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Edgar Froese

Born June 6, 1944 · Tilsit, East Prussia, Germany

Died January 20, 2015 · aged 70

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 bo…

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Legend

MovieAdventureFantasy

Set in a timeless mythical forest inhabited by fairies, goblins, unicorns and mortals, this fantastic story follows a mystical forest dweller, chosen by fate, to undertake a heroic quest. He must save the beautiful Princess Lili and defeat the demonic Lord of Darkness, or the world will be plunged into a never-ending ice age.

Sorcerer

Sorcerer · 1977

MovieThrillerAdventure

Four men from different parts of the globe, all hiding from their pasts in the same remote South American town, agree to risk their lives transporting several cases of dynamite (which is so old that it is dripping unstable nitroglycerin) across dangerous jungle terrain.

Risky Business

Risky Business · 1983

MovieRomanceComedy

Meet Joel Goodson, an industrious, college-bound 17-year-old and a responsible, trustworthy son. However, when his parents go away and leave him home alone in the wealthy Chicago suburbs with the Porsche at his disposal he quickly decides he has been good for too long and it is time to enjoy himself. After an unfortunate incident with the Porsche Joel must raise some cash, in a risky way.

Near Dark

Near Dark · 1987

A farm boy reluctantly becomes a member of the undead when a girl he meets turns out to be part of a band of vampires who roam the highways in stolen cars.

Thief

MovieCrimeThriller

Frank is an expert professional safecracker, specialized in high-profile diamond heists. He plans to use his ill-gotten income to retire from crime and build a nice life for himself complete with a home, wife and kids. To accelerate the process, he signs on with a top gangster for a big score.

Firestarter

Firestarter · 1984

MovieHorrorScience Fiction

Charlene "Charlie" McGee has the amazing ability to start fires with just a glance. Can her psychic power and the love of her father save her from the threatening government agency which wants to destroy her?

The Keep

The Keep · 1983

MovieHorrorFantasy

Set during World War II, a German army garrison is sent to guard a mountain pass in a village in Romania's Carpathian mountains and sets up barracks in an ancient stone fortress. Two of the soldiers unwittingly release a mysterious entity that kills or corrupts those within its influence, drawing the attention of a Gestapo commander, a Jewish scholar, and a mysterious traveller.

Tangerine Dream - Live in London at Shepherds Bush Empire

Tangerine Dream - Live in London at Shepherds Bush Empire · 2007

Tangerine Dream - Live in London at Shepherds Bush Empire

Filmography

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Legend

MovieAdventureFantasy

Set in a timeless mythical forest inhabited by fairies, goblins, unicorns and mortals, this fantastic story follows a mystical forest dweller, chosen by fate, to undertake a heroic quest. He must save the beautiful Princess Lili and defeat the demonic Lord of Darkness, or the world will be plunged into a never-ending ice age.

Music

Sorcerer

Sorcerer · 1977

MovieThrillerAdventure

Four men from different parts of the globe, all hiding from their pasts in the same remote South American town, agree to risk their lives transporting several cases of dynamite (which is so old that it is dripping unstable nitroglycerin) across dangerous jungle terrain.

Original Music Composer

Risky Business

Risky Business · 1983

MovieRomanceComedy

Meet Joel Goodson, an industrious, college-bound 17-year-old and a responsible, trustworthy son. However, when his parents go away and leave him home alone in the wealthy Chicago suburbs with the Porsche at his disposal he quickly decides he has been good for too long and it is time to enjoy himself. After an unfortunate incident with the Porsche Joel must raise some cash, in a risky way.

Original Music Composer

Near Dark

Near Dark · 1987

A farm boy reluctantly becomes a member of the undead when a girl he meets turns out to be part of a band of vampires who roam the highways in stolen cars.

Original Music Composer

Thief

MovieCrimeThriller

Frank is an expert professional safecracker, specialized in high-profile diamond heists. He plans to use his ill-gotten income to retire from crime and build a nice life for himself complete with a home, wife and kids. To accelerate the process, he signs on with a top gangster for a big score.

Original Music Composer

Firestarter

Firestarter · 1984

MovieHorrorScience Fiction

Charlene "Charlie" McGee has the amazing ability to start fires with just a glance. Can her psychic power and the love of her father save her from the threatening government agency which wants to destroy her?

Original Music Composer

The Keep

The Keep · 1983

MovieHorrorFantasy

Set during World War II, a German army garrison is sent to guard a mountain pass in a village in Romania's Carpathian mountains and sets up barracks in an ancient stone fortress. Two of the soldiers unwittingly release a mysterious entity that kills or corrupts those within its influence, drawing the attention of a Gestapo commander, a Jewish scholar, and a mysterious traveller.

