Kenyon Hopkins

Kenyon Hopkins
Born	January 15, 1912 Coffeyville, Kansas, U.S.
Died	April 7, 1983 (aged 71) Princeton, New Jersey, U.S.
Occupation(s)	Composer, arranger
Labels	ABC Paramount Records Cadence Records Capitol Records Columbia Records MGM Records Verve Records

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."^[1]

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.^[2]

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.^[3]

Hopkins died in Princeton, New Jersey at the age of 71.^[4]

Discography

• Contrasting Colors, Capitol, 1959
• The Sound of New York, ABC Paramount, [ABC 2269 (mono) / ABCS 2269 (stereo)], 1959^[5]
• Ridin' The Rails, Capitol Records, [T-1302 (mono) / ST-1302 (stereo)], 1960^[6]
• Nightmare!!, MGM Records [E/SE 4104 (mono) / SE 4104 (stereo)], 1962^[7]
• The Reporter: The Original Music From the CBS Television Network Series, (Columbia CL 2269 mono), 1964^[8]
• Sound Tour: France, Verve (in conjunction with Esquire Magazine) (produced by Creed Taylor), 1962^[9]

Filmography

Film scores

• 1956: Baby Doll
• 1957: The Strange One
• 1957: 12 Angry Men
• 1959: The Fugitive Kind
• 1960: Wild River
• 1961: Wild in the Country
• 1961: The Hustler
• 1963: The Yellow Canary
• 1964: Lilith
• 1966: Mister Buddwing
• 1966: This Property Is Condemned
• 1967: The Borgia Stick
• 1967: Doctor, You've Got to Be Kidding!
• 1968: A Lovely Way to Die
• 1969: Downhill Racer

Television

• The Brady Bunch
• East Side/West Side
• The Odd Couple
• Mannix
• The Undersea World of Jacques Cousteau: The Water Planet, Night of the Squid.
• The Reporter (TV series)^[10]

References

1. "Kenyon Hopkins Profile". Doug Payne. Retrieved 5 February 2015.
2. Eder, Bruce. "Kenyon Hopkins Biography". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved 5 February 2015.
3. "Kenyon Hopkins". Space Age Musicmaker. Retrieved 5 February 2015.
4. Leszczak, Bob (2014). The Odd Couple on Stage and Screen: A History with Cast and Crew Profiles and an Episode Guide. McFarland & Company. p. 152. ISBN 978-0786477906.
5. "Kenyon Hopkins/Creed Taylor: The Sound of New York". Discogs.com. Retrieved January 7, 2016.
6. "Kenyon Hopkins: Ridin' The Rails". Discogs.com. Retrieved January 7, 2016.
7. "Kenyon Hopkins: Nightmare!!". Discogs.com. Retrieved January 7, 2016.
8. "Kenyon Hopkins: The Reporter". Discogs.com. Retrieved January 7, 2016.
9. "Kenyon Hopkins: Sound Tour: France". Discogs.com. Retrieved January 7, 2016.
10. The Reporter Kenyon Hopkins LP, retrieved 2015-06-23

External links

• Kenyon Hopkins discography at Discogs
• Kenyon Hopkins at the Internet Movie Database