German musician, born October 5th, 1952, in Munich.

Harold Faltermeyer played synthesizer on Donna Summers’s Bad Girls album along with executive producer Giorgio Moroder.

Following his work with Laura Branigan on her 1984 album Self Control, he produced soundtracks for the motion pictures Beverly Hills Cop and Top Gun and won Grammy Awards for each of them.

“Axel F”, from Beverly Hills Cop, entered the US-charts at number 3, in 1985. The Pet Shop Boys had him produce their 1990 album Behaviour.

Faltermeyer collaborated with German band Milch on an album, which never was released and currently (2013) still lives in his hometown Munich, focussing on songwriting.

Aliases:
Axel F., Network

In groups:
Artists United For Nature, Harold’s Band, Orchester Harold Faltermeyer, Peter Moesser’s Music, The Heat, The Lenny Mac Dowell Project

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Harold Faltermeyer

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Hans Hugo Harold Faltermeier (born 5 October 1952), known professionally as Harold Faltermeyer, is a German musician, composer and record producer. 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.

Harold Faltermeyer - IMDb

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Harold Faltermeyer, Soundtrack: Beverly Hills Cop. Harold Faltermeyer was born on October 5, 1952 in Munich, Bavaria, West Germany as Hans Hugo Harold Faltermeier. He was previously married to Karin Faltermeyer.