Anthony Hopkins, 88, signs record deal as a composer

Two-time Oscar winner Anthony Hopkins released his first ​classical music single on Friday after signing a record deal as a composer.

Two-time Oscar winner Anthony Hopkins released his first ​classical music single on Friday after signing a record deal as a composer.

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“Bracken Road” features on his upcoming “Life is a Dream” album, a collection of orchestral works written over six decades, “revealing ⁠a composer whose music shares the same emotional depth and storytelling that define his screen career”, label Decca Classics said.

The 88-year-old Welsh-born actor, who won Academy Awards for his performances in “The Silence of the Lambs” and “The Father”, learned ⁠to play the piano at the ​age ⁠of four and went on to compose music for local plays as a teenager in the 1950s.