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- Ken Thorne was born on January 26, 1924 in East Dereham, Norfolk, England, UK. He was a composer, known for Superman II (1980), Superman III (1983) and A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (1966). He was married to Linda Hays. He died on July 9, 2014 in West Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA.
- SpouseLinda Hays(March 23, 1973 - July 9, 2014) (his death, 3 children)
- Oscar-winning British composer and conductor who began work as a big band pianist in the 1940's. Aged 27, he studied composition with private tutors at Cambridge.
- Thorne 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.
- He composed the music scores for How I Won the War (1967), The Monkees movie Head (1968), The Magic Christian (1969) and The Ritz (1976).
- Thorne began composing scores for films in 1948.
- He was 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.
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