In December 2016, the same label issued albums of his work on the Beverly Hills Cop series. In January 2007, La La Land Records finally released a limited edition soundtrack (3000 CD copies) for Tango & Cash.
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However, The Running Man and Kuffs were graced with full score albums and the Thief of Hearts and Fletch scores also received reasonably good coverage on their respective soundtrack albums. Only a handful of additional score tracks complemented these hits on vinyl: "The Discovery" and "Shoot-out" from Beverly Hills Cop and "Memories" from Top Gun, and only ever as B-sides on singles. The full scores of these films were not released on album. He also composed the theme song, "Bit by Bit", sung by Stephanie Mills. The year after, the Fletch theme expanded on his trademark electronic soundscapes with experimental phase modulated percussion effects woven into the largely analog synth melodies. Then came his big break with the landmark hip hop / breakdance-influenced score for Beverly Hills Cop, featuring the worldwide hit, the " Axel F" theme (referred to by Faltermeyer himself as the "banana theme", as it was originally written for a specific scene where Detroit policeman Axel Foley gives a pair of Beverly Hills police officers the slip by shoving bananas up their exhaust pipe, causing their car to stall when they try and tail him). Early on he created work for 1984's Thief of Hearts, with electronic scoring and songs for Melissa Manchester, Annabella Lwin, Elizabeth Daily and others. Soundtrack work Īlongside a busy schedule as a record producer, he became increasingly involved in soundtrack work on Moroder's scores ( Midnight Express, American Gigolo and Foxes) and was soon hired as composer in his own right-usually composing, performing and producing the complete score as well as a number of pop songs penned for various artists. Soon Faltermeyer was earning an international reputation for both precise workmanship and trendsetting creativity in his use of synthesizer technology. Moroder and Faltermeyer continued their collaboration in the next decade, producing Donna Summer albums and several hits for various artists. Then in 1978, Giorgio Moroder recognized his talent and brought him to Los Angeles to play keyboards and arrange the soundtrack for the film Midnight Express.
Within three years he was engineering major classical sessions for the prestigious Deutsche Grammophon label. While waiting to begin university studies he found work at a recording studio. He played organ in a rock combo and studied trumpet and piano at the Munich music academy.
His boyhood years combined training in classical music with a developing interest in rock 'n roll. At 11, a Nuremberg music professor discovered that Faltermeyer had absolute pitch. Encouraged by his parents (the owners of a civil engineering firm), he started playing piano at the age of six. 4.5 Solo singles including instrumental themesįaltermeyer was born in Munich, Federal Republic of Germany, the son of Anneliese (née Schmidt), a homemaker, and Hugo Faltermeier, a construction businessman.The Beverly Hills Cop and Top Gun projects earned him two Grammy Awards: the first in 1986 for Best Album of original score written for a motion picture or television special, as a co-writer of the Beverly Hills Cop soundtrack and the second in 1987 for Best Pop Instrumental Performance with guitarist Steve Stevens for " Top Gun Anthem" from the Top Gun soundtrack.Īs a session musician, arranger and producer, Faltermeyer has worked with numerous international pop stars including Donna Summer, Amanda Lear, Patti LaBelle, Barbra Streisand, Glenn Frey, Blondie, Laura Branigan, La Toya Jackson, Billy Idol, Jennifer Rush, Bonnie Tyler and Pet Shop Boys. He also 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. Hans Hugo Harold Faltermeier (born 5 October 1952 ), known professionally as Harold Faltermeyer, is a German musician, composer and record producer.įaltermeyer 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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