Peter Thomas (composer)

Thomas was born in Breslau, Silesia. In the 1950s, he played as a musician for the RIAS broadcaster, typically live. The restored Brandenburg Gate in Berlin was re-opened in 2002 with a live version of the main theme of the Raumpatrouille soundtrack. In his directorial debut, Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (2002), actor George Clooney used three tracks of Peter Thomas' music originally composed for Edgar Wallace movies of the 1960s (in their original mono versions). The 1990s avant-garde band Mr. Bungle performed his piece "Love In Space" on several dates of their 1995/1996 tour for Disco Volante. UK Plunderphonics and avant-garde band, The Perrinormal, name Peter Thomas as one of their main influences, alongside John Barry and Lalo Schifrin. For some of his exceptional scores, Thomas used a self-developed musical instrument called "ThoWiephon", today being exhibited in the Deutsches Museum in Munich, standing near the famous Theremin, also being used in many movies. According to UCM.ONE, a Movie company currently releasing a movie with the Soundtrack composed by Peter Thomas, he died on 17 May 2020 in Lugano. == Films ==

• Moonwolf (Zurück aus dem Weltall, 1959) • Escape to Berlin (Flucht nach Berlin, 1961) • The Strange Countess (Die seltsame Gräfin, 1961) • The Puzzle of the Red Orchid (Das Rätsel der roten Orchidee, 1961) • Only a Woman (Ich bin auch nur eine Frau, 1962) • The Door with Seven Locks (Die Tür mit den sieben Schlössern, 1962) • The Endless Night (Die endlose Nacht, 1963) • An Alibi for Death (Ein Alibi zerbricht, 1963) • The White Spider (Die weiße Spinne, 1963) • The Squeaker (Der Zinker, 1963) • The Indian Scarf (Das Indische Tuch, 1963) • Stop Train 349 (Verspätung in Marienborn, 1964) • Room 13 (Zimmer 13, 1964) • The Ringer (Der Hexer, 1964) • ''Traitor's Gate (Das Verrätertor'', 1964) • ''Uncle Tom's Cabin (Onkel Toms Hütte'', 1965) • The Last Tomahawk (Der letzte Mohikaner, 1965) • Tread Softly / Operation Hurricane: Friday Noon (Schüsse aus dem Geigenkasten, 1965) • Manhattan Night of Murder (Mordnacht in Manhattan, 1965) • Winnetou and Old Firehand / Thunder at the Border (Winnetou und sein Freund Old Firehand, 1966 – Karl May film) • The Trap Snaps Shut at Midnight (Um null Uhr schnappt die Falle zu, 1966) • Playgirl (1966) • Congress of Love (Der Kongreß amüsiert sich, 1966) • The Hunchback of Soho (Der Bucklige von Soho, 1966) • The Trygon Factor (Das Geheimnis der weißen Nonne, 1966) • The Blood Demon / Castle of the Walking Dead / Pendulum / The Snake Pit and the Pendulum / The Snake Pit / The Torture Chamber of Dr. Sadism / The Torture Room (Die Schlangengrube und das Pendel, 1967 – all titles used for one and the same movie) • Jack of Diamonds (Der Diamantenprinz, 1967) • Murderers Club of Brooklyn (Der Mörderclub von Brooklyn, 1967) • The Zombie Walks (Im Banne des Unheimlichen, 1967) • The Hound of Blackwood Castle (Der Hund von Blackwood Castle, 1968) • The Man with the Glass Eye (Der Mann mit dem Glasauge, 1968) • Van de Velde: The Perfect Marriage (Van de Velde: Die vollkommene Ehe, 1968) • Death and Diamonds (Dynamit in grüner Seide, 1968) • The Gorilla of Soho (Der Gorilla von Soho, 1968) • '''' (1968, TV miniseries) • Every Night of the Week (Van de Velde: Das Leben zu zweit – Sexualität in der Ehe, 1969) • Hotel Royal (1969, TV film) • '' (O Happy Day'', 1970) • '' (Die Weibchen'' (1970) • Under the Roofs of St. Pauli (1970) • Chariots of the Gods (Erinnerungen an die Zukunft, 1970) • Swedish Sin (Nach Stockholm der Liebe wegen, 1970) • '''' (1970) • Holiday Report (1971) • Office Girls (1971) • Our Willi Is the Best (Unser Willi ist der Beste, 1971) • The Body in the Thames (Die Tote aus der Themse, 1971) • The Big Boss 1971 (Die Todesfaust des Cheng Li, 1973) • The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of (Der Stoff, aus dem die Träume sind, 1972) • Three Men in the Snow (Drei Männer im Schnee, 1974) • Embassy of the Gods / Miracle of the Gods (Botschaft der Götter, 1976) • Breakthrough (Steiner – Das eiserne Kreuz, 2. Teil, 1979) ==References==