Tony Banks
Tony Banks is a founding member and the keyboardist of the rock band Genesis, and appears to be responsible in large part for some of their weirder post-Peter Gabriel tunes.
His main solo albums include:
- "A Curious Feeling"- 1979
- "The Fugitive"- 1983
- "Bankstatement"- 1989
- "Still"- 1991
- "Strictly Inc."- 1995
- "Seven: A Suite for Orchestra"- 2004
- Six Pieces for Orchestra - 2012
Other albums include:
- "The Wicked Lady Soundtrack"- 1983
- "Soundtracks"- 1986
Tony Banks and his music provide examples of these tropes:
- Concept Album: A Curious Feeling.
- Born in The Wrong Century: The protagonist of the song "Throwback" from the album Bankstatement:
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- Deadpan Snarker
- Gentleman Snarker
- Good Is Not Nice
- Happily Married
- He Also Did: Seven: A Suite For Orchestra, an album of original classical music performed by The London Philharmonic Orchestra.
- His second classical album Six Pieces for Orchestra was released in 2012.
- Hey It's That Guy: Performers on Banks's albums have included Derek "Fish" Dick (of Marillion), Jayney Klimek, and Jack Hues of Wang Chung.
- Lonely Piano Piece: "In The Dark" from A Curious Feeling.
- Loss of Identity: This happens to the protagonist of the Concept Album A Curious Feeling.
- One of Us: Banks is a self-confessed fan of The Lord of the Rings.
- Pop Star Composer: Banks scored the 1983 Faye Dunaway movie The Wicked Lady and the 1986 Kevin Bacon movie Quicksilver (no, not this Quicksilver, the one about the bike messengers), among others.
- May be somewhat subverted, as Banks has not yet achieved the fame that his Genesis bandmates and fellow Pop Star Composers Peter Gabriel and Phil Collins have.
- Rich Idiot With No Day Job: Though he came from a wealthy/upper class background and met his fellow Genesis founders at the prestigious public school they all attended, this is an averted trope.
- Ripped from the Headlines: Word of God says that "Strictly Incognito" from the album Strictly Inc. is loosely based on an actual case Banks read about in the newspaper.
- Sanity Slippage Album: A Curious Feeling.
- The Stoic
- What Could Have Been: Banks was hired to score ~2010: The Year We Make Contact~ but was fired due to Creative Differences.