Biography
Thomas Wander, also credited as Thomas Wanker, is an Austrian film and television composer. Born on 19 April 1973 in Graz, he studied classical piano and jazz at the University of Music and Performing Arts Graz before moving to Los Angeles in 1992 to study film composition at the University of Southern California.
He frequently collaborates with composer Harald Kloser and is best known for his work on films directed by Roland Emmerich, including 10,000 BC (2008), 2012 (2009), Anonymous (2011), White House Down (2013), Independence Day: Resurgence (2016), Midway (2019) and Moonfall (2022). He has received BMI Film Music Awards for his scores to 10,000 BC, 2012 and White House Down. For television, he composed music for more than forty episodes of Buffy the Vampire Slayer (2000–2002) and several television films.
