Dragon's Domain Records presents THE KEN THORNE COLLECTION: VOLUME 1, with music released for the very first time from ASSAULT ON AGATHON & POWER PLAY

Dragon's Domain Records presents THE KEN THORNE COLLECTION, VOLUME 1, featuring music composed by Ken Thorne (A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO THE FORUM, JUGGERNAUT, HANNIE CAULDER) for two projects from his rich filmography, released for the very first time.

Released in 1976, ASSAULT ON AGATHON tells the story of Interpol agent Cabot Cain (Nico Minardos), who has been recently assigned to stop the mysterious Agathon (George Moussou), an insurgent who is instigating a new revolution in Greece. The film makes the most of its spectacular Grecian scenery, allowing the composer many exciting musical opportunities. The film opens with an engaging main theme, a mix of strings, brass, and drums behind a provocative, rising woodwind melody, which is reprised several times in the score, along with a delicious love theme later on for strings and harpsichord and plenty of articulate action music.

Released in 1978, POWER PLAY, also known as COUP D'ÉTAT, takes place in a fictional country beset by corrupt government, terrorism and martial law, where a small group of military officers (Peter O'Toole, David Hemmings, Donald Pleasence) decide that they must overthrow the current administration. But the coup's leader worries that there is a spy in their group and ultimately it is revealed that he's not wrong. Based on a 1968 non-fiction book, COUP D'ÉTAT: A PRACTICAL HANDBOOK, it won Best Screenplay at the Canadian Film Awards. Not all of the score's tracks have survived (including the main title), but we feel the 17 tracks that have remained offer a sufficient example of the composer's music for this film. POWER PLAY is primarily a suspense score full of tension and brooding, which Thorne offers through effective orchestration and textural interaction but there are also opportunities for a poignant melody for guitar and strings over keyboard presented underneath a eulogy and also some great moments of action/suspense writing.

Track Listing

• Ken Thorne - Assault on Agathon: Opening Credits
• Ken Thorne - Car Chase
• Ken Thorne - Cabot Cain To The Rescue
• Ken Thorne - Cafe Muzak
• Ken Thorne - He’s My Friend Too
• Ken Thorne - Classical Piano
• Ken Thorne - I’ll Tell You No More!
• Ken Thorne - Police Van
• Ken Thorne - Campfire
• Ken Thorne - Memories / On The Road
• Ken Thorne - Village Rescue
• Ken Thorne - Cain In Action
• Ken Thorne - Hotel Muzak
• Ken Thorne - Jewelry Store Muzak
• Ken Thorne - Having Drinks
• Ken Thorne - Love Scene
• Ken Thorne - Night Encounter
• Ken Thorne - Cabot Goes To Confront Agathon
• Ken Thorne - Entering The Camp
• Ken Thorne - Escape From Cell / Final Confrontation
• Ken Thorne - Will I Be Remembered? / Fatal Shot
• Ken Thorne - Final Farewell
• Ken Thorne - Sooner Than We Know
• Ken Thorne - As Long As We Live
• Ken Thorne - The Kidnapping
• Ken Thorne - Torture and Death
• Ken Thorne - Tank Kill
• Ken Thorne - Bugs
• Ken Thorne - The Break Up
• Ken Thorne - Spy Kill
• Ken Thorne - The Colonel’s Death
• Ken Thorne - The Takeover
• Ken Thorne - Arrival
• Ken Thorne - The Betrayal
• Ken Thorne - Coup D’Etat
• Ken Thorne - Closing Credits
• Ken Thorne - The Dick Cavett Show Theme (Not Used in Film)
• Ken Thorne - Tango
• Ken Thorne - Birthday Muzak #1
• Ken Thorne - Birthday Muzak #2

Additional Details

Label: Dragon's Domain

Genre: Soundtrack

Language: English

Run Time: 78:34 mins

Region: 0

Release Date: 05/08/26

UPC: 712187492713