{"id":2526,"date":"2026-07-10T12:08:17","date_gmt":"2026-07-10T12:08:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trustedmovinggroups.com\/?p=2526"},"modified":"2026-07-10T12:08:17","modified_gmt":"2026-07-10T12:08:17","slug":"anthony-hopkins-88-signs-record-deal-as-a-composer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trustedmovinggroups.com\/?p=2526","title":{"rendered":"Anthony Hopkins, 88, signs record deal as a composer"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Two-time Oscar winner Anthony Hopkins released his first \u200bclassical music single on Friday after signing a record deal as a composer.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/trustedmovinggroups.com\/?p=2524\">What we know about the Houston ICE shooting and the Democrats vying to replace Graham Platner: Morning Rundown<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cBracken Road\u201d features on his upcoming \u201cLife is a Dream\u201d album, a collection of orchestral works written over six decades, \u201crevealing \u2060a composer whose music shares the same emotional depth and storytelling that define his screen career\u201d, label Decca Classics said.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>The 88-year-old Welsh-born actor, who won Academy Awards for his performances in \u201cThe Silence of the Lambs\u201d and \u201cThe Father\u201d, learned \u2060to play the piano at the \u200bage \u2060of four and went on to compose music for local plays as a teenager in the 1950s.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMusic was \u2060my first desire, my first wish,\u201d Hopkins said in a statement. \u201cI\u2019ve been \u200bcomposing \u2060music all my life. \u200cSome of these pieces have lived with me for decades and I still find myself returning to them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLife is a Dream\u201d, which is \u200creleased on August 21, features works Hopkins \u200cwrote during different periods of his life that were inspired by his childhood, loved ones and his native south Wales.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/trustedmovinggroups.com\/?p=2517\">Landmark housing bill that Trump trashed will become law \u2014 unless he vetoes it tonight<\/a><\/p>\n<p>It is performed by Grammy Award-winning conductor Gustavo Dudamel and \u2060the Philharmonia Orchestra.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>\u201cIt has been a true privilege to collaborate with the distinguished Philharmonia Orchestra and the virtuoso soloists, cellist Gregorio Nieto and classical pianist Sergio Tiempo,\u201d Hopkins said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy deepest gratitude and respect go to Maestro Gustavo Dudamel, whose artistry is an integral part of this musical journey. With the graceful precision of his baton, he transformed each \u200cnote with profound and indelible meaning, creating a pictorial landscape \u200bthat invites the listener to feel and imagine something \u200cuniquely personal.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Inspired by the landscape \u2060around his childhood home, Hopkins composed \u201cBracken Road\u201d in 1963 when \u2060he was a young actor at the Liverpool Playhouse theatre, improvising on a piano before \u200crehearsals. Another track \u201cMy \u200bFatherland\u201d, also pays tribute to Wales, while \u200cother pieces draw on loved \u200bones and \u201cthe cinema that first caught his imagination\u201d, Decca Classics said.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/trustedmovinggroups.com\/?p=2516\">Iran\u2019s supreme leader buried after a dayslong funeral that drew millions<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two-time Oscar winner Anthony Hopkins released his first \u200bclassical music single on Friday after signing a record deal as a composer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2525,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2526","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Anthony Hopkins, 88, signs record deal as a composer - 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