• 1986 Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media
• 1987 Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Performance

Motto

Private

• Official sitehttp://haroldfaltermeyer.net/
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%8F%E3%83%AD%E3%83%AB%E3%83%89%E3%83%BB%E3%83%95%E3%82%A9%E3%83%AB%E3%82%BF%E3%83%BC%E3%83%A1%E3%82%A4%E3%83%A4%E3%83%BC

Tags

• Upper Bavaria
• composer
• record producer
• film score composer

Last updated

2026-06-02

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