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 Bond1965
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Saw this over at Music From The Movies:

Rabin to receive Outstanding Career Achievement Award:

The 10th Temecula Valley International Film & Music Festival will honour film composer Trevor Rabin with an award for "Outstanding Career Achievement in Film Composing" on 12th September. The former Yes guitarist, who made the move from the rock scene to the scoring stage in the mid 1990's, will be honoured at the festival's annual awards gala at Wilson Creek Winery in Temecula, California.

Rabin, whose best known scores include Armageddon, Gone in 60 Seconds, Enemy of the State, Con Air and Deep Blue Sea, just finished scoring Exorcist: The Beginning and National Treasure. Future assignments include John Dahl's The Great Raid.


Okay...what's the deal here? Was this a case of he was the only guy they could get to come to receive an award???

I mean the guy has been only scoring films for around 10 years. Is that some sort of career achievement?


They must be screening a film that he scored or something. I don't know. It's all very strange to me when there are tons of more qualified composers who deserve recognition.

Then again...this IS the Temecula Film & Music Festival. Not the Oscars.

James

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posted 08-04-2004 04:49 PM PT (US)    ip  

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Huh?

LOL

Oh really? His great list of scores definitely make him no. 1. WOW. Incredible.


John.

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posted 08-04-2004 05:56 PM PT (US)    ip  

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Ridiculous

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posted 08-04-2004 06:05 PM PT (US)    ip  

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This is kind of strange. I like Rabin and all, but I don't know about this. And also, why didn't they mention his score to Remember The Titans? That was his most orchestral and unique score.

Clayton

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posted 08-04-2004 06:18 PM PT (US)    ip  

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Up next: Graeme Revell!

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posted 08-04-2004 07:28 PM PT (US)    ip  

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Before you start scoffing this man's career in music please note that he was with the band YES for a number of years. His film scores maybe decent, but his contribution to the rock scene is nothing short of legendary, especially amongst musicians.

Here's some info you could have easily looked up at IMDB before you started shooting your mouths off:

Trevor Rabin was born and raised in South Africa. He became a member of the progressive art/rock group Yes as a guitarist and songwriter. He was also keyboardist, singer, producer, and recording engineer. He left the band in 1994 to pursue a career as a film composer. He also wrote the number one hit Owner of a Lonely Heart.

Next time know your facts before you start belittling a man's career that has spanned decades.

MV Gerhard

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posted 08-04-2004 07:56 PM PT (US)    ip  

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<BLOCKQUOTE><font size=1 face=arial>quote:</font><HR size=1>Originally posted by La La Land Records:

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posted 08-04-2004 08:03 PM PT (US)    ip  

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yeah...whatever.

If you consider his WHOLE career that is one thing. If you consider his film scoring career, that is another.

When I start seeing people like Bruce Broughton, Basil Poledouris, Lee Holdridge, David Shire, John Scott, etc. getting this kind of recognition we can talk.

James

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posted 08-04-2004 08:25 PM PT (US)    ip  

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Congrats Rabin! Many people should have received this before him though, I do agree

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posted 08-04-2004 08:33 PM PT (US)    ip  

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quote:
Originally posted by Bond1965:
When I start seeing people like Bruce Broughton, Basil Poledouris, Lee Holdridge, David Shire, John Scott, etc. getting this kind of recognition we can talk.

Indeed. And I doubt any of them would have declined an invitation either.

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posted 08-04-2004 08:48 PM PT (US)    ip  

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quote:
Originally posted by franz_conrad:
<BLOCKQUOTE><font size=1 face=arial>quote:</font><HR size=1>Originally posted by Bond1965:
[b]When I start seeing people like Bruce Broughton, Basil Poledouris, Lee Holdridge, David Shire, John Scott, etc. getting this kind of recognition we can talk.
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Indeed. And I doubt any of them would have declined an invitation either. [/B]



Hell...I bet any of them would love an offer to score a film these days. Thus is the way of the industry. Sad, isn't it?

James

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posted 08-04-2004 09:11 PM PT (US)    ip  

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Oh! my God!!!
this is amazing!!!
I'm waiting a long time for a recognition to Rabin career.
I think that is one of the better composers of the last 10 years.
It's time forget the dinosaurs like williams and see the modern composers.
Only for his last efforts Rabin deserves this award:bad boys 2,kanguroo jack and torque are amazing score.
Other great scores from this composer are the one,glimmer man or enemy at the states.

In my modest opinion the best scores from Rabin are:Shrek (the dragon chase its amazing) and drop zone.
Seeuu!!

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posted 08-05-2004 02:17 PM PT (US)    ip  

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Zimmerito,

Please tell me you're joking.

Rabin doesn't hold a candle to the work of John Williams.

Hell...he doesn't hold a candle to work of Barry DeVorzon either.

And as for Shrek, I never was under the impression he had anything to do with scoring any portion of that film.

James

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posted 08-05-2004 02:26 PM PT (US)    ip  

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quote:
Originally posted by Bond1965:
Hell...he doesn't hold a candle to work of Barry DeVorzon either.

Who??? Or is that the point?

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posted 08-05-2004 02:34 PM PT (US)    ip  

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I am pretty sure Zimmer scored Drop Zone and Harry Gregson-Williams and John Powell wrote Shrek...

Clayton

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posted 08-05-2004 04:04 PM PT (US)    ip  

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quote:
Originally posted by franz_conrad:
<BLOCKQUOTE><font size=1 face=arial>quote:</font><HR size=1>Originally posted by Bond1965:
[b]Hell...he doesn't hold a candle to work of Barry DeVorzon either.
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Who??? Or is that the point?[/B]



Barry DeVorzon is most famous for writing "Nadia's Theme" AKA "The Young and the Restless" with Perry Botkin, Jr. This theme is actually a piece called "Cotton's Dream" from their score to "Bless The Beasts and the Children." It is also a vocal called "Lost" in that same score.

DeVorzon also wrote the theme to "S.W.A.T.," as well as, scoring the films "Looker," "Tattoo," "The Warriors," "Xanadu," "Exorcist III" and "The Ninth Configuration" among others.

My point is that he isn't as well known these days, but is still a talented composer who isn't getting work.

James

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posted 08-05-2004 04:17 PM PT (US)    ip  

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Do you really think Zimmerito was serious? Come on. all the scores he served as example were the more average scores that Rabin did. Bad Boys 2 (except the little simple theme on the guitar for the girl) was one of his worst with Glimmer Man and Gone in 60 seconds. As for Shrek, it's just because the Dragon Chase theme is almost a clone from the Deep Blue Sea theme that Rabin did.

I like some of Rabin's work. He did some good job. But even if he had a wonderfull career with Yes, he get an honor from a Film festival, and on the movie score scene, he hasn't done a lot yet to receive a Career achievement IMHO. Well...just my 2 cents..

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posted 08-05-2004 06:08 PM PT (US)    ip  

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My point was only this:

in those ten years as a film composer he should get this? when we have many others who have been in the work(film music) for 30 years and up and not even noticed who have done dozens of good to great scores in that time. That was my shock.

Nothing about his quality of work or so on but in comparison to others and the length in film music and total number of quality scores. |J.

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posted 08-05-2004 07:06 PM PT (US)    ip  

 
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