Real name: Hans Hugo Harold Faltermeier

Effective period / Period of releases: 1984 - 2024

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" 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.

Also see Harold Faltermeyer