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).
Babylon 5: In the Beginning
Original Music Composer
Age 44 (now 73)
Ultrasuede: In Search of Halston
Original Music Composer
Age 58 (now 73)
Babylon 5: The Lost Tales - Voices in the Dark
Original Music Composer
Age 54 (now 73)
What the Bleep! Down the Rabbit Hole
Music
Age 52 (now 73)
Tangerine Dream at Coventry Cathedral
Music
Age 52 (now 73) Tangerine Dream at Coventry Cathedral
as Himself
Age 52 (now 73)
What the #$*! Do We (K)now!?
Original Music Composer
Age 51 (now 73)
A Date with Darkness: The Trial and Capture of Andrew Luster
Original Music Composer
Age 50 (now 73)
Dancing at the Harvest Moon
Original Music Composer
Age 49 (now 73)
Babylon 5: The Legend of the Rangers - To Live and Die in Starlight
Original Music Composer
Age 49 (now 73)
Murder on the Orient Express
Original Music Composer
Age 48 (now 73)
Babylon 5: The River of Souls
Original Music Composer
Age 45 (now 73)
Babylon 5: In the Beginning
Original Music Composer
Age 44 (now 73)
Journey to the Center of the Earth
Original Music Composer
Age 40 (now 73)
Raven: Return of the Black Dragons
Original Music Composer
Age 39 (now 73)
Tangerine Dream - Signals from the Schwäbischen Strasse
as Self
Age 23 (now 73)
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Also Known As
Chris Franke, Christoph Franke, Tangerine Dream
IMDB
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