Biography
Trevor Rabin is a South African composer, musician and producer. Born in Johannesburg in 1954, he began playing piano and guitar as a child and became a session musician. In 1972 he joined the band Rabbitt, which achieved success in South Africa, and he released solo albums before moving to London in 1978.
Rabin joined the rock group Yes in the 1980s, contributing to albums including 90125. He later moved to Los Angeles and turned to film scoring in the mid-1990s. He has composed for more than 40 feature films, most notably a series of Jerry Bruckheimer productions that includes Con Air (1997), Armageddon (1998), Enemy of the State (1998), Gone in Sixty Seconds (2000), Bad Boys II (2003), National Treasure (2004) and National Treasure: Book of Secrets (2007).
Rabin has received multiple BMI Awards for his film work and was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2017 as a member of Yes.
