Peter Schilling is a German singer-songwriter best known for his synth-driven New Wave and electronic pop music, emerging in the early 1980s. He achieved international recognition with the 1983 hit "Major Tom (Coming Home)," a modern, synth-based reimagining of the David Bowie character that exemplifies his use of science-fiction themes and atmospheric electronic production. Schilling's work blends pop songcraft with synthesizer textures, melodic hooks, and narrative lyrical content, often centered on futuristic or existential motifs. Active primarily from the 1980s onward, he has recorded in both German and English and is associated with the broader European synthpop and Neue Deutsche Welle movements.