49. Film Composer: Harold Faltermeyer
Film Utopia cranks up the volume and slips on a pair of mirrored aviators for a full-throttle dive into the filmography of composer Harold Faltermeyer, the man who made the ‘80s sound like, well… the ‘80s.
From the neon-tinged hum of Fletch to the icy pulse of Tango & Cash, the bombast of Axel F and Top Gun Anthem to the next-level cheese of Running Man’s Captain Freedom’s Workout, we celebrate Faltermeyer’s unmistakable brand of cool: those heroic synth brass stabs, those over-caffeinated basslines, and that uncanny knack for turning a film cue into an 80s pop chart banger.
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