Thomas Wander
Thomas Wander (born 19 April 1973) also credited as Thomas Wanker, is an Austrian-born composer for film and television. While his original plans were to play piano in a jazz band, as a teenager he took notice of the emotional response he had to the scores for E.T. the Extraterrestrial and Once Upon a Time in America and grew an interest in film music. In 1992, he moved to Los Angeles to study film composition at the University of Southern California.
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Thomas Wander
- Name
- Thomas Wander
- Born
- 19 April 1973
- Birthplace
- Graz, Austria
- Occupation
- Film composer, music producer
- Nationality
- Austria
- Fields
- film score
- Education
- University of Southern California
- Languages
- German · English
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Thomas Wander (born 19 April 1973) also credited as Thomas Wanker, is an Austrian-born composer for film and television. While his original plans were to play piano in a jazz band, as a teenager he took notice of the emotional response he had to the scores for E.T. the Extraterrestrial and Once Upon a Time in America and grew an interest in film music. In 1992, he moved to Los Angeles to study film composition at the University of Southern California.
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He has won the BMI Film Music Award in 2008 for his score in 10,000 BC, in 2010 for his score in the film 2012, and in 2014 for the score to White House Down. Wander frequently collaborates with fellow composer Harald Kloser on many of his projects, and is best known for his work on the films of director Roland Emmerich.
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• Name — Thomas Wander • Other Names — Thomas Wanker • Born — 19 April 1973 • Birthplace — Graz, Austria • Occupation — Film composer, music producer • Years Active — 1991–present • Website — http: www.thomaswander.com
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Filmography
• The Venice Project (1999) • After the Truth (1999) • Marlene (2000) • Ali: An American Hero (2000) • Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV series, 2000–2002) • The Tunnel (2001) • The Crusaders (2001) • Dracula (2002) • Sins of the Father (2002) • RFK (2002) • Dresden (2006) • 10,000 BC (2008) • Giant (2009) • 2012 (2009) • Anonymous (2011) • All Things to All Men (2013) • White House Down (2013) • Independence Day: Resurgence (2016) • Midway (2019) • Moonfall (2022)
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Thomas Wander is recorded with the occupation film score composer. Recorded with the occupation record producer. Recorded as composer, record producer, conductor and musician.
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Thomas Wander was born on 1 January 1973.
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- 1.Film Score Friday 2/15/08, Film Score Monthly, February 2008 (see under "Coming Soon", March 11)
- 2."Open Letter to Thomas Wanker", FlickBook (blog post), 14 February 2010
- 3.Film Music Live with HARALD KLOSER and THOMAS WANDER, Film Music Institute
- 4.Rachel Portman Receives Richard Kirk Award at BMI Film & TV Music Awards, BMI 20 May 2010
- 5."Mychael Danna and Top Composers Honored at 2014 BMI Film/TV Awards", BMI 15 May 2014
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