Peter Thomas, born December 1, 1925, in Breslau, Lower Silesia, Weimar Germany,
was a German film score composer, arranger, and conductor. Raised in Berlin, he
studied organ and piano before serving in World War II and completing his
conservatory studies at Mohr's Conservatory in 1953. He began composing for
television and film in 1958, winning the Filmband in Gold for Best Film Music
for Flucht nach Berlin in 1961 and Die endlose Nacht in 1963. He composed
extensively for the Edgar Wallace and Jerry Cotton film series. In 1966, he
composed the soundtrack for the science-fiction ...