Thomas, Peter -sound Orchester-
Derrick Und Der Alte (music From Original Tv Series)
DERRICK is turning 50 this year. The extremely popular and extremely successful German crime series has become quiet. This is due to the posthumous revelation of the Nazi past of the Chief Inspector, Horst Tappert. A comparable TV series, however, continues undeterred to this day: DER ALTE. What they both have in common and the subject of this album is that in their early phase, Peter Thomas was one of their musical designers. Peter Thomas and his Sound Orchestra composed the music for the first DERRICK episode, "Waldweg" (1974). Six more followed. The composer and musician even had a cameo appearance in the DERRICK episode "Tod des Trompeters" (1976), where he is in the audience of the singer Sabrina (Emy Cesaroni) and briefly interacts with her. The corresponding piece, "Ohne Dich Ist Es Nacht", was once a successful single and can be heard on this album. For the television crime series DER ALTE, which started three years later in 1977, Peter Thomas even wrote the title music for the first 100 episodes as well as the music for four episodes, including the first, "Die Dienstreise".