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I thought very slight but so important when there, 12 angry men-57- by Hopkins was perfect.
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Jun 3, 2012 - 7:13 AM
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OnyaBirri
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Interesting responses, thanks.
I guess this leads into a larger conversation about our various gateways into film music.
While I loved the music from Dark Shadows and Lost in Space as a kid, I got got into film music heavily as a vinyl junkie, especially during that wonderful late 80s/early 90s period when you could get all this amazing stuff for 50 cents an album.
Anyway, my love of 60s and early 70s film music was largely disconnected from the films. I found cool albums and then wanted to find more records by that artist. Kenyon Hopkins falls into that category. I think Mr. Buddwing was one of my first, along with Lonelyville and Shock. Kenyon Hopkins, to me, was just this mysterious guy who did all these interesting albums with great arrangements.
I can't tell you how many film albums I heard first and only saw the films later. I must have at least 50 or 100 soundtracks for films that I've never seen. As far as Hopkins, I've seen only The Hustler, 12 Angry Men and The Fugitive Kind, as far as I know.
My point is that I don't have to have any connection to film or knowledge of the composer to buy something. I never saw Lady in a Cage and can't even remember who wrote it, but I ordered it before the first sample stopped playing. It was that good. Maybe I'm in the minority, but I would think that there must be others who, if they could hear samples from Mr. Buddwing or the Hustler, would do likewise.
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I'm too young to have been around for many of the films Kenyon Hopkins worked on. The only two Hopkins-scored films I've seen are The Huster and 12 Angry Men. There isn't much music in the latter, but in the former there is, and I really liked it. I like the LP, and would love to have a copy of that on CD, though I think that Bruce Kimmel has said that an EU edition of it might make any other financially unviable.
I ordered Baby Doll because I enjoyed The Fugitive Kind from the MGM Treasury. I'd like to get more of his music because I like his voice, but I'm finding that even his LPs are rather hard to find.
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So, back to my original question:
Why have the labels skipped over Kenyon Hopkins?
Seems as though Intrada may have ceased skipping over Kenyon Hopkins...
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So, back to my original question:
Why have the labels skipped over Kenyon Hopkins?
Seems as though Intrada may have ceased skipping over Kenyon Hopkins...
The question now becomes: Why is OnyaBirri skipping over a new CD of Kenyon Hopkins music?
OnyaBirri appears to dislike snowy/icy subject matters because he called the RCA LP Eleven Against the Ice a "turkey".
Perhaps Downhill Racer is another Kenyon Hopkins (cold) turkey? 
http://store.intrada.com/s.nl?it=A&id=11918
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