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Music was my first desire, my first wish,\u201d Hopkins said in a statement. \u201cI\u2019ve been composing music all my life.\u201d<\/h2>\n
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He\u2019s one of the greatest actors of his generation, has won numerous accolades for his work on stage and screen \u2013 including two Oscars \u2013 and happens to be a prolific painter.<\/p>\n

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Now, Sir Anthony Hopkins has made an impressive career move at the tender age of 88.<\/p>\n

The acclaimed star of The Elephant Man<\/em>, The Silence of the Lambs<\/em>, The Remains of the Day<\/em> and The Father<\/em> has just signed a recording contract with Decca Classics to release a selection of orchestral works he has written over the past six decades.<\/p>\n

\u201cMusic was my first desire, my first wish,\u201d Hopkins said in a statement. \u201cI\u2019ve been composing music all my life. Some of these pieces have lived with me for decades and I still find myself returning to them.\u201d<\/p>\n

The upcoming album, titled \u2018Life Is a Dream\u2019, will be conducted by Gustavo Dudamel and performed by the Philharmonia Orchestra. It has been teased by a first single, \u2018Bracken Road\u2019, released today.<\/p>\n

\u201cInspired by childhood memories of Margam, South Wales, it is a nostalgic musical portrait of the streets, meadows, farmland and mountains that surrounded his family home in the 1940s,\u201d Decca said.<\/p>\n

Other pieces on the album include \u2018My Fatherland\u2019, inspired by traditional Welsh melodies, and compositions inspired by cinema, his wife and his niece.<\/p>\n

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\u201cSigning with Decca is the honor of a lifetime,\u201d added Hopkins. \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. My 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 note with profound and indelible meaning, creating a pictorial landscape that invites the listener to feel and imagine something uniquely personal.\u201d<\/p>\n

Laura Monks, president of Decca, said: \u201cIt is such a privilege to have the great Sir Anthony Hopkins join Decca Classics. His depth of talent and classical music knowledge, honed over a lifetime, is a joy to celebrate with this new album.\u201d<\/p>\n

She added: \u201cHearing his incredible compositions come to life at the recording sessions in London with Gustavo Dudamel and the Philharmonia Orchestra was a once in a lifetime experience that we are excited to bring to the world.\u201d<\/p>\n

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This is not a total first for Hopkins, a self-taught composer who has been playing the piano since the age of four.<\/p>\n

Famed Dutch violinist and conductor Andr\u00e9 Rieu released an album in 2011 which included a waltz which Hopkins had composed in 1964.<\/p>\n

In 2012, the actor released an album titled \u2018Composer\u2019, performed by the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. That same year, Hopkins received a Classic Brit Award for Album of the Year, alongside classical stars Gareth Malone and the Military Wives, Nicola Benedetti and Andr\u00e9 Rieu, for his contribution to \u2018And The Waltz Goes On\u2019.<\/p>\n

He made his live musical performance debut in Saudi Arabia in 2025 with the Life Is a Dream concert played by Britain\u2019s Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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