Christopher Franke
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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Movies (46)
Tangerine Dream: Ricochet
2019
Julia
Music (Sound)
2013
Ultrasuede: In Search of Halston
Original Music Composer (Sound)
2011
Reviving Ophelia
Music (Sound)
2010
Babylon 5: The Lost Tales - Voices in the Dark
Original Music Composer (Sound)
2007
What the Bleep! Down the Rabbit Hole
Music (Sound)
2006
Tangerine Dream at Coventry Cathedral
as Himself
2006
Berkeley
Original Music Composer (Sound)
2005
Green Street Hooligans
Original Music Composer (Sound)
2005
What the #$*! Do We (K)now!?
Original Music Composer (Sound)
2004
The Elizabeth Smart Story
Music (Sound)
2003
Footsteps
Original Music Composer (Sound)
2003
A Date with Darkness: The Trial and Capture of Andrew Luster
Original Music Composer (Sound)
2003
Hunter: Back in Force
Original Music Composer (Sound)
2003
Manhood
Original Music Composer (Sound)
2003
Dancing at the Harvest Moon
Original Music Composer (Sound)
2002
Babylon 5: The Legend of the Rangers - To Live and Die in Starlight
Original Music Composer (Sound)
2002
When Dinosaurs Roamed America
Music (Sound)
2001
Murder on the Orient Express
Original Music Composer (Sound)
2001
Jack the Dog
Original Music Composer (Sound)
2001
The Calling
Original Music Composer (Sound)
2000
A Holiday Romance
Original Music Composer (Sound)
1999
Babylon 5: The River of Souls
Original Music Composer (Sound)
1998
Terror in the Mall
Original Music Composer (Sound)
1998
Babylon 5: Thirdspace
Original Music Composer (Sound)
1998
Tarzan and the Lost City
Original Music Composer (Sound)
1998
Babylon 5: In the Beginning
Original Music Composer (Sound)
1998
Menno's Mind
Original Music Composer (Sound)
1997
The Devil's Child
Original Music Composer (Sound)
1997
The Inheritance
Original Music Composer (Sound)
1997
Tell Me No Secrets
Original Music Composer (Sound)
1997
Solo
Original Music Composer (Sound)
1996
Tenchi Muyo! In Love
Original Music Composer (Sound)
1996
Public Enemies
Original Music Composer (Sound)
1996
A Face to Die For
Original Music Composer (Sound)
1996
Requiem
Music (Sound)
1995
Night of the Running Man
Original Music Composer (Sound)
1995
The Surgeon
Original Music Composer (Sound)
1995
The Yarn Princess
Original Music Composer (Sound)
1994
Journey to the Center of the Earth
Original Music Composer (Sound)
1993
Universal Soldier
Music (Sound)
1992
Raven: Return of the Black Dragons
Original Music Composer (Sound)
1992
She Woke Up
Original Music Composer (Sound)
1992
McBain
Original Music Composer (Sound)
1991
Driving Me Crazy
Original Music Composer (Sound)
1991
Shy People
Original Music Composer (Sound)
1987
