Christopher Franke

Born April 6, 1953 · Berlin, Germany

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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2010s

2013
Julia
Music
2011
Ultrasuede: In Search of Halston
Original Music Composer
2010
Reviving Ophelia
Music

2000s

2007
Babylon 5: The Lost Tales - Voices in the Dark
Original Music Composer
2006
What the Bleep! Down the Rabbit Hole
Music
Tangerine Dream at Coventry Cathedral
Music
2005
Berkeley
Original Music Composer
Green Street Hooligans
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2004
What the #$*! Do We (K)now!?
Original Music Composer
2003
The Elizabeth Smart Story
Music
64
Footsteps
Original Music Composer
A Date with Darkness: The Trial and Capture of Andrew Luster
Original Music Composer
Hunter: Back in Force
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The Family
Music
Manhood
Original Music Composer
2002
Dancing at the Harvest Moon
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Babylon 5: The Legend of the Rangers - To Live and Die in Starlight
Original Music Composer
2001
When Dinosaurs Roamed America
Music
Murder on the Orient Express
Original Music Composer
Jack the Dog
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2000
The Calling
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Fortress 2
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