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Natascha (Main Theme Soulounge Vocal Version)

In 1968, Rialto Film released “Van de Velde: The Perfect Marriage” in German cinemas, followed in ’69 by “Van de Velde: The Life of Two – Sexuality in Marriage”; enlightenment films as they were en vogue at the time.

“Natasha (Main Theme)”, recorded by the Peter Thomas Sound Orchester, is the main theme, a melancholic spherical instrumental piece. Based on samples from the original, a new version has been created. Together with a modern groove, radiant backing vocals by Frieder Hepting and – of course – soulful guitar and keyboard parts, “Natascha” merges present and past into a new one not heard before.

25. July 2023

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Ausgeblendet / Eingeblendet

“Faded Out/Faded In (Ausgeblendet/Eingeblendet)”. The exhibition at the Jewish Museum Frankfurt uses film examples to trace the previously unwritten film history of the German Federal Republic. Also included is the film “Es war mir ein Vergnügen” with music by Peter Thomas. Here is an excerpt from the film with Esther Ofarim and the song “Das ist meine Liebe”.

25. July 2023

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Bis ans Ende der Nacht
Since the beginning of July, Peter Thomas is been represented in German cinemas with three chansons by Esther Ofarim. The film “Bis ans Ende der Nacht” by Christoph Hochhäusler received an invitation to compete for the Golden Bear 2023, the main prize of the Berlinale. Thea Ehre was awarded the Silver Bear for Best Supporting Actress. Click here for the trailer titled “Komm leg’ Deinen Arm um mich”:  
25. July 2023

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Golden Ticket Tapes – THEMES

Thanks to a very fruitful collaboration with Golden Ticket Tapes, nine well-known beatmakers reworked and sampled my father’s previously unreleased audio material. The result is a great remix of original tapes from the P.T.S.O. Archive stock, which now sound remixed and sampled in new sounds for the first time. My dad would have been delighted with this new design of his works.

THEMES on Spotify
25. July 2023

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Drum Cover by Claude Bussard

A unique project

The versatile and creative drummer Claude Bussard plays to selected songs by Peter Thomas and enriches them with his own fills and beats. Our drummer is embedded in a unique animation by the Brazilian animator Lucas Schwantes. He has managed to thematically illustrate and lovingly animate each song. The camera work is done by the wonderful Tina Schück, who brought a lot of patience and tact to the production of the clip.

We have illustrated a total of five titles from films for which Peter Thomas, wrote the music. Would you recognize these melodies?

Here Philip Thomas presents one of the winners of the competition with his prize in person in Berlin. Many thanks to Thomas M. for participating!

5. May 2023

Beate Warkentien
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EUROPEAN FILMPHILHARMONIC INSTITUTE

The EUROPEAN FILMPHILHARMONIC INSTITUTE inspires its audiences in Germany, Europe and all over the world with the contemporary art of symphonic film music.
Its services range from the research and provision of film and music material to its own creative overall productions of film concerts and film music concerts.
In this context, the EUROPEAN FILMPHILHARMONIC INSTITUTE will sift through, edit and digitally record the existing musical material of the composer Peter Thomas. This will make his musical legacy accessible to a wider audience of artists and art lovers. Many thanks to Beate Warkentien for making this possible.

The collaboration with the European FilmPhilharmonic Institute began 20 years ago. On the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the television series RAUMPATROUILLE – DIE PHANTASTISCHEN ABENTEUER DES RAUMSCHIFFES ORION, the feature film version of the cult series was made, which was released in 2003. This was the first German sound film to feature full-length live musical dubbing. The original music has been rearranged for big band and made available for the first time for a live concert. An absolute world premiere! Here are a few impressions from the performance with Peter Thomas live.

4. May 2023

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Der Kongress amüsiert sich

“Der Kongress Amüsiert Sich” is a colorful historical and costume film with an all-star cast (Curd Jürgens, Lili Palmer, Gustav Knuth). Filming took place in 1965, mainly in the Vienna Hofburg. The film music was composed by Peter Thomas.
Thanks to detective work in the archives of the late maestro, MuZikBeater has succeeded in making the entire soundtrack of this film available to the public for the first time.

Der Kongress amüsiert sich - click here!
4. May 2023

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Playlist P.T.S.O. curated by Philip Thomas

My father has written the music to over 500 movies and among them there are many well known melodies. With this playlist I tried to reproduce the well known titles and at the same time to present less known but absolute bangers. Just listen to it here:

P.T.S.O. Playlist
4. May 2023

Schlangengrube
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The Torture Chamber of Dr. Sadism

In November 2022 it was spooky in Rothenburg ob der Tauber. “The Torture Chamber of Dr. Sadism” was shown at the original filming location in Rothenburg ob der Tauber. Directly after the screening of “Die Schlangengrube und das Pendel” (The Torture Chamber of Dr. Sadism) in the Filmpalast Ballhaus Forum Rothenburg, renowned experts (including Walter Potganski) gave interesting anecdotes about the making of the film. Also in the audience were former extras of the film. The music for this Edgar Allan Poe film adaptation was penned by the great master! Here is the original soundtrack, whose release was personally supervised by my father until shortly before his death:

Torture Chamber of Dr. Sadism

Afterwards, Walter Potganski (MovieMax) and Ulrich Mannes (SGE- Siggi Götz Entertainement) and their team went out.

4. May 2023

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Drum Cover by Claude Bussard – coming soon…

We are currently working on a special music project. It is important to us to present the music of the maestro in other forms. We will merge an interplay of music, drummer and animations into an animated clip. We are happy to give you an insight into the creation of the animations around the playing of the drummer Claude Bussard. Lucas Schwantes will show you how he prepares, inspires and lovingly animates his characters for this work. Turn up the volume and hear/see the fusion of music and animation.

4. May 2023

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