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Kenneth V. Jones(1924-2020)

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Kenneth V. Jones was born on 14 May 1924 in Bletchley, Buckinghamshire, England, UK. He was a composer, known for Four Desperate Men (1959), Ferry to Hong Kong (1959) and The Brain (1962). He died on 2 December 2020.
BornMay 14, 1924
DiedDecember 2, 2020(96)
BornMay 14, 1924
DiedDecember 2, 2020(96)
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Known for

Aldo Ray in Four Desperate Men (1959)
Four Desperate Men
6.3
  • Composer
  • 1959
Orson Welles, Curd Jürgens, and Sylvia Syms in Ferry to Hong Kong (1959)
Ferry to Hong Kong
5.5
  • Composer
  • 1959
The Brain (1962)
The Brain
5.2
  • Composer
  • 1962
Ten Seconds to Hell (1959)
Ten Seconds to Hell
6.5
  • Composer
  • 1959

Credits

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Composer

  • Getting to Grips
    Short
    • composer
    • 1985
  • Bank on Us
    Short
    • Composer
    • 1981
  • A Day of One's Own (1956)
    Rail Report 13: On Track for the Eighties
    6.2
    Short
    • Composer
    • 1980
  • British Rail Is Travelling... (1969)
    The Stage Is Yours
    Short
    • Composer
    • 1979
  • The Sea Can Kill
    6.3
    Short
    • Composer
    • 1978
  • Leopard in the Snow (1978)
    Leopard in the Snow
    5.9
    • music composed by
    • 1978
  • Blind Man's Bluff (1977)
    Blind Man's Bluff
    6.6
    • Composer
    • 1977
  • Julian Glover and Sarah Douglas in The Brute (1977)
    The Brute
    6.1
    • Composer
    • 1977
  • Paganini Strikes Again (1977)
    Paganini Strikes Again
    6.6
    • Composer
    • 1977
  • Age of Invention (1975)
    Age of Invention
    6.6
    Short
    • Composer
    • 1975
  • The Bananas Boat (1975)
    The Bananas Boat
    4.2
    • Composer (uncredited)
    • 1975
  • Midland Country (1974)
    Midland Country
    Short
    • Composer
    • 1974
  • Sea Road to Britain
    Short
    • Composer
    • 1974
  • Professor Popper's Problem (1974)
    Professor Popper's Problem
    7.7
    • Composer
    • 1974
  • Tower of Evil (1972)
    Tower of Evil
    5.6
    • Composer
    • 1972

Music Department

  • A Day of One's Own (1956)
    Rail Report 13: On Track for the Eighties
    6.2
    Short
    • conductor
    • 1980
  • British Rail Is Travelling... (1969)
    The Stage Is Yours
    Short
    • conductor
    • 1979
  • Leopard in the Snow (1978)
    Leopard in the Snow
    5.9
    • conductor
    • 1978
  • Julian Glover and Sarah Douglas in The Brute (1977)
    The Brute
    6.1
    • conductor
    • 1977
  • The Bananas Boat (1975)
    The Bananas Boat
    4.2
    • musical director
    • 1975
  • Tower of Evil (1972)
    Tower of Evil
    5.6
    • conductor
    • 1972
  • Shelley Winters, Chloe Franks, Hugh Griffith, Lionel Jeffries, Mark Lester, and Ralph Richardson in Whoever Slew Auntie Roo? (1972)
    Whoever Slew Auntie Roo?
    6.1
    • conductor
    • 1972
  • Witchfinder General (1968)
    Witchfinder General
    6.7
    • composer: additional music (uncredited)
    • 1968
  • Maroc 7 (1967)
    Maroc 7
    5.3
    • conductor
    • 1967
  • The Projected Man (1966)
    The Projected Man
    3.7
    • conductor
    • 1966
  • Down to Sussex (1964)
    Down to Sussex
    6.7
    Short
    • conductor
    • 1964
  • Vincent Price, Derek Francis, Oliver Johnston, Elizabeth Shepherd, Frank Thornton, Richard Vernon, and John Westbrook in The Tomb of Ligeia (1964)
    The Tomb of Ligeia
    6.4
    • conductor
    • 1964
  • Patricia Neal in Psyche 59 (1964)
    Psyche 59
    6.0
    • conductor
    • 1964
  • George Sanders in Cairo (1963)
    Cairo
    5.5
    • conductor
    • 1963
  • The Brain (1962)
    The Brain
    5.2
    • conductor
    • 1962

Soundtrack

  • Joe Brown at Clapham (1965)
    Joe Brown at Clapham
    Short
    • music: "London Underground Centenary Music" (uncredited)
    • 1965
  • The Girl on the Boat (1962)
    The Girl on the Boat
    5.6
    • arranger: "Ride of the Valkyries", "William Tell Overture", "Home Sweet Home", "Poet and Peasant Overture", "A Life on the Ocean Wave" (uncredited)
    • 1962
  • Alec Guinness in The Horse's Mouth (1958)
    The Horse's Mouth
    6.9
    • arranger: "Lieutenant Kijé Op. 60"
    • 1958
  • High Flight (1957)
    High Flight
    5.6
    • arranger: "Roast Beef of Old England" (uncredited)
    • 1957

Personal details

  • Official site
    • Musicweb International - article
  • Alternative name
    • Kenneth Jones
  • Born
    • May 14, 1924
    • Bletchley, Buckinghamshire, England, UK
  • Died
    • December 2, 2020

Did you know

  • Trivia
    Studied music and philosophy at Queen's College, Oxford. From 1947, he spent three years at the Royal College of Music and was named a professor of music in 1958.

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