Kenneth V Jones, film composer, organist, orchestra founder and choir director – obituary
He drove a diesel engine in Canterbury Cathedral and was once playing a crematorium organ when the corpse sat bolt upright
Kenneth V Jones conducting Wimbledon Symphony Orchestra
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Kenneth V Jones, who has died aged 96, was a prolific film composer whose lush orchestral scores can be heard on dozens of movies including How to Murder a Rich Uncle (1957), Oscar Wilde (1960) and The Projected Man (1966).
He helped Ava Gardner to look plausible as a pianist in Pandora and the Flying Dutchman (1951) and stepped in at the last minute to write the score for the Alec Guinness showcase based on the Joyce Cary novel, The Horse’s Mouth (1958), which includes an adaptation of Prokofiev’s Lieutenant Kijé suite.