---
name: "Thomas Wander"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/thomas-wander"
fi1m_id: "thomas-wander"
imdb_id: "nm0911173"
tmdb_id: 6049
wikidata_id: "Q450156"
roles: ["Composer"]
born: "19 April 1973"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 48
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-10-05T11:11:11.791605+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Thomas Wander

## Identity

Thomas Wander

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/thomas-wander
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** thomas-wander
- **IMDb ID:** nm0911173
- **TMDB ID:** 6049
- **Wikidata ID:** Q450156
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Wander, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q450156, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0911173/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/6049

Composer. Born 19 April 1973 in Graz.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Born:** 19 April 1973, Graz
- **Active:** 2008–2009
- **Also known as:** Thomas Wanker
- **Frequently works with:** [Harald Kloser](https://film.one/person/harald-kloser.md), [Mark Gordon](https://film.one/person/mark-gordon.md), [Roland Emmerich](https://film.one/person/roland-emmerich.md)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Wander, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q450156, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0911173/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/6049

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*2012*](https://film.one/film/2012.md) (57)
- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*10,000 BC*](https://film.one/film/10-000-bc.md) (40)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## 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.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, musicbrainz.org, thomaswander.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *2012* (2009), Fi1m 57, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/2012.md)
- *10,000 BC* (2008), Fi1m 40, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/10-000-bc.md)

## Complete filmography (18)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Moonfall* (2022), Original Music Composer
- *Midway* (2019), Original Music Composer
- *Independence Day: Resurgence* (2016), Original Music Composer
- *White House Down* (2013), Original Music Composer
- *All Things To All Men* (2013), Original Music Composer
- *Anonymous* (2011), Original Music Composer
- *2012* (2009), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 57, [page](https://film.one/film/2012.md)
- *10,000 BC* (2008), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 40, [page](https://film.one/film/10-000-bc.md)
- *RFK* (2002), Original Music Composer
- *The Crusaders* (2001), series, Original Music Composer
- *The Tunnel* (2001), Original Music Composer
- *The Crusaders* (2001), Conductor, Music
- *Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye* (2000), Music
- *After the Truth* (1999), Original Music Composer
- *The Venice Project* (1999), Original Music Composer
- *The Thirteenth Floor* (1999), Additional Music
- *Florian - Liebe aus ganzem Herzen* (1999), Original Music Composer
- *Frucht der Gewalt* (1997), Additional Music

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