Ken Thorne

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. They had 3 children together, Jennifer Coplin, Emily Thorne and Claire Thorne. He died on July 9, 2014 in West Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA. He is known for his work on Superman II (1980), Superman III (1983) and U-571 (2000). 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.

Sound

1949

[ ] Vengeance Is Mine (Original Music Composer)

1962

[ ] Dead Man's Evidence (Music)
[ ] It's Trad, Dad! (Original Music Composer)

1965

[ ] Help! (Music Director)

1966

[ ] A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (Music Director)
[ ] A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (Music)

1967

[ ] How I Won the War (Original Music Composer)
[ ] How I Won the War (Conductor)

1968

[ ] Inspector Clouseau (Original Music Composer)
[ ] Head (Original Music Composer)

1969

[ ] The Magic Christian (Original Music Composer)
[ 7/10 ] The Bed Sitting Room (Original Music Composer)
[ 7/10 ] The Bed Sitting Room (Conductor)
[ ] A Talent for Loving (Original Music Composer)
[ ] Sinful Davey (Original Music Composer)

1971

[ ] Hannie Caulder (Original Music Composer)

1973

[ ] The Persuaders! (Original Music Composer)

1974

[ ] Juggernaut (Conductor)
[ ] Juggernaut (Original Music Composer)

1975

[ ] Assault on Agathon (Original Music Composer)

1976

[ ] The Ritz (Music Arranger)
[ ] The Ritz (Conductor)
[ ] The Ritz (Original Music Composer)

1978

[ ] Power Play (Music)

1979

[ ] The Outsider (Original Music Composer)
[ ] Arabian Adventure (Music)

1980

[ ] Superman II (Original Music Composer)
[ ] Superman II (Conductor)
[ ] Wolf Lake (Original Music Composer)

1982

[ ] The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Music)
[ ] The House Where Evil Dwells (Original Music Composer)

1983

[ ] Superman III (Original Music Composer)
[ ] White Water Rebels (Music)

1984

[ ] Lassiter (Original Music Composer)
[ ] Finders Keepers (Original Music Composer)
[ ] The Evil That Men Do (Original Music Composer)
[ ] The Evil That Men Do (Conductor)

1985

[ ] My Wicked, Wicked Ways: The Legend of Errol Flynn (Original Music Composer)
[ 5/10 ] The Protector (Original Music Composer)

1987

[ ] The Return of Sherlock Holmes (Music)
[ ] The Trouble with Spies (Original Music Composer)

1990

[ ] Personals (Music)

1991

[ ] Bejewelled (Music)
[ ] Bejewelled (Original Music Composer)

1993

[ ] Lethal Exposure (Music)
[ ] Diana: Her True Story (Music)
[ ] Sunset Grill (Original Music Composer)
[ ] Spies (Music)

1996

[ ] Escape Clause (Original Music Composer)

1997

[ ] The Apocalypse Watch (Original Music Composer)

1999

[ ] Mary, Mother of Jesus (Original Music Composer)

2002

[ ] Santa, Jr. (Original Music Composer)

2003

[ ] Love Comes Softly (Original Music Composer)

2007

[ ] Marco Polo (Original Music Composer)

Crew

2006

[ ] Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut (Additional Music)

Actor

2006

[ ] You Will Believe: The Cinematic Saga of Superman (Self)