Edgar Froese

Personal Info

Know For

Sound

Gender

Male

Birthday

1944-06-06 (71 years old)

Deathday

2015-01-20

Place of Birth

Tilsit, East Prussia, Germany

Edgar Froese

Biography

Edgar Willmar Froese (6 June 1944 – 20 January 2015) was a German musical artist and electronic music pioneer, best known for founding the electronic music group Tangerine Dream in 1967. Froese was the only continuous member of the group until his death. Although his solo and group recordings before 2003 name him "Edgar Froese", his later solo albums bear the name "Edgar W. Froese". Froese was born in Tilsit, East Prussia (now Sovetsk, Russia), on D-Day during World War II; members of his family, including his father, had been killed by the Nazis and after the war, his mother and surviving family settled in Berlin. He took piano lessons from...

Production

1984

Firestarter

as Original Music Composer

1987

Near Dark

as Original Music Composer

1989

Catch Me... If You Can

as Original Music Composer

1982

Kamikaze '89

as Original Music Composer

1998

1987

Shy People

as Original Music Composer

1981

Strange Behavior

as Original Music Composer

1969

Auf Scheisser schiesst man nicht

as Original Music Composer

1987

1985

Red Heat

as Original Music Composer

1983

Wavelength

as Original Music Composer

1987

Three O'Clock High

as Original Music Composer

1984

Flashpoint

as Original Music Composer

1982

The Soldier

as Original Music Composer

1983

Risky Business

as Original Music Composer

1984

1977

Sorcerer

as Original Music Composer

1983

The Keep

as Original Music Composer

1989

Miracle Mile

as Original Music Composer

1990

Rainbow Drive

as Original Music Composer

1985

Vision Quest

as Original Music Composer

1986

The Park Is Mine

as Original Music Composer

1985

Legend

as Music

1981

Thief

as Original Music Composer

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