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name: "Harold Faltermeyer"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/harold-faltermeyer"
fi1m_id: "harold-faltermeyer"
imdb_id: "nm0266536"
tmdb_id: 799
wikidata_id: "Q372489"
roles: ["Composer"]
born: "5 October 1952"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 5
average_fi1m_score: 65
average_over: 5
updated: "2026-10-04T19:56:09.171985+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."
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# Harold Faltermeyer

## Identity

Harold Faltermeyer

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/harold-faltermeyer
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** harold-faltermeyer
- **IMDb ID:** nm0266536
- **TMDB ID:** 799
- **Wikidata ID:** Q372489
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Faltermeyer, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q372489, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0266536/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/799

Composer. Born 5 October 1952 in Munich, Germany.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Born:** 5 October 1952, Munich, Germany
- **Active:** 1984–present
- **Frequently works with:** [Don Simpson](https://film.one/person/don-simpson.md), [Jerry Bruckheimer](https://film.one/person/jerry-bruckheimer.md), [Eddie Murphy](https://film.one/person/eddie-murphy.md), [John Ashton](https://film.one/person/john-ashton.md), [Judge Reinhold](https://film.one/person/judge-reinhold.md), [Ronny Cox](https://film.one/person/ronny-cox.md), [Tom Cruise](https://film.one/person/tom-cruise.md), [Tony Scott](https://film.one/person/tony-scott.md)
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar nomination
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 61 (4), 2020s 80 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 65 to 63 across 5 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 2 under 60
- **Genres:** Action 4, Comedy 3, Crime 3, Drama 2, Mystery 1, Romance 1
- **Screen time:** 9 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $2,522m across 5 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Faltermeyer, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q372489, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0266536/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/799

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Top Gun: Maverick*](https://film.one/film/top-gun-maverick.md) (80)
- **Hulu:** [*Top Gun*](https://film.one/film/top-gun.md) (71)
- **Pluto TV:** [*Beverly Hills Cop*](https://film.one/film/beverly-hills-cop.md) (55)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Harold Faltermeyer is a German musician, composer and record producer. Born on 5 October 1952 in Munich, he began playing piano at the age of six and later worked as a session musician and arranger with Giorgio Moroder.

He is known for his electronic scores for several 1980s films, including *Beverly Hills Cop* (1984), which features the theme "Axel F", *Top Gun* (1986), for which he shared a Grammy Award for the "Top Gun Anthem" with Steve Stevens, and *Top Gun: Maverick* (2022). Other credits include *The Running Man* (1987), *Fletch* (1985) and *Beverly Hills Cop II* (1987). He received two Grammy Awards for his work on the *Beverly Hills Cop* and *Top Gun* soundtracks.

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

## On Fi1m (5)

- *Top Gun: Maverick* (2022), Fi1m 80, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/top-gun-maverick.md)
- *Beverly Hills Cop II* (1987), Fi1m 48, Theme Song Performance, Music, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/film/beverly-hills-cop-ii.md)
- *Top Gun* (1986), Fi1m 71, Music, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/film/top-gun.md)
- *Fletch* (1985), Fi1m 71, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/fletch.md)
- *Beverly Hills Cop* (1984), Fi1m 55, Theme Song Performance, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/beverly-hills-cop.md)

## Complete filmography (25)

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

- *Top Gun: Maverick* (2022), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/top-gun-maverick.md)
- *Hopfen, Malz und Blei* (2021), Music
- *Cop Out* (2010), Original Music Composer
- *Gier* (2010), series, as Songs
- *Best of the Best: Inside the Real Top Gun* (2004), Music
- *Ski to the Max* (2001), Original Music Composer
- *Der König von St. Pauli* (1998), series, Original Music Composer
- *Frankie* (1996), series, Original Music Composer
- *White Magic* (1994), Music
- *Asterix Conquers America* (1994), Original Music Composer
- *Sauerkraut* (1992), series, Original Music Composer
- *Kuffs* (1992), Original Music Composer
- *Fire, Ice and Dynamite* (1990), Original Music Composer
- *Tango & Cash* (1989), Original Music Composer
- *Fletch Lives* (1989), Original Music Composer
- *The Running Man* (1987), Original Music Composer
- *Fatal Beauty* (1987), Original Music Composer
- *Beverly Hills Cop II* (1987), Original Music Composer, Theme Song Performance — Fi1m 48, [page](https://film.one/film/beverly-hills-cop-ii.md)
- *Snow Motion* (1987), Original Music Composer
- *Top Gun* (1986), Original Music Composer, Songs — Fi1m 71, [page](https://film.one/film/top-gun.md)
- *Fire & Ice* (1986), Original Music Composer
- *Fletch* (1985), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 71, [page](https://film.one/film/fletch.md)
- *Beverly Hills Cop* (1984), Original Music Composer, Theme Song Performance — Fi1m 55, [page](https://film.one/film/beverly-hills-cop.md)
- *Thief of Hearts* (1984), Original Music Composer
- *Non-Stop Trouble with my Double* (1984), Original Music Composer

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 1988: Best Original Song (nominated), for *Shakedown*

### Other awards — 2 won

- Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Performance 1987: Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Performance (won), for *Top Gun Anthem*
- Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media 1986: Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media (won), for *Music From The Motion Picture Soundtrack "Beverly Hills Cop"*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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