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Occupation(s)
  
Composer, arranger

Name
  
Kenyon Hopkins

Role
  
Composer


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Born
  
January 15, 1912 Coffeyville, Kansas, U.S. (
1912-01-15
)

Died
  
April 7, 1983, Princeton, New Jersey, United States

Albums
  
Baby Doll, Sound Tour: Hawaii, East Side, West Side

Record labels
  
Verve Records, ABC Records, Capitol Records, Columbia Records, MGM Records, Cadence Records

Nominations
  
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Achievement in Composing Original Music for Television

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Kenyon Hopkins (January 15, 1912 – April 7, 1983) was an American composer who composed many film scores in a jazz idiom. He was once called "one of jazz's great composers and arrangers."

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Biography

Born in Coffeyville, Kansas, Hopkins composed various orchestral works, including two symphonies, the Symphony in Two Movements, Town and County Dances for chamber orchestra, and the jazz ballet Rooms for Anna Sokolow.

He recorded several albums for ABC Paramount Records, Cadence Records, Capitol Records, and Verve Records during the 1960s. Many of his soundtrack recordings were released on LP, including that for the 1956 film Baby Doll, which was re-released on CD.

Hopkins died in Princeton, New Jersey at the age of 71.

Discography

  • Contrasting Colors, Capitol, 1959
  • The Sound of New York, ABC Paramount, [ABC 2269 (mono) / ABCS 2269 (stereo)], 1959
  • Ridin' The Rails, Capitol Records, [T-1302 (mono) / ST-1302 (stereo)], 1960
  • Nightmare!!, MGM Records [E/SE 4104 (mono) / SE 4104 (stereo)], 1962
  • The Yellow Canary (Music From The Motion Picture) Verve Records [V6-8548], 1963
  • The Reporter: The Original Music From the CBS Television Network Series, (Columbia CL 2269 mono), 1964
  • Sound Tour: France, Verve (in conjunction with Esquire Magazine) (produced by Creed Taylor), 1962
  • References

    Kenyon Hopkins Wikipedia