Trevor confirmed as scorer for National Treasure: Edge of History

[luna65]

As explained by my latest blog post, this is the new series on Disney+ which will be out in future - they're in post-production now, and Trevor has either finished or is in the midst of it, probably with Paul.
https://rabinesque.blogspot.com/2022...good-news.html

[Mr. Holland]

Ah! Wonder if this is sort of a one-off or that he will be picking up on his scoring career again.

Also wondering how far he is with his solo album(sl.

[Ash Armstrong]

You mean he's going to compose the soundtrack for a forthcoming TV series not that's he's going to be keeping score at a cricket match...?

[JMKUSA]

I can’t say I care much about the show, because what I’m waiting for is the return of Nic Cage in the movie. Hopefully Trevor will score that as well.

I do wonder, is scoring a 10 episode show harder than doing a movie? Presumably there is more music involved, but perhaps a lot of it is repetitive?

[luna65]

I think scheduling-wise it's tougher, but you're coming up with shorter pieces of music, so...hard to say.

[Ash Armstrong]

I can’t say I care much about the show, because what I’m waiting for is the return of Nic Cage in the movie. Hopefully Trevor will score that as well.

I do wonder, is scoring a 10 episode show harder than doing a movie? Presumably there is more music involved, but perhaps a lot of it is repetitive?

I think the usual practice is to adopt the liet-motiv idea from Wagner (and other opera composers but it's Wagner to whom it's usually attributed), where characters are given a short melodic theme, and certain situations, dramatic/comedic/ironic/surprising/revealing/shocking, etc, similarly get their own themes, and then these get used, reused, adapted and combined through the course of an episode, and on through a series, depending on the narrative. It's an economical way for composers to score a series, or a film or film franchise, and provides hooks for viewers. It's the most common form for film and TV composers for that reason.

[Old Frothingslosh]

This should be really easy for Trevor, as he's evidently got 5 hours of unused music from another project just laying around

[luna65]

So my latest achievement is having totally scooped Film Music Reporter on this story. By nearly a month!

[luna65]

For anyone who is interested in watching this show, it's going to premiere on Disney+ on December 14th with the first two episodes and then release the rest on a weekly basis.

[bondegezou]

I watched the first episode. It's OK: it misses Cage, it stays within its formula, but it's all put together well. I wouldn't continue watching it were it not for the music.

It's quite fun to watch something for the music, to focus on the role of the music in a show. There's some bits that sound like a lot of Rabin's scoring work, there's a descending motif (during the scene in the Freemasons' lodge, the room with the chequerboard floor) that's reminiscent of "Fragile/Touch".

[Kevin W]

Excellent thanks for the heads up I shall give it a watch and listen.

[luna65]

It's quite fun to watch something for the music, to focus on the role of the music in a show. There's some bits that sound like a lot of Rabin's scoring work, there's a descending motif (during the scene in the Freemasons' lodge, the room with the chequerboard floor) that's reminiscent of "Fragile/Touch".

Yeah it's almost like an entire discipline because you're using your brain in a different way. So is the on-screen credit for both Trevor and Paul?

[bondegezou]

Yeah it's almost like an entire discipline because you're using your brain in a different way. So is the on-screen credit for both Trevor and Paul?

"Music by Trevor Rabin" in big letters in the opening credits. I'll have to check whether Paul gets a mention in the end credits.

[luna65]

Interesting...

[patrickq]

I believe I am slightly dyslexic (for real. Just slightly). Anyway, to me, the title of this thread keeps looking like

Trevor confirmed as sorcerer for National Treasure: Edge of History