---
name: "Ken Hale"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/ken-hale"
fi1m_id: "ken-hale"
imdb_id: "nm0354956"
tmdb_id: 1300920
roles: ["Composer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-26T02:02:28.373952+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Ken Hale

## Identity

Ken Hale

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/ken-hale
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** ken-hale
- **IMDb ID:** nm0354956
- **TMDB ID:** 1300920
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0354956/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1300920

Composer.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0354956/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1300920

## Streaming the US now

- **Tubi:** [*Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer*](https://film.one/film/henry-portrait-of-a-serial-killer.md) (65)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Ken Hale is an American composer and sound designer. He is credited as one of the composers of the original score for the 1986 film *Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer*, alongside Robert McNaughton and Steven A. Jones.

His other film composing credits include *The Borrower* (1991), *Normal Life* (1996), *Once Upon a Time in the Hood* (2004) and *Get Pony Boy* (2007). He has also worked in sound department roles and founded the studio What the Hale Music.

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer* (1986), Fi1m 65, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/henry-portrait-of-a-serial-killer.md)

## Complete filmography (4)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Styro the Ride* (1997), Music
- *Normal Life* (1996), Music
- *The Borrower* (1991), Music
- *Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer* (1986), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 65, [page](https://film.one/film/henry-portrait-of-a-serial-killer.md)

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© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/ken-hale