Kenneth V. Jones

Kenneth Victor Jones FRCM (14 May 1924 – 2 December 2020) was a British film score composer.[1]

Not to be confused with another English music composer, Ken Jones.
For all other similarly-named music writers and musicians, see Ken Jones § Music.

Life

Born in, Bletchley, Buckinghamshire, Jones was a scholar at King's School, Canterbury. This was followed by a 6-month RAF-sponsored course in music and philosophy at Queen's College, Oxford and, after the war, 3 years at the Royal College of Music from 1947 (of which he was later made a professor in 1958). He was a composer, founder and original conductor of The Wimbledon Symphony Orchestra and acted as one of the Governors of Rokeby School, helping to raise the £50,000 that was needed to save it from closure in 1966.

He died in December 2020 at the age of 96.[2]

Selected filmography

References
  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-09-06. Retrieved 2011-12-05.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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