Kenyon Hopkins(1912-1983)

Music Department
Composer
Soundtrack

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Kenyon Hopkins was born on 15 January 1912 in Coffeyville, Kansas, USA. He was a composer, known for 12 Angry Men (1957), The Hustler (1961) and East Side/West Side (1963). He died on 7 April 1983 in Princeton, New Jersey, USA.

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Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy
- 3 nominations total

Known for

Henry Fonda, Martin Balsam, Jack Klugman, Lee J. Cobb, Ed Begley, Edward Binns, John Fiedler, E.G. Marshall, Joseph Sweeney, George Voskovec, Jack Warden, and Robert Webber in 12 Angry Men (1957)

9.0

Music Department

1957

Paul Newman in The Hustler (1961)

7.9

Composer

1961

George C. Scott in East Side/West Side (1963)

East Side/West Side

8.4

TV Series

Music Department(theme music)

Christopher George in The Immortal (1969)

7.5

TV Series

Music Department

Credits

Music Department

12 Angry Men
7.8
TV Movie
- original music theme by
- 1997
Mission: Impossible
7.9
TV Series
- music supervisor
- 1970–1973
The Odd Couple
7.9
TV Series
- music supervisor
- 1970–1973
The Brady Bunch
6.8
TV Series
- music supervisor
- 1970–1973
The Magician
7.4
TV Series
- music supervisor
- 1973
Mannix
7.4
TV Series
- music supervisor
- 1970–1973
Call to Danger
6.2
TV Movie
- music supervisor
- 1973
Poor Devil
5.4
TV Movie
- music supervisor
- 1973
The Devil's Daughter
5.8
TV Movie
- music supervisor
- 1973
Love, American Style
6.8
TV Series
- music supervisor
- 1970–1973
The Sandy Duncan Show
6.8
TV Series
- music supervisor
- 1972
The Weekend Nun
7.3
TV Movie
- music supervisor
- 1972
Night of Terror
5.7
TV Movie
- music supervisor
- 1972
Longstreet
7.8
TV Series
- music supervisor
- 1971–1972
Women in Chains
6.1
TV Movie
- music supervisor
- 1972

Composer

ABC Afterschool Specials
7.1
TV Series
- composer
- 1979
Lincoln: Trial by Fire
7.0
TV Movie
- Composer
- 1974
The World Turned Upside Down
TV Movie
- Composer
- 1973
The New Healers
5.1
TV Movie
- Composer
- 1972
The Undersea World of Jacques Cousteau
8.5
TV Series
- Composer
- 1970
Downhill Racer
6.3
- Composer
- 1969
The First Time
4.9
- Composer
- 1969
The Tree
- Composer
- 1969
The Secret of Michelangelo
6.0
TV Movie
- Composer
- 1968
A Lovely Way to Die
5.1
- Composer
- 1968
Doctor, You've Got to Be Kidding!
5.3
- Composer
- 1967
The Borgia Stick
7.3
TV Movie
- Composer
- 1967
Hawk
6.9
TV Series
- Composer
- 1966
Mister Buddwing
6.0
- Composer
- 1966
This Property Is Condemned
7.0
- Composer
- 1966

Soundtrack

Friends: The One Before the Last One - Ten Years of Friends
8.6
TV Special
- writer: "The Odd Couple" (uncredited)
- 2004
Big Trouble
6.4
- writer: "The Odd Couple"
- 2002
Twilight
6.2
- writer: "Tea Room"
- 1998
Friends
8.9
TV Series
- writer: "The Odd Couple (Main Title)" (uncredited)
- 1995
Downhill Racer
6.3
- writer: "You Got Me Climbing Up the Wall"
- 1969
The First Time
4.9
- music: "Sweet Love In The Beginning"
- 1969
A Lovely Way to Die
5.1
- music: "A Lovely Way to Die", "A Lovely Way to Live"
- 1968
Doctor, You've Got to Be Kidding!
5.3
- music: "Talkin' Law"
- 1967
The Fugitive Kind
7.1
- music: "Blanket Roll Blues"
- 1960
Baby Doll
7.3
- writer: "Shame, Shame, Shame" (uncredited)
- 1956

Personal details

Alternative names
- Ken Hopkins
Born
- January 15, 1912
- Coffeyville, Kansas, USA
Died
- April 7, 1983
- Princeton, New Jersey, USA(undisclosed)

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Trivia
Was the chief composer and arranger at Radio City Music Hall from 1951 until 1961. From 1963 to 1964, he was the director of music for the CBS radio network. In 1970, Hopkins became director of music for Paramount's television division, working on shows like The Odd Couple, Love American Style, and The Brady Bunch.

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