Chris Squire (1948-2015)

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/chris-squire-yes-bassist-and-co-founder-dead-at-67-20150628

It is with great sorrow that I note the passing of the man - taken from us far too soon - who was not only the literal foundation of Yes, but also a dear friend and wonderful collaborator to his bandmates, and especially Trevor - their creative partnership defined the YesWest years as much as any other element of that assemblage of musicians.

Those of us who have loved Yes for much of our lives as music fans, we know Chris was blessed with an incredibly charismatic personality and a musical talent to match, and both the sound and the sight of the band is forever imbued and articulated with his qualities as a musician and a performer.  A huge part of what made Yes so beloved and innovative over the whole of their career is attributable to his contributions.

There will never be another like him, nor should there be.  The world was lucky to hold just one Fish.  My deepest condolences to his family, friends, bandmates and collaborators, and fellow fans.

12 Monkeys score scheduled for July release

Spotted on Twitter yesterday for #WhatsNewWednesday, Varese Sarabande will be releasing the 12 Monkeys score album in July:

#WhatsNewWednesday: Soundtrack to @12MonkeysSyfy - Music by Trevor Rabin & Paul Linford. Coming in July! #12Monkeys pic.twitter.com/HRhmr1KrV6

— Varèse Sarabande (@VareseSarabande) June 24, 2015

And as a friendly reminder, the score album for Max is now available at all retail outlets.  I'm happy to report that there's some really nice guitar textures to be found among the orchestration.

Just one more!

It was a veritable media blitz for Trevor in Variety yesterday - there is one other article focusing on Trevor's collaborations with directors and producers:

http://variety.com/2015/music/features/trevor-rabin-strikes-chord-with-collaborators-1201526116/

Here's a great quote from Jon Turtletaub, with whom Trevor has collaborated on several occasions:

“Trevor manages to take what’s there and show you that it can be better than what you thought. He’s a cheerleader for a movie; makes what you have special rather than trying to change what you have or turn it into something else.”

Media Watch: new Variety articles

An ongoing series wherein I comment on Trevor's recent publicity.

Today industry publication Variety posted a couple articles on Trevor: one for Boaz Yakin's film Max which focuses specifically on the director's camaraderie with Trevor and why he chose Trevor to score the film:
“He gets a visceral impression. You show him a scene, he goes, ‘Wait, I have an idea,’ he’ll play a few notes, you look at it together with the picture on the screen — and this combination of notes actually does support the image. It’s a beautiful thing to see.”

In another article for the We Are Movie Geeks website, Yakin commented:
“I love Trevor. He’s a real emotional guy, and his scores where he’s asked to do real action-types, he always wants to work on emotional pieces. I knew he was right for this movie – it needed an adventure theme as well as an emotional sound that was genuine. This is the first time we’ve worked together since Titans and I was thrilled that he could do it. We worked very hard on it and I’m proud of it.”

Also posted today was an interview from the June 22nd issue of Variety, with a nice photo of Trevor posing in The Jacaranda Room with his signature TR20 guitar.  The article covers a range of subjects, but also raises the discussion of touring once more (though we Rabinites reserve the right to be skeptical until Our Trev actually commits to live performance).

Interestingly the new series mentioned which Trevor is scoring is not Blood and Oil but rather Agent X, a presidential drama starting Sharon Stone set to premiere on TNT in the fall.

Variety articles:
http://variety.com/2015/music/features/trevor-rabin-billion-dollar-composer-1201526098/
http://variety.com/2015/music/news/trevor-rabin-gets-emotional-on-max-score-1201526133/

We Are Movie Geeks article:
http://www.wearemoviegeeks.com/2015/06/actor-josh-wiggins-director-boaz-yakin-talk-max-movie/

Trevor at PWAT book launch

Trevor and Shelley lent their support to the Kickstarter campaign for the female-empowering children's book series Princesses With A Twist and Trevor provided a testimonial video during the Los Angeles launch party on July 18th.

https://www.facebook.com/PrincessesWithATwist/videos/vb.835890076489735/853208881424521/?type=2&theater

There are some photos from the launch on the PWAT Facebook page, and you can visit the PWAT website at http://princesseswithatwist.com/ to find out more about the series.

a bit more of a taste

Earlier this year the Duncan Faure Music channel on YouTube posted an excerpt from a video which we Rabinites and Rabbitt fanatics have seen previously in documentary footage - of the boys performing "Hard Ride" in concert - but this excerpt is far better quality than previously seen (in my opinion), and although there's only a few seconds of Trevor at the beginning, it's an interesting cultural document for fans; to give those who never had the chance to experience it an idea of how the song was performed live.  This particular clip is from the ZA Afrikaans-language musical quiz show Noot vir Noot, so one can assume the accompanying question had to do with the band.

At this point, I don't really hold out hope that any of the available footage will ever be released in full, but here's to maintaining optimism...a band which still has die-hard fans over 30 years later is certainly deserving of such a consideration.

In further scoring developments...

Film Music Reporter has revealed that Trevor's next scoring project is the upcoming ABC drama Blood and Oil, premiering on September 27th.  The article includes the official trailer, a plot synopsis, and link to the official site for the program.

http://filmmusicreporter.com/2015/06/13/trevor-rabin-scoring-abcs-blood-and-oil/

reveal of 12 Monkeys score release

12 Monkeys' showrunner Terry Matalas has provided a preview of an upcoming release...

Peek at the upcoming #12MONKEYS soundtrack by @VareseSarabande! Music by Trevor Rabin & Paul Linford @12MonkeysSyfy pic.twitter.com/KieE2GhT98

— Terry Matalas (@TerryMatalas) June 7, 2015

One might assume this artwork proof means that the actual date will be forthcoming within the month, although Matalas, in response to a fan query, posited an August release date.  It's a good year to enjoy Trevor's scoring!