---
name: "Edgar Froese"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/edgar-froese"
fi1m_id: "edgar-froese"
imdb_id: "nm0296209"
tmdb_id: 69600
wikidata_id: "Q505957"
roles: ["Composer"]
born: "6 June 1944"
died: "20 January 2015"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 78
average_over: 4
updated: "2026-10-13T04:03:16.937982+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Edgar Froese

## Identity

Edgar Froese

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/edgar-froese
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** edgar-froese
- **IMDb ID:** nm0296209
- **TMDB ID:** 69600
- **Wikidata ID:** Q505957
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_Froese, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q505957, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0296209/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/69600

Composer. Born 6 June 1944 in Tilsit, East Prussia, Germany. Died 20 January 2015.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Born:** 6 June 1944, Tilsit, East Prussia, Germany
- **Died:** 20 January 2015
- **Active:** 1977–1987
- **Also known as:** Tangerine Dream, Edgar Willmar Froese
- **Frequently works with:** [Christopher Franke](https://film.one/person/christopher-franke.md), [Johannes Schmölling](https://film.one/person/johannes-schmolling.md), [Tom Cruise](https://film.one/person/tom-cruise.md)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1970s 88 (1), 1980s 75 (3)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 78 to 68 across 4 titles
- **Score spread:** 3 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Adventure 2, Comedy 1, Drama 1, Fantasy 1, Horror 1, Romance 1
- **Screen time:** 7 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $91m across 4 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_Froese, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q505957, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0296209/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/69600

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Risky Business*](https://film.one/film/risky-business.md) (81)

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## Biography

Edgar Willmar Froese was a German composer and electronic music pioneer. He founded the band Tangerine Dream in 1967 and remained its only continuous member until his death. The group became known for its film soundtracks from the late 1970s onwards.

Froese was born on 6 June 1944 in Tilsit, East Prussia (now Sovetsk, Russia) and died on 20 January 2015. He studied painting and sculpture at the Academy of the Arts in Berlin. Earlier, he formed the band The Ones, which performed in Spain and met Salvador Dalí.

He is credited with music on films including *Sorcerer* (1977), *Thief* (1981), *Risky Business* (1983), *Firestarter* (1984) and *Legend* (1985).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, americansongwriter.com.*

## On Fi1m (4)

- *Near Dark* (1987), Fi1m 82, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/near-dark.md)
- *Legend* (1985), Fi1m 61, Songs, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/legend.md)
- *Risky Business* (1983), Fi1m 81, Music, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/film/risky-business.md)
- *Sorcerer* (1977), Fi1m 88, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/sorcerer.md)

## Complete filmography (37)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Tangerine Dream: Ricochet* (2019), Actor
- *Tangerine Dream: Phaedra Farewell Tour 2014 London* (2015), as Keyboards, Electric Guitar · Producer
- *Tangerine Dream - The London Eye Concert* (2011), as Keyboards · Producer
- *Tangerine Dream . The Epsilon Journey* (2010), Actor
- *Tangerine Dream . Rocking Out The Bats* (2009), Actor
- *Tangerine Dream - One Night in Space - Live at the Alte Oper Frankfurt* (2009), Director
- *Tangerine Dream - Loreley* (2008), Actor
- *Tangerine Dream - Live in London at Shepherds Bush Empire* (2007), as Tastiere Sintetizzatore
- *Tangerine Dream - Live at the Tempodrome Berlin* (2006), Actor
- *Tangerine Dream at Coventry Cathedral* (2006), Music
- *Tangerine Dream: Inferno* (2004), Music
- *Luminous Visions* (1998), Music
- *Rainbow Drive* (1990), Original Music Composer
- *Catch Me... If You Can* (1989), Original Music Composer
- *Miracle Mile* (1989), Original Music Composer
- *Shy People* (1987), Original Music Composer
- *Three O'Clock High* (1987), Original Music Composer
- *Near Dark* (1987), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/near-dark.md)
- *Canyon Dreams* (1987), Music
- *The Park Is Mine* (1986), Original Music Composer
- *Legend* (1985), Music, Songs — Fi1m 61, [page](https://film.one/film/legend.md)
- *Red Heat* (1985), Original Music Composer
- *Vision Quest* (1985), Original Music Composer
- *Heartbreakers* (1984), Music
- *Firestarter* (1984), Original Music Composer
- *Flashpoint* (1984), Original Music Composer
- *The Keep* (1983), Original Music Composer
- *Wavelength* (1983), Original Music Composer
- *Risky Business* (1983), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/risky-business.md)
- *Rainer Werner Fassbinder: Last Works* (1982), Original Music Composer
- *Kamikaze '89* (1982), Original Music Composer
- *The Soldier* (1982), Original Music Composer
- *Strange Behavior* (1981), Original Music Composer
- *Thief* (1981), Original Music Composer
- *Sorcerer* (1977), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/sorcerer.md)
- *Scene of the Crime* (1970), series, Original Music Composer
- *Auf Scheisser schiesst man nicht* (1969), as Original Music Composer

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