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Harold Faltermeyer

real name Hans Hugo Harold Faltermeier

Munich, Germany · b. 1952-10-05

Harold Faltermeyer is credited on 4,261 releases across 881 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1969–2026 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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4,261

Credits

881

Albums

7

Decades active

470

In collections

Biography

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German musician, born October 5th, 1952, in Munich.
Harold Faltermeyer played synthesizer on Donna Summer'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" (opens in a new tab) and "Top Gun" (opens in a new tab) 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 the album "Socialpark" (opens in a new tab), which was released in 1999.
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Credited work

4,261 releases · 881 albums · active 1969–2026

  • Performance · 4,927
  • Production · 2,234
  • Other credits · 348
  • Engineering · 251

Studios: Arco Studios · Red Deer Studios · Abbey Road Studios · Sarm West Studios

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