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Anthony Hopkins has signed a record deal.
The Oscar winner is releasing an album in August.
Hopkins’ first single is now available.
Oscar and Emmy winner Anthony Hopkins is coming for the G in EGOT!
At 88 years old, the acting legend has signed a record deal and released the first single off of his upcoming album.
On Aug. 21 Decca Classics will drop Life is a Dream, featuring 12 tracks written by Hopkins over the last six days. The music will be composed by Hopkins and performed by Grammy-winning conductor Gustavo Dudamel and the Philharmonica Orchestra.
Anthony Hopkins album ‘Life Is A Dream’Credit: Universal Music Group
“Music was my first desire, my first wish,” Hopkins said in a statement. “I’ve been composing music all my life. Some of these pieces have lived with me for decades and I still find myself returning to them.”
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Inspired by his childhood memories of Margam, South Wales, Hopkins’ first single, “1947: Suite for Solo Piano and Orchestra: II. Bracken Road” is described as a “nostalgic” musical portrait of the streets, meadows, farmland and mountains that surrounded his family home in the 1940s.” The track was originally conceived as a song when he was a young actor in the early 1960s.
“Sir Anthony Hopkins is one of those rare artists whose creative voice transcends any single medium,” said Dudamel, the music director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic. “The same depth of imagination, humanity, and emotional truth that has defined his extraordinary work on stage and screen is present in his music. Listening to his composition, I am struck by its beauty, craftsmanship, and the unmistakable sense of wonder that animates it.”
In addition to continuing his work as an onscreen performer, Hopkins has expanded his résumé in recent years to include musician, author, and TikTok star.
Hopkins’ “Bracken Road” is available to listen to here.
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