Christopher Franke

Age: N/A | From: Berlin, Germany

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Aliases: Chris Franke , Christoph Franke , Tangerine Dream

Gender: Male

Place of birth: Berlin, Germany

Homepage: http://www.christopherfranke.com/

Movie Involvements: 55

TV Involvements: 5

Most Famous Work

Biography

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).

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Acting

Year	Character	Movie/Tv
2019	N/A	Tangerine Dream: Ricochet 2019-04-23 Movie
2006	Himself	Tangerine Dream at Coventry Cathedral 2006-01-01 Movie
1994	Self	Babylon 5 1994-01-26 TV Show
1976	N/A	Tangerine Dream - Signals from the Schwäbischen Strasse 1976-05-22 Movie
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Sound

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
2013	Music	Julia 2013-08-31 Movie
2011	Original Music Composer	Ultrasuede: In Search of Halston 2011-09-23 Movie
2007	Original Music Composer	Babylon 5: The Lost Tales - Voices in the Dark 2007-09-03 Movie
2006	Music	What the Bleep! Down the Rabbit Hole 2006-02-03 Movie
2005	Original Music Composer	Berkeley 2005-10-08 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Green Street Hooligans 2005-09-09 Movie
2004	Original Music Composer	What the #$*! Do We (K)now!? 2004-04-23 Movie
2003	Music	The Elizabeth Smart Story 2003-11-09 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Footsteps 2003-10-11 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Hunter: Back in Force 2003-04-12 Movie
	Music	The Family 2003-03-04 TV Show
2002	Original Music Composer	Dancing at the Harvest Moon 2002-10-20 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Babylon 5: The Legend of the Rangers - To Live and Die in Starlight 2002-04-30 Movie
2001	Music	When Dinosaurs Roamed America 2001-07-15 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Murder on the Orient Express 2001-04-22 Movie
1999	Original Music Composer	A Holiday Romance 1999-12-08 Movie
1998	Original Music Composer	Babylon 5: The River of Souls 1998-12-20 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Terror in the Mall 1998-07-29 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Babylon 5: Thirdspace 1998-07-17 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Tarzan and the Lost City 1998-04-24 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Babylon 5: In the Beginning 1998-01-04 Movie
1997	Original Music Composer	Menno's Mind 1997-12-13 Movie
	Original Music Composer	The Devil's Child 1997-10-26 Movie
	Music	The Inheritance 1997-04-06 Movie
	Original Music Composer	The Inheritance 1997-04-06 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Tell Me No Secrets 1997-01-20 Movie
1996	Original Music Composer	Tenchi Muyo! In Love 1996-04-20 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Public Enemies 1996-04-19 Movie
	Original Music Composer	A Face to Die For 1996-03-11 Movie
1995	Music	Requiem 1995-11-07 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Night of the Running Man 1995-01-19 Movie
	Original Music Composer	The Surgeon 1995-01-13 Movie
1994	Original Music Composer	The Yarn Princess 1994-03-27 Movie
	Music	Babylon 5 1994-01-26 TV Show
1993	Original Music Composer	Journey to the Center of the Earth 1993-07-01 Movie
1992	Music	Universal Soldier 1992-07-10 Movie
	Original Music Composer	She Woke Up 1992-01-19 Movie
1991	Original Music Composer	McBain 1991-09-20 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Driving Me Crazy 1991-05-16 Movie
1989	Music	Tales from the Crypt 1989-06-10 TV Show
1987	Original Music Composer	Three O'Clock High 1987-10-09 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Near Dark 1987-10-02 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Shy People 1987-05-14 Movie
	Music	Canyon Dreams 1987-01-01 Movie
1985	Original Music Composer	The Park Is Mine 1985-10-06 Movie
	Music	Legend 1985-08-28 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Red Heat 1985-05-28 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Vision Quest 1985-02-15 Movie
1984	Music	Heartbreakers 1984-09-28 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Firestarter 1984-05-11 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Flashpoint 1984-04-19 Movie
1983	Original Music Composer	The Keep 1983-12-16 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Wavelength 1983-09-16 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Risky Business 1983-08-05 Movie
1982	Original Music Composer	The Soldier 1982-06-01 Movie
1981	Original Music Composer	Strange Behavior 1981-10-16 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Thief 1981-03-27 Movie
1977	Original Music Composer	Sorcerer 1977-06-24 Movie
1970	Original Music Composer	Scene of the Crime 1970-11-29 TV Show
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