MUSICIAN

Harold Faltermeyer

1952 - Today

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Hans Hugo Harold Faltermeyer (born 5 October 1952) is a German musician, composer and record producer. Faltermeyer is best known for composing the "Axel F" theme for the feature film Beverly Hills Cop, an influential synth-pop hit in the 1980s. He also composed the "Top Gun Anthem" for the feature film Top Gun, along with its score, and the music for the Chevy Chase Fletch feature films, Fletch and Fletch Lives. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Harold Faltermeyer has received more than 1,153,708 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Harold Faltermeyer is the 675th most popular musician (up from 753rd in 2019), the 2,875th most popular biography from Germany (up from 2,983rd in 2019) and the 37th most popular German Musician.

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  • 1.2M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 60.06

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 25

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.50

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.76

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Harold Faltermeyer ranks 675 out of 3,175. Before him are Jan Akkerman, Eric Woolfson, Chas Chandler, Peter Schreier, Chaka Khan, and Benny Golson. After him are Robert Smith, Elisabeth Leonskaja, Eddie Vedder, Ahmet Ertegun, Vinnie Vincent, and Alan Price.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1952, Harold Faltermeyer ranks 180. Before him are Ulrich Seidl, Péter Erdő, Krystyna Janda, Michael Cunningham, Vasco Rossi, and Freddy Maertens. After him are Vinnie Vincent, Ricardo Martinelli, David Byrne, Rishi Kapoor, Wim Rijsbergen, and Jacques Santini.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Harold Faltermeyer ranks 2,875 out of 7,253. Before him are Claus Schilling (1871), Karl Pfeffer-Wildenbruch (1888), Susanna of Bavaria (1502), Johannes Werner (1468), Elga Andersen (1935), and Cornelia Funke (1958). After him are Wilhelm von Biela (1782), John, Margrave of Brandenburg-Küstrin (1513), Edzard II, Count of East Frisia (1532), Josias von Heeringen (1850), Franz Joseph Emil Fischer (1877), and Ludwig Rellstab (1799).

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Among MUSICIANS In Germany

Among musicians born in Germany, Harold Faltermeyer ranks 37. Before him are Axel Rudi Pell (1960), Uli Jon Roth (1954), Oliver Riedel (1971), Klaus Voormann (1938), Gerd Albrecht (1935), and Peter Schreier (1935). After him are Robert Hausmann (1852), Menahem Pressler (1923), Conrad Graf (1782), David Garrett (1980), Fritz Busch (1890), and Christian Ferdinand Abel (1682).

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