Ken Thorne
Ken Thorne | |
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Ken Thorne (1974) | |
Born | (1924-01-26)26 January 1924 Dereham, Norfolk, England, UK |
Died | 9 July 2014(2014-07-09) (aged 90) West Hills, California, United States |
Occupation | Film score composer |
Spouse | Linda Thorne |
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. At age 27, Thorne decided to seriously study composition with private tutors at Cambridge and later studied the organ for five years in London.[1]
Film scoring
Thorne began composing scores for films in 1948. He was considered Richard Lester's composer of choice since their first work together on It's Trad, Dad! (1962), Help! (1965) and A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (1966).
When Henry Mancini was scoring Blake Edwards' 1968 film The Party with Peter Sellers, Thorne composed the soundtrack to Inspector Clouseau. He also composed the music scores for How I Won the War (1967), The Monkees movie Head (1968), The Magic Christian (1969) and The Ritz (1976). He was also hired for Richard Lester's films Superman II and III with instructions to reuse the themes composed by John Williams from the first film and adapt them for the sequels, also adding some original work. From the 1980s, Ken Thorne mainly focused on his work for TV, working predominantly with director Kevin Connor.
His television work included the theme to the 1964 BBC series R3, and he also scored incidental music for The Persuaders! and The Zoo Gang in the 1970s. His later work included the score for the miniseries Return to Lonesome Dove in 1993.
Thorne also had an unexpected chart hit in 1963 when his cover version of Angelo Francesco Lavagnino's "Theme from The Legion's Last Patrol" (Concerto Disperato) reached #4 in the UK charts.[2]
As a conductor, orchestral arranger and music coordinator, Thorne also achieved notoriety for his contributions to the English version of Franco Zeffirelli's film Brother Sun, Sister Moon in 1973.[3][4]
Death
Thorne died at a hospital in West Hills, California on 9 July 2014.[5]
Selected filmography
- Three on a Spree (1961)
- It's Trad, Dad! (1962)
- She Knows Y'Know (1962)
- Dead Man's Evidence (1962)
- Master Spy (1963)
- Help! (1965)
- A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (1966)
- How I Won the War (1967)
- Inspector Clouseau (1968)
- The Touchables (1968)
- Sinful Davey (1969)
- The Bed-Sitting Room (1969)
- The Magic Christian (1969)
- A Talent for Loving (1969)
- Hannie Caulder (1971)
- Brother Sun, Sister Moon (1973)[6]
- Juggernaut (1974)
- The Ritz (1976)
- Power Play (1978)
- Arabian Adventure (1979)
- The Outsider (1980)
- Superman II (1980)
- Wolf Lake (1980)
- The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1982)
- The House Where Evil Dwells (1982)
- Superman III (1983)
- Lassiter (1984)
- The Evil That Men Do (1984)
- Finders Keepers (1984)
- The Trouble with Spies (1987)
- Sunset Grill (1993)
- Mary, Mother of Jesus (1999)
- In the Beginning (miniseries) (2000)
- Santa Jr. (2002)
Awards and nominations
- Academy Awards
- Winner for Best Music, Scoring of Music, Adaptation or Treatment: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (1966)
- Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films
- Nominated for Best Music The House Where Evil Dwells (1982)
- Nominated for Best Music Superman II (1980)
- Nominated for Best Music Arabian Adventure (1979)
- Emmy Awards
- Nominated for Outstanding Individual Achievement in Music and Lyrics for "For A Love Like You" from A Season of Hope (1995) [shared with Dennis Spiegel (lyricist)]
- Grammy Awards
- Nominated for Best Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or Television Show for Help! (1965) [shared with John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison]
References
- ^ Ken Thorne. supermancinema.co.uk 2011. Retrieved 18 July 2011.
- ^ Warwick, Neal, Brown, Tony & Kutner, Jon The Complete Book of the British Charts: Singles and Albums 2004 Omnibus Press
- ^ American Film Institute Catalogue: Brother Sun Sister Moon - Music Credits on afi.com
- ^ Brother Sun Sister Moon - Ken Throne conductor and arranger as shown in the credits at the conclusion of the film on archive.org
- ^ "PASSINGS: Ken Thorne, Ben Pesta". Los Angeles Times. 13 July 2014. Retrieved 15 February 2018.
