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Ken Thorne
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| Ken Thorne | |
| Born | January 26, 1924 (age 83) East Dereham, Norfolk, England |
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| Residence | Canoga Park, CA |
| Occupation | Film score composer |
| Spouse | Linda Thorne |
Kenneth Thorne (born January 26, 1924) is an Academy Award-winning British-American television and film score composer.
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Thorne was born in East 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.
Thorne began composing scores for films in 1948. Thorne was considered Richard Lester's composer of choice. He was hired for the films Superman II and III to reuse the music by John Williams and recompose them for the sequels, also adding some original work. He also did the music score for The Beatles movie Help!. The score was featured in the Help! (album) US Album. Since the 1980s, Ken Thorne has mainly focused his work for TV.
- 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 & 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]
- Ken Thorne at the Internet Movie Database
- Interview discussing his work on the Superman films at the Superman Cinema website
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