City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Michael Seal - Anthony Hopkins: Composer (2012)

Not only is Anthony Hopkins a highly respected Hollywood actor, he is also a fine classical composer!
From the age of six, Anthony Hopkins has dreamt of being a musician, his love for classical music and the arrangement of music have been a large part of his life since childhood. Anthony spent much of his childhood learning, memorising and identifying the names of musical instruments, he later began to imagine the sounds they made whilst writing notes and directions for such sounds.
Hopkins’ passion for composing classical music has since evolved, and he is now debuting his first album – ‘Composer’, a range of classical pieces composed by the man himself. Each piece has a story behind it and bears a personal connection to Sir Anthony Hopkins.