Overview
- Decca Classics released Hopkins’s single “Bracken Road” on Saturday and announced the full album Life Is a Dream for August 21, 2026.
- The orchestral recordings were completed in April at London’s Alexandra Palace with conductor Gustavo Dudamel and the Philharmonia Orchestra.
- The album features solo contributions from pianist Sergio Tiempo and cellist Gregorio Nieto and collects pieces Hopkins wrote over more than six decades.
- Hopkins said music was his first desire and that he has composed throughout his life, and his past musical work includes the 2012 album Composer and a waltz premiered by André Rieu.
- Some outlets report Hopkins intends to pause or reduce film work to focus on music but that claim is presented as his stated intent rather than an industry-confirmed career change.