Original Music Composer

Tangerine Dream - Live in London at Shepherds Bush Empire

Tangerine Dream - Live in London at Shepherds Bush Empire · 2007

Tangerine Dream - Live in London at Shepherds Bush Empire

Tastiere Sintetizzatore

Miracle Mile

Miracle Mile · 1989

MovieScience FictionThriller

After 30 years of searching, Harry has finally met the girl of his dreams. Unfortunately, before they even have a chance to go on their first date, Harry intercepts some chilling news: WWIII has begun and nuclear missiles will destroy Los Angeles in less than an hour!

Original Music Composer

Three O'Clock High

Three O'Clock High · 1987

Three O'Clock High

Nerdy high schooler Jerry Mitchell is assigned to write an article for the school paper about the infamous new delinquent transfer student, Buddy Revell. When Jerry accidentally invades Buddy's personal space and touches him, Buddy challenges Jerry to an afterschool fight in the parking lot, which Jerry tries to avoid at all costs.

Original Music Composer

Vision Quest

Vision Quest · 1985

MovieDramaRomance

After deciding he needs to do something meaningful with his life, high school wrestler Louden Swain sets out on a mission to drop weight and challenge the area's undefeated champion, which creates problems with his teammates and health. Matters are complicated further when Louden's father takes in an attractive female drifter who's on her way to San Francisco.

Original Music Composer

Kamikaze '89

Kamikaze '89 · 1982

MovieScience FictionThriller

In a futuristic, totalitarian society wherein the government controls all facets of the media, a homicide detective investigates a string of bombings and uncovers more than he bargained for.

Original Music Composer

Strange Behavior

Strange Behavior · 1981

Strange Behavior

MovieScience FictionHorror

When the teenagers in a small Illinois town start getting murdered, the police chief makes a connection to the mysterious scientific experiments being done at the local university and must stop them before his own son is dragged into the deadly scheme.

Original Music Composer

Flashpoint

Flashpoint · 1984

MovieCrimeThriller

Two Texas border guards find a jeep buried in the desert, with a skeleton, a scoped rifle, and a box with $800,000 in cash. Before they decide whether to keep the money or report it, they privately investigate the clues and unravel a decades old mystery.

Original Music Composer

The Park Is Mine

The Park Is Mine · 1986

The Park Is Mine

MovieTV MovieAction

A Vietnam vet takes forceful control of Central Park to remember those who served and died in the Vietnam War.

Original Music Composer

Wavelength

Wavelength · 1983

MovieScience FictionDrama

Two young lovers learn that a small group of child-like space aliens are marooned on Earth and are being held prisoner at a top secret military facility. The couple then decide to liberate the extraterrestrial castaways and help them make a rendezvous with a rescue ship sent from the alien home planet.

Original Music Composer

Shy People

Shy People · 1987

A Cosmo Magazine journalist and her daughter leave New York City to visit their distant relatives deep in the bayous of Louisiana.

Original Music Composer

The Soldier

The Soldier · 1982

MovieActionDrama

Terrorists take over a plutonium bomb and threaten to detonate it in a Saudi Arabian oil field. A special anti-terrorist unit is sent in to stop them.

Original Music Composer

Luminous Visions

Luminous Visions · 1998

Luminous Visions

A digitally animated universe that contains eleven discrete "cyber-worlds".

Music

Canyon Dreams

Canyon Dreams · 1987

MovieMusicDocumentary

The remarkable Grand Canyon film set to the synth music of Tangerine Dream.

Music

Red Heat

Red Heat · 1985

East Germans abduct a U.S. coed (Linda Blair) and throw her in a women's prison run by a brutal inmate (Sylvia Kristel).

Original Music Composer

Catch Me... If You Can

Catch Me... If You Can · 1989

Catch Me... If You Can

MovieActionComedy

A hotshot teenage car racer persuades the class president of a small Minnesota high school to gamble on illegal car races to raise money for their school which is facing closure.

Original Music Composer

Rainbow Drive

Rainbow Drive · 1990

MovieThrillerCrime

A Hollywood multiple murder is investigated by a homicide cop, despite high-placed efforts to cover up the crime.

Original Music Composer

Tangerine Dream: Phaedra Farewell Tour 2014 London

Tangerine Dream: Phaedra Farewell Tour 2014 London · 2015

Tangerine Dream: Phaedra Farewell Tour 2014 London

The London concert of the PHAEDRA FAREWELL TOUR 2014 on 23rd May at O2 Shepherd's Bush Empire was the second concert in a row of a long multi-week tour after starting in Paris. It was the last time for the band performing as a five man/woman band - Iris and Linda still were present. After that tour TD started the so-called QUANTUM YEARS with three concerts in Australia as a four man/woman band with the new member Ulrich Schnauss.

Producer

Scene of the Crime

Scene of the Crime · 1970

Scene of the Crime

SeriesDramaCrime

Tatort is a long-running German/Austrian/Swiss crime television series set in various parts of these countries. The show is broadcast on the channels of ARD in Germany, ORF in Austria and SF1 in Switzerland.

Original Music Composer