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Dragon’s Domain Digital presents THE KEN THORNE COLLECTION, VOLUME 1, featuring music composed by Ken Thorne (A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO THE FORUM, JUGGERNAUT, HANNIE CAULDER) for two projects from his rich filmography, released for the very first time.

Ken Thorne (1924-2014) was a veteran English composer for motion pictures since the mid-1960s. He gained a successful career as a big band pianist during the 1940s, and later took up studying composition at Cambridge, which led to scoring films, starting out with a 1948 musical but began earnestly in the early 1960s. Thorne so impressed director Richard Lester on one of his early films that he became Lester’s composer of choice, writing the instrumental underscore for HELP!, starring The Beatles, then winning an Oscar for best adapted music for Lester’s film A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO THE FORUM, and reworked the music of John Williams from SUPERMAN for Lester’s two sequels, SUPERMAN II and III. Over his career, Thorne composed, orchestrated or conducted more than 100 feature and television movies.

Released in 1976, ASSAULT ON AGATHON tells the story of Interpol agent Cabot Cain (Nico Minardos), who has been recently assigned to stop the mysterious Agathon (George Moussou), an insurgent who is instigating a new revolution in Greece. Directed by László Benedek and filmed on location, ASSAULT ON AGATHON makes the most of its spectacular Grecian scenery, allowing the composer many exciting musical opportunities. The film opens with an engaging main theme, a mix of strings, brass, and drums behind a provocative, rising woodwind melody, which is reprised several times in the score, along with a delicious love theme later on for strings and harpsichord and plenty of articulate action music.

Released in 1978, POWER PLAY, also known as COUP D'ÉTAT, takes place in a fictional country beset by corrupt government, terrorism and martial law, where a small group of military officers (Peter O’Toole, David Hemmings, Donald Pleasence) decide that they must overthrow the current administration. But the coup’s leader worries that there is a spy in their group and ultimately it is revealed that he’s not wrong. Directed by Martyn Burke, whose script, co-written with Edward N. Luttwak (based on his 1968 non-fiction book, COUP D’ÉTAT: A PRACTICAL HANDBOOK) won Best Screenplay at the Canadian Film Awards. Not all of the score’s tracks have survived (including the main title), but we feel the 17 tracks that have remained offer a sufficient example of the composer’s music for this film. POWER PLAY is primarily a suspense score full of tension and brooding, which Thorne offers through effective orchestration and textural interaction but there are also opportunities for a poignant melody for guitar and strings over keyboard presented underneath a eulogy and also some great moments of action/suspense writing.

Dragon’s Domain Records presents THE KEN THORNE COLLECTION, VOLUME 1, featuring music composed by Ken Thorne for ASSAULT ON AGATHON and POWER PLAY,appearing for the very first time on digital. The music has been mastered by James Nelson at Digital Outland and the liner notes have been written by noted author Randall Larson.

