Ken Thorne
Ken Thorne ( born January 26, 1924 in East Dereham, Norfolk, England ) is a British composer of film music.
Thorne, who is also performed under the name Kenneth Thorne or Ken Thorn in film lists, is married to Linda Hayes since 1973 and has three children.
He composed since the early 1960s numerous film scores for successful movies. Since the 1980s, he is mainly active in the television industry.
His best-known film work made in collaboration with director Richard Lester. These include the film score line in the Beatles movie Hi- Hi- help! (1965 ), in the following year, winning an Oscar film music to the film musical Toll overdone it the Romans (1966 ) and the soundtrack to the grotesque anti-war film How I Won (1969 ), in which John Lennon played a major role in the war. For the only movie of the Monkees, Head, he composed one entitled " Strings" titled classical violin piece. Other well-known film work were 18 hours to Eternity ( 1974) and the film musical arrangement to Superman II and Superman III (1981 or 1983). Well-known television credits have included Diana - Your True Story (1993) and Liz - The Elizabeth Taylor Story ( 1995). In 1999 he composed the music for the film Maria Bible - The Holy Mother of God.