Ken Thorne
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Ken Thorne (* 26 January 1924 in East Dereham , Norfolk , England ; † 9. July 2014 in California ) was a British composer of film music.
life and career
Ken Thorne, born in 1924 in East Dereham, Norfolk, England, began playing the piano when he was five. Since the early 1960s he has composed numerous film scores for successful feature films. Since the 1980s he was primarily active in the television industry.
His most famous film works were made in collaboration with director Richard Lester . This includes the musical direction in the Beatles film Hi-Hi-Hilfe! (1965), the following year the Oscar- winning film music for the film musical Toll drove the old Romans (1966) and the film music for the grotesque anti-war film How I Won the War (1969), in which John Lennon played a leading role. For the Monkees ' only feature film , Head , he composed a classic violin piece entitled Strings . Other well-known film works were 18 hours to eternity (1974) and the film music arrangement for Superman II - Alone Against All and Superman III - The Steel Lightning (1981 and 1983). Well-known television works include Diana - Your True Story (1993) and Liz - The Elizabeth Taylor Story (1995). In 1999 he composed the music for the Bible adaptation Maria - The Holy Mother of God .
Thorne, who is also listed under the names Kenneth Thorne or Ken Thorn, was married to Linda Hayes since 1973 and has three children.
Filmography (selection)
- 1966: Funny Thing Happened on the ancient Romans (A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum)
- 1967: How I Won the War (How I Won the War)
- 1968: Inspector Clouseau (Inspector Clouseau)
- 1969: A Talent for Loving
- 1969: Dave - Sinful Davey
- 1969: Magic Christian ( The Magic Christian )
- 1971–72: The 2 (The Persuaders) (TV series, John Barry only created the theme song)
- 1974: 18 hours to eternity (Juggernaut)
- 1975: Royal Flash
- 1978: Amok Hunt (Wolf Lake)
- 1979: Under the spell of the caliph (Arabian Adventure)
- 1980: Superman II - Alone Against All (Superman II)
- 1983: Superman III - The Steel Lightning (Superman III)
- 1984: The liquidator (The Evil That Men Do)
- 1993: Wildes Land (Return to Lonesome Dove)
- 1996: Escape Clause (Escape Clause)
- 1999: Maria - The Holy Mother of God (Mary, Mother of Jesus)
literature
- Jürgen Wölfer, Roland Löper: The great lexicon of film composers. The magicians of cinematic acoustics - from Ennio Morricone to Hans Zimmer . Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2003, ISBN 3-89602-296-2 .
Web links
- Literature by and about Ken Thorne in the catalog of the German National Library
- Ken Thorne in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Notice of death to Ken Thorne
- ↑ Aaron Couch: Oscar-winning composer Ken Thorne Dies at 90.hollywoodreporter.com, July 10, 2014, accessed July 10, 2014
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Thorne, Ken |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Thorne, Kenneth; Thorn, Ken |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British film composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 26, 1924 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | East Dereham , Norfolk , England |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 9, 2014 |
| Place of death | California , United States |