Peter Thomas (composer)

Thomas was born in Breslau, Silesia.^[2] In the 1950s, he played as a musician for the RIAS broadcaster, typically live.^[2]

The restored Brandenburg Gate in Berlin was re-opened in 2002 with a live version of the main theme of the Raumpatrouille soundtrack.^[2]

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.

• Moonwolf (Zurück aus dem Weltall, 1959)
• Escape to Berlin [de] (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 [de] (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)
• That Woman [de] (Playgirl, 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)
• Babeck [de] (1968, TV miniseries)
• Every Night of the Week (Van de Velde: Das Leben zu zweit – Sexualität in der Ehe, 1969)
• Hotel Royal [de] (1969, TV film)
• Seventeen and Anxious [de] (O Happy Day, 1970)
• The Females [de] (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)
• Angels with Burnt Wings [de] (1970)
• Holiday Report (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)