- ^ American Film Institute Catalogue: Brother Sun Sister Moon - Music Credits - Ken Thorne conductor, arranger & music coordinator on afi.com
External links
- Ken Thorne at IMDb
- Ken Thorne at Epdlp (in Spanish)
- Obituary
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- Louis Silvers (1934)
- Max Steiner (1935)
- Leo F. Forbstein (1936)
- Charles Previn (1937)
- Erich Wolfgang Korngold / Alfred Newman (1938)
- Herbert Stothart / Richard Hageman, W. Franke Harling, John Leipold and Leo Shuken (1939)
- Leigh Harline, Paul J. Smith and Ned Washington / Alfred Newman (1940)
- Bernard Herrmann / Frank Churchill and Oliver Wallace (1941)
- Max Steiner / Ray Heindorf and Heinz Roemheld (1942)
- Alfred Newman / Ray Heindorf (1943)
- Max Steiner / Morris Stoloff and Carmen Dragon (1944)
- Miklos Rozsa / Georgie Stoll (1945)
- Hugo Friedhofer / Morris Stoloff (1946)
- Miklos Rozsa / Alfred Newman (1947)
- Brian Easdale / Johnny Green and Roger Edens (1948)
- Aaron Copland / Roger Edens and Lennie Hayton (1949)
- Franz Waxman / Adolph Deutsch and Roger Edens (1950)
- Franz Waxman / Johnny Green and Saul Chaplin (1951)
- Dimitri Tiomkin / Alfred Newman (1952)
- Bronislau Kaper / Alfred Newman (1953)
- Dimitri Tiomkin / Adolph Deutsch and Saul Chaplin (1954)
- Alfred Newman / Robert Russell Bennett, Jay Blackton and Adolph Deutsch (1955)
- Victor Young / Alfred Newman and Ken Darby (1956)
- Malcolm Arnold (1957)
- Dimitri Tiomkin / Andre Previn (1958)
- Miklos Rozsa / Andre Previn and Ken Darby (1959)
- Ernest Gold / Morris Stoloff and Harry Sukman (1960)
- Henry Mancini / Saul Chaplin, Johnny Green, Sid Ramin and Irwin Kostal (1961)
- Maurice Jarre / Ray Heindorf (1962)
- John Addison / Andre Previn (1963)
- Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman / Andre Previn (1964)
- Maurice Jarre / Irwin Kostal (1965)
- John Barry / Ken Thorne (1966)
- Elmer Bernstein / Alfred Newman and Ken Darby (1967)
- John Barry / Johnny Green (1968)
- Burt Bacharach / Lennie Hayton and Lionel Newman (1969)
- Francis Lai / The Beatles (John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr) (1970)
- Michel Legrand / John Williams (1971)
- Charlie Chaplin, Raymond Rasch and Larry Russell / Ralph Burns (1972)
- Marvin Hamlisch / Marvin Hamlisch (1973)
- Nino Rota and Carmine Coppola / Nelson Riddle (1974)
- John Williams / Leonard Rosenman (1975)
- Jerry Goldsmith / Leonard Rosenman (1976)
- John Williams / Jonathan Tunick (1977)
- Giorgio Moroder / Joe Renzetti (1978)
- Georges Delerue / Ralph Burns (1979)
- Michael Gore (1980)
- Vangelis (1981)
- John Williams / Henry Mancini and Leslie Bricusse (1982)
- Bill Conti / Michel Legrand, Alan and Marilyn Bergman (1983)
- Maurice Jarre / Prince (1984)
- John Barry (1985)
- Herbie Hancock (1986)
- Ryuichi Sakamoto, David Byrne and Cong Su (1987)
- Dave Grusin (1988)
- Alan Menken (1989)
- John Barry (1990)
- Alan Menken (1991)
- Alan Menken (1992)
- John Williams (1993)
- Hans Zimmer (1994)
- Luis Bacalov / Alan Menken and Stephen Schwartz (1995)
- Gabriel Yared / Rachel Portman (1996)
- James Horner / Anne Dudley (1997)
- Nicola Piovani / Stephen Warbeck (1998)
- John Corigliano (1999)
- Tan Dun (2000)
- Howard Shore (2001)
- Elliot Goldenthal (2002)
- Howard Shore (2003)
- Jan A. P. Kaczmarek (2004)
- Gustavo Santaolalla (2005)
- Gustavo Santaolalla (2006)
- Dario Marianelli (2007)
- A. R. Rahman (2008)
- Michael Giacchino (2009)
- Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross (2010)
- Ludovic Bource (2011)
- Mychael Danna (2012)
- Steven Price (2013)
- Alexandre Desplat (2014)
- Ennio Morricone (2015)
- Justin Hurwitz (2016)
- Alexandre Desplat (2017)
- Ludwig Göransson (2018)
- Hildur Guðnadóttir (2019)
- Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross and Jon Batiste (2020)
- Hans Zimmer (2021)
- Volker Bertelmann (2022)
- Ludwig Göransson (2023)