Christopher Franke
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Born 1953-04-06
Berlin, Germany
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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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Scene of the Crime
Babylon 5
Tales from the Crypt
Universal Soldier
Legend
Risky Business
Sorcerer
Green Street Hooligans
Near Dark
Thief
The Tommyknockers
Vision Quest
Firestarter
Fortress 2
The Keep
Three O'Clock High
Shy People
The Park Is Mine
Driving Me Crazy
Tarzan and the Lost City
Solo
Julia
The Soldier
Night of the Running Man
The Family
Tenchi Muyo! In Love
McBain
The Inheritance
Strange Behavior
Public Enemies
Flashpoint
Murder on the Orient Express
Babylon 5: Thirdspace
The Devil's Child
What the #$*! Do We (K)now!?
Red Heat
Journey to the Center of the Earth
The Calling
What the Bleep! Down the Rabbit Hole
Babylon 5: In the Beginning
She Woke Up
Babylon 5: The Lost Tales - Voices in the Dark
Babylon 5: The Legend of the Rangers - To Live and Die in Starlight
Babylon 5: The River of Souls
Wavelength
Reviving Ophelia
Jack the Dog
Canyon Dreams
The Surgeon
Dancing at the Harvest Moon
Menno's Mind
A Date with Darkness: The Trial and Capture of Andrew Luster
Raven: Return of the Black Dragons
A Holiday Romance
Berkeley
The Yarn Princess
The Elizabeth Smart Story
Terror in the Mall
When Dinosaurs Roamed America
A Face to Die For
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