Christopher Franke
Sound
Christopher Franke (born 6 April 1953) is a German musician and composer. From 1971 to 1987, he was a member of the electronic group Tangerine Dream. Initially, a drummer with The Agitation later renamed Agitation Free, his primary focus eventually shifted to keyboards and synthesizers as the group moved away from its psychedelic rock origins. While he was not the first musician to use an analog sequencer, he was probably the first to turn it into a live performance instrument, thus laying the rhythmic foundation for classic Tangerine Dream pieces and indeed for the whole Berlin school sound. After his departure from the group, he founded the Sonic Images record label, a new-age music label called Earthtone, and the Berlin Symphonic Film Orchestra, and produced a number of solo music works. After leaving Tangerine Dream, his only live concert was on 9 October 1991 at the Astoria Theatre in London. He performed on stage with Edgar Rothermich (a.k.a. Richard E. Roth) who is also his producer and engineer on all his solo projects and film music after 1990. Franke moved to Los Angeles in 1991 to pursue film work. In 1995 he scored the AFI short Requiem. He may be best known for composing the music for the science fiction television series Babylon 5, as well as the score of the anime movie Tenchi Muyo! in Love and in 2005 the music for the German musical Ludwig² (with Konstantin Wecker).
Known for
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movieJulia
2013
Music
movieUltrasuede: In Search of Halston
2011
Original Music Composer
movieBabylon 5: The Lost Tales - Voices in the Dark
2007
Original Music Composer
movieBerkeley
2005
Original Music Composer
movieGreen Street Hooligans
2005
Original Music Composer
movieWhat the #$*! Do We (K)now!?
2004
Original Music Composer
movieFootsteps
2003
Original Music Composer
movieA Date with Darkness: The Trial and Capture of Andrew Luster
2003
Original Music Composer
movieHunter: Back in Force
2003
Original Music Composer
tvThe Family
2003
Music
movieManhood
2003
Original Music Composer
movieDancing at the Harvest Moon
2002
Original Music Composer
movieBabylon 5: The Legend of the Rangers - To Live and Die in Starlight
2002
Original Music Composer
movieMurder on the Orient Express
2001
Original Music Composer
movieJack the Dog
2001
Original Music Composer
movieThe Calling
2000
Original Music Composer
movieFortress 2
2000
Original Music Composer
movieA Holiday Romance
1999
Original Music Composer
movieBabylon 5: The River of Souls
1998
Original Music Composer
movieTerror in the Mall
1998
Original Music Composer
movieBabylon 5: Thirdspace
1998
Original Music Composer
movieTarzan and the Lost City
1998
Original Music Composer
movieBabylon 5: In the Beginning
1998
Original Music Composer
movieMenno's Mind
1997
Original Music Composer
movieThe Devil's Child
1997
Original Music Composer
movieThe Inheritance
1997
Original Music Composer, Music
movieTell Me No Secrets
1997
Original Music Composer
movieSolo
1996
Original Music Composer
movieTenchi Muyo! In Love
1996
Original Music Composer
moviePublic Enemies
1996
Original Music Composer
movieA Face to Die For
1996
Original Music Composer
movieRequiem
1995
Music
movieNight of the Running Man
1995
Original Music Composer
movieThe Surgeon
1995
Original Music Composer
movieThe Yarn Princess
1994
Original Music Composer
tvBabylon 5
1994
Music
movieJourney to the Center of the Earth
1993
Original Music Composer
movieRaven: Return of the Black Dragons
1992
Original Music Composer
movieShe Woke Up
1992
Original Music Composer
movieMcBain
1991
Original Music Composer
movieDriving Me Crazy
1991
Original Music Composer
movieShy People
1987
Original Music Composer
movieThree O'Clock High
1987
Original Music Composer
movieNear Dark
1987
Original Music Composer
movieThe Park Is Mine
1986
Original Music Composer
movieLegend
1985
Music
movieRed Heat
1985
Original Music Composer
movieVision Quest
1985
Original Music Composer
movieFirestarter
1984
Original Music Composer
movieFlashpoint
1984
Original Music Composer
movieThe Keep
1983
Original Music Composer
movieWavelength
1983
Original Music Composer
movieRisky Business
1983
Original Music Composer
movieThe Soldier
1982
Original Music Composer
movieStrange Behavior
1981
Original Music Composer
movieThief
1981
Original Music Composer
movieSorcerer
1977
Original Music Composer
tvScene of the Crime
1970
Original Music Composer
