Thomas Wander (born 19 April 1973 in Graz) also credited as Thomas Wanker,[1][2] is an Austrian-born composer for film and television.
[citation needed] 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.
[3] In 1992, he moved to Los Angeles to study film composition at the University of Southern California.
[5] 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.