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On The Atchison, Topeka And The Santa Fe 2:10 ░░ 02. Sentimental Journey 2:32 ░░ 03. Casey Jones 2:38 ░░ 04. Sleeper Car 2:42 ░░ 05. The Wreck Of The Old '97 1:51 ░░ 06. Ghost Train 2:32 ░░ 07. Chattanooga Choo Choo 2:04 ░░ 08. I've Been Working On The Railroad 2:19 ░░ 09. Where Do You Work-A John? 2:34 ░░ 10. Sleepy Town Express 2:12 ░░ 11. Lonely Train 2:32 ░░ 12. Alabamy Bound 1:43 ░░ ░░ ░░ ░░ ╔═══════════════╗ ░░ ║ N O T E S ║░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ ░░ ╚═══════════════╝▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ ░░ ░░ Composer/arranger Kenyon Hopkins is probably best remembered today for ░░ his work as music director for the television series The Odd Couple and ░░ The Brady Bunch, but his work in music long predated and easily ░░ transcended any hit television series. Hopkins' career bridged two ░░ musical periods, from the end of the big-band era to post-war filmmaking, ░░ and he was good enough to work with some of the best in both fields. But ░░ it was as a creator of instrumental mood music -- what we now call space ░░ age pop -- that he first insinuated himself on the public. ░░ ░░ Born in Coffeyville, Kansas, Hopkins was the son of a minister. He was ░░ raised in Michigan and studied music theory and composition at Oberlin ░░ College and Temple University, graduating from the latter school in 1933. ░░ Hopkins headed for New York City, where he soon began getting work as an ░░ arranger, primarily in association with conductor Andre Kostelanetz. He ░░ later spent three years employed by Paul Whiteman, and moved into ░░ arranging, composing, and conducting for radio and the theater. After a ░░ three-year stint in the Coast Guard during World War II, he returned to ░░ music and became an arranger/composer for bandleader Raymond Paige. ░░ ░░ As a recording artist, he was initially signed to Capitol Records, for ░░ which he cut a trio of mood instrumental albums (i.e., bachelor pad ░░ recordings): Ridin' the Rails, Contrasting Colors, and Swingin' Serenade. ░░ He made his biggest mark, however, with a series of atmospheric mood ░░ albums cut in collaboration with producer Creed Taylor, entitled Shock!, ░░ Panic!: Son of Shock, Nervous Beat: Lonelyville, New York, New York: The ░░ Sound of New York, and Ping Pang Pong: The Swinging Ball -- the latter an ░░ extraordinary percussion showcase record -- for ABC-Paramount in the late ░░ '50s. Hopkins was already under contract to Capitol Records, for which he ░░ had recorded a trio of LPs, which resulted in his ABC albums being ░░ credited to the Creed Taylor Orchestra. ░░ ░░ Hopkins made his career primarily in New York during the '50s -- for ten ░░ years, from 1951 until 1961, he was the chief composer and arranger at ░░ Radio City Music Hall. Hopkins first started writing music for films in ░░ 1956 with Elia Kazan's Baby Doll and Sidney Lumet's 12 Angry Men. Hopkins ░░ maintained a dual career over the next several years, alternating between ░░ movies, radio, and theater, with the occasional recording, and even a ░░ classical piece or two worked in between these assignments: his serious ░░ works include a ballet entitled Rooms (which was recorded and released by ░░ Cadence Records), "Symphony in Two Movements," and "Town and Country ░░ Dances for Chamber Orchestra." He also spent 1963-1964 as the director of ░░ music for the CBS radio network. Hopkins signed to Verve Records in the ░░ early '60s, which became one of the primary outlets for his subsequent ░░ soundtrack work, but also released a series of Sound Tour LPs devoted to ░░ different countries, which was more mood music of an international ░░ flavor. ░░ ░░ In television, Hopkins was the music director for the groundbreaking ░░ dramatic series East Side/West Side starring George C. Scott, and also ░░ for the programs Hawk, The Reporter, and The Undersea World of Jacques ░░ Cousteau, and occasional documentaries such as The Dialogue of Archibald ░░ MacLeish and Mark Van Doren. He was one of the most respected serious ░░ composers working in television, and two of the pieces on the Ping Pang ░░ Pong LP had actually been written as interpretive dance works that were ░░ performed on The Perry Como Show, no less. His film scores also stood out ░░ in sharp contrast to much of the competition at the time, and Hopkins ░░ became known for writing music that utilized very spare instrumentation ░░ and individual sections of the orchestra, effectively proving that less ░░ is more where certain dramatic subjects were concerned. The Fugitive Kind ░░ and Wild River were successful enough, and he was also the music director ░░ and composer on one Elvis Presley movie, Wild in the Country. ░░ ░░ Hopkins seemed to resonate extremely well to urban settings, especially ░░ New York's streets. His score for Robert Rossen's The Hustler was a case ░░ in point, a jazzy, near-minimalist body of music, moody and atmospheric ░░ yet so unobtrusive that it worked at the edges of the viewer's ░░ consciousness, often with only a handful of instruments at any given ░░ moment. Hopkins did similarly inspired work on the New York-filmed The ░░ Borgia Stick and Mr. Buddwing, as well as the New York-based series East ░░ Side/West Side, although he also ranged to subjects such as the ski drama ░░ Downhill Racer. ░░ ░░ In 1970, Hopkins became the director of music for Paramount Pictures' ░░ television division, which was how he became the music director on series ░░ such as The Odd Couple, Love American Style, and The Brady Bunch. 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