Kenyon Hopkins

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."

Personal life and death Hopkins married at least three times. He first married, in 1936, vocalist Ramona (née Estrild Raymona Myers, 1909 – 1972). They divorced around June 1943, reportedly in Mexico. On December 13, 1947, he then married a magazine writer and publicist whose first name was Florence.

Discography Contrasting Colors, Capitol, 1959 The Sound of New York, ABC Paramount, [ABC 2269 (mono) / ABCS 2269 (stereo)], recorded November 17, 21, and 27, 1958, in New York; released 1959; conducted by Hopkins (the album included the Geri Beitzel Singers) "Swinging Serenades", Capitol Records, [T-1236 (mono) / ST-1236 (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), Kenyon Hopkins and His Orchestra, Verve [V6-8548], recorded April 15 and 16, 1963, in New York; released 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

Filmography Film scores

Television