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Trevor Rabin is a South African musician born on January 13, 1954. He is known for his work as a guitarist, songwriter, and producer. Rabin gained fame as a member of the rock band Yes, where he helped shape their sound in the 1980s. He has also composed music for films, including Armageddon and Remember the Titans. Rabin's guitar playing and songwriting skills have earned him recognition in the music industry, and he continues to collaborate with various artists while pursuing his passion for film scoring.
"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."
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"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."

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"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."
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"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."

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"Unless the guitar works as a color, then I don't use it, so I haven't been playing guitar too much lately."
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"Unless the guitar works as a color, then I don't use it, so I haven't been playing guitar too much lately."

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"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."
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"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."

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"Yes was a band where we could explore some of those ideas, but I knew that if I wanted to get into orchestral music and make a living at it, movies seemed to be a perfect spot."
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"Yes was a band where we could explore some of those ideas, but I knew that if I wanted to get into orchestral music and make a living at it, movies seemed to be a perfect spot."

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"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!"
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"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!"

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"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."
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"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."

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"I really love writing themes and melody."
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"I really love writing themes and melody."

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"Writing a simple melody can take weeks to get it right where I want it, but I do quite enjoy it."
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"Writing a simple melody can take weeks to get it right where I want it, but I do quite enjoy it."

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"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."
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"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."

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"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."
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"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."

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"I'll always do the guitar parts since it's my main instrument."
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"I'll always do the guitar parts since it's my main instrument."

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"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."
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"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."

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"One of the things I try to be very careful of is not taking a movie when I know I have no inspiration left."
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"One of the things I try to be very careful of is not taking a movie when I know I have no inspiration left."

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"Yes well I've done three movies with Samuel L. Jackson, so I've met him a couple of times already. Well, I see him everyday, but its only on the screen."
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"Yes well I've done three movies with Samuel L. Jackson, so I've met him a couple of times already. Well, I see him everyday, but its only on the screen."

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"It's an important thing to have a relationship with the director, and have it be a positive one."
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"It's an important thing to have a relationship with the director, and have it be a positive one."

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"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."
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"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."

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