English composer Ken Thorne, who wrote the scores for Superman II and Superman III using John Williams’ original material as well as his own compositions, died on July 9 at age 90. Thorne previously worked with Richard Lester on The Beatles film Help! and Stephen Sondheim’s musical A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum. He also wrote the original score for the Pink Panther sequel Inspector Clouseau. His work on the Superman sequels was released in 2008 as part of Superman: The Music, a 8-CD box set containing the complete original scores from Superman to IV.
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