THE KEN THORNE COLLECTION: VOLUME 1

Ken Thorne

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Opening Credits (From "Assault On Agathon")
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Car Chase (From "Assault On Agathon")
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Cabot Cain To The Rescue (From "Assault On Agathon")
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Café Muzak (From "Assault On Agathon")
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He’s My Friend Too (From "Assault On Agathon")
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Classical Piano (From "Assault On Agathon")
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I’ll Tell You No More! (From "Assault On Agathon")
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Police Van (From "Assault On Agathon")
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Campfire (From "Assault On Agathon")
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Memories / On The Road (From "Assault On Agathon")
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Village Rescue (From "Assault On Agathon")
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Cain In Action (From "Assault On Agathon")
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Hotel Muzak (From "Assault On Agathon")
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Jewelry Store Muzak (From "Assault On Agathon")
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Having Drinks (From "Assault On Agathon")
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Love Scene (From "Assault On Agathon")
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Night Encounter (From "Assault On Agathon")
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Cabot Goes To Confront Agathon (From "Assault On Agathon")
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Entering The Camp (From "Assault On Agathon")
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Escape From Cell / Final Confrontation (From "Assault On Agathon")
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Will I Be Remembered? / Fatal Shot (From "Assault On Agathon")
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Final Farewell (From "Assault On Agathon")
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Sooner Than We Know (From "Assault on Agathon")
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Festival (From "Assault On Agathon")
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As Long As We Live (From "Power Play")
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The Kidnapping (From "Power Play")
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Torture and Death (From "Power Play")
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Bugs (From "Power Play")
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Tank Kill (From "Power Play")
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The Break Up (From "Power Play")
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Spy Kill (From "Power Play")
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The Colonel's Death (From "Power Play")
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The Takeover (From "Power Play")
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Arrival (From "Power Play")
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The Betrayal (From "Power Play")
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Coup D'Etat (From "Power Play")
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Closing Credits (From "Power Play")
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Dick Cavett Show Theme (Not Used in Film) (From "Power Play")
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Tango (From "Power Play")
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Birthday Muzak #1 (From "Power Play")
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Birthday Muzak #2 (From "Power Play")
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Downloads include choice of MP3, WAV, or FLAC

DDRDG759

Includes Digital PDF Booklet
Click Here for CD Release

Dragon’s Domain Digital presents THE KEN THORNE COLLECTION, VOLUME 1, featuring music composed by Ken Thorne (A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO THE FORUM, JUGGERNAUT, HANNIE CAULDER) for two projects from his rich filmography, released for the very first time.

Ken Thorne (1924-2014) was a veteran English composer for motion pictures since the mid-1960s. He gained a successful career as a big band pianist during the 1940s, and later took up studying composition at Cambridge, which led to scoring films, starting out with a 1948 musical but began earnestly in the early 1960s. Thorne so impressed director Richard Lester on one of his early films that he became Lester’s composer of choice, writing the instrumental underscore for HELP!, starring The Beatles, then winning an Oscar for best adapted music for Lester’s film A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO THE FORUM, and reworked the music of John Williams from SUPERMAN for Lester’s two sequels, SUPERMAN II and III. Over his career, Thorne composed, orchestrated or conducted more than 100 feature and television movies.

Released in 1976, ASSAULT ON AGATHON tells the story of Interpol agent Cabot Cain (Nico Minardos), who has been recently assigned to stop the mysterious Agathon (George Moussou), an insurgent who is instigating a new revolution in Greece. Directed by László Benedek and filmed on location, ASSAULT ON AGATHON makes the most of its spectacular Grecian scenery, allowing the composer many exciting musical opportunities. The film opens with an engaging main theme, a mix of strings, brass, and drums behind a provocative, rising woodwind melody, which is reprised several times in the score, along with a delicious love theme later on for strings and harpsichord and plenty of articulate action music.

Released in 1978, POWER PLAY, also known as COUP D'ÉTAT, takes place in a fictional country beset by corrupt government, terrorism and martial law, where a small group of military officers (Peter O’Toole, David Hemmings, Donald Pleasence) decide that they must overthrow the current administration. But the coup’s leader worries that there is a spy in their group and ultimately it is revealed that he’s not wrong. Directed by Martyn Burke, whose script, co-written with Edward N. Luttwak (based on his 1968 non-fiction book, COUP D’ÉTAT: A PRACTICAL HANDBOOK) won Best Screenplay at the Canadian Film Awards. Not all of the score’s tracks have survived (including the main title), but we feel the 17 tracks that have remained offer a sufficient example of the composer’s music for this film. POWER PLAY is primarily a suspense score full of tension and brooding, which Thorne offers through effective orchestration and textural interaction but there are also opportunities for a poignant melody for guitar and strings over keyboard presented underneath a eulogy and also some great moments of action/suspense writing.

Dragon’s Domain Records presents THE KEN THORNE COLLECTION, VOLUME 1, featuring music composed by Ken Thorne for ASSAULT ON AGATHON and POWER PLAY,appearing for the very first time on digital. The music has been mastered by James Nelson at Digital Outland and the liner notes have been written by noted author Randall Larson.