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Ken Jones is a Original Music Composer British born on 2 october 1927
Ken Jones (né le 2 octobre 1927 à Manchester, mort le 25 avril 1988 en France) est un chef d'orchestre et compositeur de musique de film anglais.
Pour BBC One, il compose et arrange les thèmes de séries Marty et Sykes. Ken Jones dirige l'orchestre du Royaume-Uni au Concours Eurovision de la chanson en 1979 pour la chanson Mary Ann interprété par le groupe Black Lace. Entre 1984 et 1988, il est directeur musical pour Aspel and Company.
En 1979, il est engagé par la station rivale ITV pour qui il écrit et compose le thème et la musique du sitcom Only When I Laugh.
Il meurt en 1988 alors qu'il est en vacances en France.
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(Original Music Composer)
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Il commence sa carrière comme arrangeur de Norrie Paramor puis de The Zombies, Jim Dale ou Jonathan King. Dans les années 1960, il fonde son propre orchestre et commence à travailler pour le cinéma et la télévision. Il collabore avec Douglas Gamley pour des films puis écrit ses compositions seul. En 1964, il est embauché par la BBC pour composer la musique de Steptoe and Son, où il remplace Ron Grainer (qui quitte la série pour se concentrer sur Doctor Who).Pour BBC One, il compose et arrange les thèmes de séries Marty et Sykes. Ken Jones dirige l'orchestre du Royaume-Uni au Concours Eurovision de la chanson en 1979 pour la chanson Mary Ann interprété par le groupe Black Lace. Entre 1984 et 1988, il est directeur musical pour Aspel and Company.
En 1979, il est engagé par la station rivale ITV pour qui il écrit et compose le thème et la musique du sitcom Only When I Laugh.
Il meurt en 1988 alors qu'il est en vacances en France.
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Battle Beneath the Earth (1967)
, 1h31Directed by Montgomery Tully
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Action, Spy
Themes Spy films, Political films
Actors Kerwin Mathews, Peter Arne, Robert Ayres, Al Mulock, Martin Benson, Peter Elliott
Roles Music
Rating45%
The plot involves rogue elements of the communist Chinese army who use fantastic burrowing machines in an effort to place atomic bombs under major U.S. cities. The U.S. Navy sends troops underground to combat them. The film has been described as "deliriously paranoid".
Dr. Crippen (1963)
, 1h38Directed by Robert Lynn
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Biography, Comedy, Horror, Crime
Actors Donald Pleasence, Coral Browne, Samantha Eggar, Donald Wolfit, James Robertson Justice, Geoffrey Toone
Roles Music
Rating63%
The film ostensibly covers Crippen’s trial but the story is fleshed out with flashbacks to the doctor’s relationship with his coarse, overbearing wife and his affair with a young mistress.
Flight from Singapore (1962)
, 1h14Origin United-kingdom
Genres Action, Adventure
Themes Transport films, Aviation films
Actors Patrick Allen, Patrick Holt, Harry Fowler
Roles Music
Two ex-RAF pilots set-up an airline between Singapore and Hong Kong. They run into trouble when their plane crash lands.
Operation Snatch (1962)
, 1h27Directed by Robert Day
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Themes Political films
Actors Terry-Thomas, George Sanders, Lionel Jeffries, Jocelyn Lane, Mark Eden, Ronnie Corbett
Roles Original Music Composer
Rating67%
Dentist on the Job (1961)
, 1h28Directed by C.M. Pennington-Richards
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Actors Ronnie Stevens, Kenneth Connor, Bob Monkhouse, Shirley Eaton, Eric Barker, Reginald Beckwith
Roles Music
Rating53%
Colonel Proudfoot of Proudfoot Industries tries to entice a couple of newly qualified dentists to advertise "Dreem", a revolutionary type of toothpaste, but he knows that if the dentists learn that they are part of an advertising campaign, they will be struck off, and the campaign will be a disaster.
