The Munich Symphony Orchestra (Münchner Symphoniker) is a German orchestra based in Munich. Kurt Graunke founded the orchestra as the Graunke Symphony Orchestra in 1945. The orchestra acquired its current name in 1990. Its primary concerts are given at the Herkulesaal and the Prinzregententheater, with some concerts given at the Munich Philharmonie.
Since 2006, the orchestra's chief conductor is Georg Schmöhe. The orchestra's principal guest conductor is Philippe Entremont, with whom the orchestra made its US debut tour in 2005-2006.
The orchestra has recorded music for over 500 films, including El Cid by Miklos Rozsa, Jerry Goldsmith's score for The Wind and the Lion, Christopher Young's music for Hellbound: Hellraiser II and Howard Shore's score for The Silence of the Lambs. The Orchestra performed the soundtrack score to a number of episodes of the television series : The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones in the 1990s.