Peter Thomas Sound Orchester

Peter Thomas Sound Orchester was the studio orchestra of Peter Thomas (1925-2020), a German composer, arranger and bandleader born in Breslau (now Wrocław) who died in Lugano, Switzerland. Thomas wrote scores for West German cinema and television, and is best known for the music of the science fiction series Raumpatrouille. Peter Thomas worked as a musician for the RIAS broadcaster in the 1950s before turning to film. During the 1960s he scored many films in the Edgar Wallace series and the Jerry Cotton films.