Original Score by Christopher Franke
Born in Berlin, Germany in April 1953, Christopher Franke studied classical music and composition at the Berlin Conservatory. At that time he was influenced by such composers as John Cage and Karl-Heinz Stockhausen and was actively involved in rock and jazz music.
Together with his composition teacher, Franke set up a sound studio within the music school. The improvisation courses they conducted resulted in a project that evolved into the Berlin School of Electronic Music. It was there that Christopher Franke met Edgar Froese and became a member of the group Tangerine Dream. One year later, Franke brought Peter Baumann into the band. Between 1970 and 1988, Tangerine Dream released 37 albums and composed scores for more than 30 feature films, includingLegend, Sorcerer, Thief, Firestarter, and Risky Business, with Tom Cruise and Rebecca DeMornay.
In 1991, Franke left the group and released his first solo album, “Pacific Coast Highway”. That same year he founded the Berlin Symphonic Film Orchestra and opened a new studio in Hollywood. In 1993, Christopher founded his own record label, Sonic Images and subsequently released numerous studio recordings and soundtracks. He has composed the music for feature films, such as the blockbuster Universal Soldier, as well as for television, including the Sci-Fi series Babylon 5. 1997 witnessed the release of Franke’s critically acclaimed “The Celestine Prophecy – A Musical Voyage”, the companion CD to James Redfield’s bestseller, The Celestine Prophecy.
More recently, Franke completed the score to the movies Solo, Fortress 2, Tarzan and the Lost City, and the music for the pilot of the upcoming TV series Babylon 5: The Legend of the Rangers. He is currently working on his own new solo album in the genre of ambient-world and techno-trance.
“Nature wanted me to be a painter, but by accident I became a musician. Actually, I think of myself as a sonic painter or a sculptor of sound.”
SOURCE MUSIC
Below is the music that is used in the movie, other than the original score.
Emmanuel
Performed by Aeon Spoke
Beautiful Strange
Performed by Bedrock
Mighty Micro People
Performed by Amon Tobin
Big Blue Journey
Performed by Brent Pendleton
Can’t Get Enough
Performed by Bad Company
Disco Inferno
Performed by The Trammps
Hey There Boy
Performed by Cooper B.
More Than A Feeling
Performed by Boston
Obsession
Performed by Animotion
Forgiveness
Performed and written by Patrick OHearn
Crossroads of the World
Performed and written by Michael Whalen
Tingri Maiden
Written and performed by Jonn Serrie
Rave Polka / She’s Too Fat
Arranged and performed by Jeff Hull and DJ Hector, and Jimmy Sturr
Forever Yours
Performed and written by Paul Singerman
Time to Get Wise
Performed by William Orbit
What I Like About You
Performed by Knacker
Kernkraft 400 (the Chant Re-Mix)
Performed by Zombie Nation
Here We Are
Performed by Gingersol
Addicted to Love
Performed by Robert Palmer
The Wedding March
Performed and arranged by Leland Bond