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Kenneth Thorne (26 January 1924 – 9 July 2014) was a British television and film score composer . Early life. Thorne was born in Dereham, a town in the English county of Norfolk. Thorne began his musical career as a pianist with the big bands of England during the 1940s, playing at night clubs and the dance halls.
Jul 15, 2014 · Ken Thorne, the Academy Award-winning film composer who worked on movies by the Beatles and the Monkees, died of natural causes on July 9. He was 90.
Feb 23, 2017 · The death of flamboyant car tycoon Ken Thorne at the age 75 in the University of Wales Hospital, Cardiff, has put the spotlight on an Icarus-like story of ambition and collapse.
Ken Thorne was born on 26 January 1924 in East Dereham, Norfolk, England, UK. He was a composer, known for Superman II (1980), Superman III (1983) and U-571 (2000). He was married to Linda Hays.
- Music Department, Composer, Soundtrack
- January 26, 1924
- Ken Thorne
- July 9, 2014
Jul 11, 2014 · Ken Thorne was a British composer who scored musicals, films and TV shows, including "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum" and "Help!" He also rearranged John Williams' Superman theme for the sequels.
Jul 9, 2014 · Ken is an Oscar-winning British composer and conductor who began work as a big band pianist in the 1940's. At age 27, he studied composition with private tutors at Cambridge. Ken Thorne was born on January 26, 1924 (Aquarius) in East Dereham, Norfolk, England, UK. He was married to Linda Hayes (23 March 1973 - 9 July 2014) until his death.
Jul 10, 2014 · Oscar-Winning Composer Ken Thorne Dies at 90. He took home an Academy Award for scoring "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum" and earned a Grammy nomination for The Beatles' "Help!"
