Florian Fricke (23 February 1944 – 29 December 2001) was a German musician who started his professional career with electronic music, using the Moog synthesizer, and was a founding member of the Krautrock band Popol Vuh.

In the 5th issue of David Elliott's fanzine Neumusik, in 1981,[4] Garry Scott related that the two young men "shared similar ideas and beliefs" and "dreamed of changing the world."

Fricke subsequently edited the soundtracks of several Herzog's movies, among which were Nosferatu: Phantom of the Night, starring Klaus Kinski and Bruno Ganz; Aguirre, the Wrath of God; and, Heart of Glass.

He was one of the first musicians to own and use a Moog III synthesizer, with which he recorded Popol Vuh's first two albums Affenstunde ("Hour of the Monkey") and In den Gärten Pharaos ("In Pharaohs' Gardens").

"[7] In 1972, Tangerine Dream’s founder Edgar Froese, "intrigued by Florian Fricke’s music," invited him to play in the opening track “Birth of Liquid Plejades” of the band's LP Zeit ("Time").

[2]: 190 Together with former Popol Vuh member Frank Fiedler, a competent cameraman, Fricke shot a series of films of "spiritual inspiration" in the Sinai desert, and also in Israel, Lebanon, Mesopotamia,Morocco, Afghanistan, Tibet, and Nepal.

In October 2003, electronic-music pioneer Klaus Schulze wrote in the booklet in the soon-to be-re-released Hosianna Mantra LP the following:Florian was and remains an important forerunner of contemporary ethnic and religious music.