Ken Darby Biography (1909-1992)

Full name, Kenneth Lorin Darby; born May 13, 1909, in Hebron, NE; died of heart problems, January 24, 1992, in Sherman Oaks, CA; buried at Forest Lawn Cemetery, Hollywood Hills, CA; son of Lorin Edward and Clara Alice (Powell) Darby; married Vera A. Matson, March 30, 1932; children: Peter Lorin, Christina Ver Doremus.

Nationality: American
Occupation: composer, music director, arranger
Birth Details: May 13, 1909; Hebron, Nebraska, United States
Death Details: January 24, 1992; Sherman Oaks, California, United States

Famous Works

Credits; Film Work
Music director (with Eliot Daniel), Melody Time, RKO Radio Pictures, 1948.
Music director, Love Me Tender (also see below), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1956.
Music director (with Alfred Newman), South Pacific (also see below), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1958.
Music director (with Andre Previn), Porgy and Bess (also see below), Columbia, 1959.
Associate music supervisor, Flower Drum Song (also see below), Universal, 1961.
Recordings; Albums

Conductor (with Andre Previn) Porgy and Bess(original cast recording), Columbia, c. 1959.
Credits; Music For Film
Lyricist, River of No Return, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1954.
Co-adaptor of score (with Alfred Newman), The King and I, Twentieth Century- Fox, 1956.
Co-adaptor of score (with Andre Previn), Porgy and Bess, Columbia,1959.
Score (with Newman), How the West Was Won, Cinerama, 1962.
Co-adaptor of score (with Newman), Camelot, 7 Arts, 1967.
Uncredited author of song "Love Me Tender" from Love Me Tender, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1956. Also worked on score (with Newman) of South Pacific, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1958; and worked on score (with Newman) of Flower Drum Song, Universal, 1961. Composer of score (with Newman) forMan of Galilee, 1987.
Credits; Other
Author of The Brownstone House of Nero Wolfe, 1983.

Further Reference

Periodicals

Hollywood Reporter, January 27, 1992, pp. 4, 65.

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