Writing a simple melody can take weeks to get it right where I want it, but I do quite enjoy it. Trevor Rabin More Quotes by Trevor Rabin More Quotes From Trevor Rabin You know, usually with movies there are periods, dark areas, where I might not be getting what I wanted out of a theme. I'll have to go over and over it again. Trevor Rabin over-you dark might I'm happy to say that I have not been fired off a film. The score is usually the last thing to be done. So a lot lands on the scores shoulders. A lot of problems that seem to have nothing to do with the music gets blamed on the music , because it's relatively cheap to change, where as a reshoot etc is not. Music is often expected to help or fix bad cuts, bad acting, bad filming, bad timing, you name it. Trevor Rabin cutting land names While I'm quite happy and love doing the atmospheric and quirky stuff, the melodic stuff, I've done quite a lot of. It's also another reason why I try not to do two or three at the same time. Trevor Rabin quirky trying two When I finished a song that I thought was good, I thought, I don't know where that came from, so I have no idea if I can do that again. I'm talking like, a hundred and fifty songs down the line. I still feel that. Trevor Rabin song talking ideas Well, unbeknownst to everybody, I did a movie when I was 19. Trevor Rabin wells Getting back to the point, a guy like Jerry, he deals with the business, and he doesn't see it as being evil or ugly, it's what you have to do, and I mean I know there's some really ugly parts to it and parts which drive me nuts, but not in the same way as music business. Trevor Rabin evil nuts mean Unless the guitar works as a color, then I don't use it, so I haven't been playing guitar too much lately. Trevor Rabin guitar color use One of the things I try to be very careful of is not taking a movie when I know I have no inspiration left. Trevor Rabin careful inspiration trying It's an important thing to have a relationship with the director, and have it be a positive one. Trevor Rabin important relationship directors I've done that quite often, but I've got to be quite honest... as much as you would want to only do one at a time, sometimes projects overlap and there's nothing you can do. Sometimes you to have begin writing a new project just as you're finishing off another. Trevor Rabin finishing done writing I thoroughly enjoyed working on Enemy of the State. Tony Scott is an important director, and has an amazing ability to express himself, and he doesn't do it in musical terms, he does it in emotional terms. I got along really well with him. Trevor Rabin musical emotional enemy I will be doing a film called Whispers, for Disney. It's about elephants, and doesn't have any people in it. It will be a live action film - I don't know how much I can say about it, since I still don't know too much about it. Trevor Rabin elephants too-much people I'll always do the guitar parts since it's my main instrument. Trevor Rabin instruments guitar I really love writing themes and melody. Trevor Rabin theme melody writing I don't mind snakes. Growing up in South Africa there were a couple a snakes around... and I'm not talking just about the government! Trevor Rabin growing-up government couple All of the directors I've worked with I've gotten along with very well. Trevor Rabin wells directors I love being in a band. I love that collaborative spirit, although some would suggest that I don't get involved in the collaborative spirit, but it's not true. Trevor Rabin true-love being-in-love love-is You can't judge an album by a single song; it's like judging a book by only reading a single chapter. Trevor Rabin judge you song book When you listen to a Yes album, you should listen to the whole thing through headphones with the lights off. Trevor Rabin listen lights you headphones We were a very politically active family. My father was one of the first lawyers in South Africa to have a black partner, so I grew up very aware of the struggle going on. Coming from that background, it really gave me chills to have my music be a part of the election of the first black American president. Trevor Rabin me family music father