Offbeat (1961)
, 1h11Directed by Cliff Owen
Genres Crime
Actors William Sylvester, Mai Zetterling, John Meillon, Anthony Dawson, Neil McCarthy, Harry Baird
Roles Conductor
Rating65%
Dentist in the Chair (1960)
, 1h24Directed by Don Chaffey
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Actors Bob Monkhouse, Ronnie Stevens, Peggy Cummins, Kenneth Connor, Eric Barker, Vincent Ball
Roles Original Music Composer
Rating50%
Two dental students, David Cookson (Monkhouse) and Brian Dexter (Ronnie Stevens) become mixed up in the misadventures of a thief, Sam Field (played by Kenneth Connor), when he tries to sell them stolen dental equipment.
Tarzan the Magnificent (1960)
, 1h22Directed by Robert Day
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Fantasy, Action, Adventure
Themes Films set in Africa, Films about animals, Films about children, Le thème de l'enfant sauvage, Films about apes, L'enfance marginalisée, Tarzan films, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Gordon Scott, Jock Mahoney, John Carradine, Betta St. John, Al Mulock, Bud Tingwell
Roles Music
Rating62%
The Bantons (father, Abel (John Carradine) and four sons, Coy (Jock Mahoney), Ethan (Ron McDonnell), Johnny (Gary Cockrell) and Martin (Al Mulock)) rob a pay office in a settlement, killing some people. Coy Banton is tracked down to their camp and taken away by a policeman, Wyntors (John Sullivan). Taking him back to town, Wyntors is killed as two of the brothers seek to rescue Coy. Tarzan appears and kills Ethan Banton. The other brother escapes. Tarzan decides to take Coy to Kairobi for the $5000 reward so he can give it to Wyntors' widow. However, no one in the town of Mantu (same town as beginning of Tarzan's Greatest Adventure) wants to help him. The boat he is waiting for to take him and his prisoner to Kairobi is ambushed by the Bantons, who send the passengers off and destroy the boat.
Tom Thumb (1958)
, 1h38Directed by George Pal
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Fantasy, Action, Adventure, Musical
Themes Films about magic and magicians, Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Children's films
Actors Russ Tamblyn, Alan Young, Terry-Thomas, Peter Sellers, June Thorburn, Jessie Matthews
Roles Original Music Composer
Rating63%
Il était une fois et autrefois, un bûcheron surnommé « l’intègre » qui donnait les premiers coups de hache à un magnifique chêne de la forêt lorsque la reine de celle-ci lui apparut afin qu’il épargne son arbre. En échange, elle exaucera trois vœux du bûcheron et de sa femme. Mais le couple dépense bêtement ses trois souhaits à cause d’un plat de choux et de saucisse. Leur rêve de toujours est d’avoir un enfant « même aussi petit qu’un pouce » qui profiterait de cette chambre garnie de jouets qu’ils ont aménagée en espérant en vain. La reine de la forêt, pas avare, leur réserve une surprise.
Indiscreet (1958)
, 1h40Directed by Stanley Donen
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Cary Grant, Ingrid Bergman, Cecil Parker, Phyllis Calvert, John Welch (Welsh), David Kossoff
Roles Original Music Composer
Rating66%
Anna Kalman is an accomplished London-based actress who has given up hope of finding the man of her dreams. Through her brother-in-law she meets a handsome economist, Philip Adams, and they fall in love.
Passport to Shame (1958)
, 1h26Directed by Alvin Rakoff
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Crime
Themes Films about sexuality, Films about prostitution
Actors Diana Dors, Herbert Lom, Eddie Constantine, Odile Versois, Brenda De Banzie, Robert Brown
Roles Original Music Composer
Rating64%
A French girl gets mixed up in a life of prostitution.
After the Ball (1957)
, 1h29Directed by Compton Bennett
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Biography, Documentary, Historical, Musical
Actors Pat Kirkwood, Laurence Harvey, Jerry Verno, Clive Morton, Marjorie Rhodes, Leonard Sachs
Roles Music
Rating60%