'Christopher Franke' (born
April 6,
1953 in
Berlin) was a member of the German electronic group
Tangerine Dream with
Edgar Froese and
Peter Baumann (and later
Johannes Schmoelling, who replaced Baumann) from
1970 to
1988. He originally played drums, but began playing
synthesizers as the group moved away from its
psychedelic rock origins. Since his departure, he has founded the
Sonic Images record label, the
Earthtone New Age Music label and the
Berlin Symphonic Film Orchestra, and produced a number of solo works. He moved to
Los Angeles,
California in
1991 to pursue film work. In 1995 he scored the
AFI short, ''
Requiem''. He also served as the composer for the science fiction television series ''
Babylon 5'', as well as composing the score of ''
Tenchi Muyo! in Love''.
Solo discography
★ ''Pacific Coast Highway'' (1991)
★ ''Universal Soldier'' (1992)
★ ''London Concert'' (1992)
★ ''New Music for Films Vol. 1'' (1993)
★ ''Raven'' (1994)
★ ''
Babylon 5'' (1995)
★ ''Klemania'' (1995)
★ ''
Perry Rhodan - Pax Terra'' (1996)
★ ''The Celestine Prophecy'' (1996)
★ ''Tenchi the Movie:
Tenchi Muyo! in Love'' (1996; rereleased in 2002)
★ ''Enchanting Nature'' (1996)
★ ''Babylon 5, volume 2: Messages from Earth'' (1997)
★ '' (1997)
★ '' (1997)
★ ''
Pacific Blue'' (1997)
★ ''Transformation of Mind'' (1997)
★ '' (1997)
★ ''Epic'' (1999)
★ ''Babylon 5: Episodic CDs - 24 CDs x 30 minutes per CD'' (1997-2000)
★ ''New Music for Films Vol. 2'' (2000)
★ ''The Calling'' (2000)
★ ''The Best of Babylon 5'' (2001)
★ ''
What the Bleep Do We Know!?'' (2004)
★ '' (2007)
See also
★
Perry Rhodan
External link
★
Sonic Images Official Homepage
★
★
Christopher Franke at
IMDB