Ken Thorne

Biography

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.

Most Famous Work

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Superman II

(1980) Conductor

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Superman III

(1983) Original Music Composer

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Love Comes Softly

(2003) Original Music Composer

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Help!

(1965) Music Director

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Marco Polo

(2007) Original Music Composer

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Liz: The Elizabeth Taylor Story

(1995) Original Music Composer

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Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut

(2006) Additional Music

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Inspector Clouseau

(1968) Original Music Composer

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Acting

Year	Character	Movie/Tv
2006	Self	You Will Believe: The Cinematic Saga of Superman 2006-11-28 Movie
Year	Character	Movie/Tv

Sound

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
2007	Original Music Composer	Marco Polo 2007-04-06 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Marco Polo 2007-03-19 TV Show
2003	Original Music Composer	Love Comes Softly 2003-04-13 Movie
2002	Original Music Composer	Santa, Jr. 2002-12-06 Movie
2000	Original Music Composer	In the Beginning 2000-11-12 TV Show
1999	Original Music Composer	Mary, Mother of Jesus 1999-11-14 Movie
1996	Music	Escape Clause 1996-07-14 Movie
1995	Original Music Composer	Liz: The Elizabeth Taylor Story 1995-05-21 TV Show
1993	Original Music Composer	Return to Lonesome Dove 1993-11-14 TV Show
	Original Music Composer	Sunset Grill 1993-09-27 Movie
	Music	Diana: Her True Story 1993-04-03 Movie
	Music	Lethal Exposure 1993-03-28 Movie
	Music	Spies 1993-03-07 Movie
1991	Music	Bejewelled 1991-01-20 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Bejewelled 1991-01-20 Movie
1990	Music	Personals 1990-02-28 Movie
1987	Original Music Composer	The Trouble with Spies 1987-12-04 Movie
	Music	The Return of Sherlock Holmes 1987-01-10 Movie
1985	Original Music Composer	The Protector 1985-06-15 Movie
	Original Music Composer	My Wicked, Wicked Ways: The Legend of Errol Flynn 1985-01-21 Movie
1984	Original Music Composer	Finders Keepers 1984-05-18 Movie
	Original Music Composer	The Evil That Men Do 1984-03-14 Movie
	Conductor	The Evil That Men Do 1984-03-14 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Lassiter 1984-02-17 Movie
1983	Original Music Composer	Superman III 1983-06-17 Movie
1982	Original Music Composer	The House Where Evil Dwells 1982-05-14 Movie
	Music	The Hunchback of Notre Dame 1982-02-02 Movie
1980	Original Music Composer	Superman II 1980-12-11 Movie
	Conductor	Superman II 1980-12-11 Movie
	Original Music Composer	The Outsider 1980-06-02 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Wolf Lake 1980-02-08 Movie
1979	Music	Arabian Adventure 1979-07-08 Movie
1978	Music	Power Play 1978-11-01 Movie
1976	Music Arranger	The Ritz 1976-08-12 Movie
	Conductor	The Ritz 1976-08-12 Movie
	Original Music Composer	The Ritz 1976-08-12 Movie
1974	Conductor	Juggernaut 1974-09-25 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Juggernaut 1974-09-25 Movie
	Original Music Composer	The Zoo Gang 1974-04-05 TV Show
1973	Original Music Composer	The Persuaders! 1973-04-01 Movie
1971	Original Music Composer	Hannie Caulder 1971-11-08 Movie
1969	Original Music Composer	The Magic Christian 1969-12-12 Movie
	Original Music Composer	The Bed Sitting Room 1969-06-01 Movie
	Conductor	The Bed Sitting Room 1969-06-01 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Sinful Davey 1969-02-10 Movie
	Original Music Composer	A Talent for Loving 1969-01-01 Movie
1968	Original Music Composer	Head 1968-11-06 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Inspector Clouseau 1968-07-19 Movie
1967	Conductor	How I Won the War 1967-10-18 Movie
	Original Music Composer	How I Won the War 1967-10-18 Movie
1966	Music	A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum 1966-10-16 Movie
	Music Director	A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum 1966-10-16 Movie
1965	Music Director	Help! 1965-07-29 Movie
1962	Music	Dead Man's Evidence 1962-08-01 Movie
	Original Music Composer	It's Trad, Dad! 1962-03-30 Movie
1949	Original Music Composer	Vengeance Is Mine 1949-07-01 Movie
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Crew

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
2006	Additional Music	Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut 2006-11-02 Movie
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