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Michel Rubini (born December 3, 1942 in Los Angeles, California, United States) is an American musician and composer, best known for his work composing motion picture soundtracks. He is a professional classical pianist since early childhood. During the 1960s and 1970s, Rubini worked on tours, with such stars as Ray Charles, Frank Zappa, Sonny and Cher and Barbra Streisand. ==As a musician== ;As a session player and arranger He was producer, conductor and arranger for Motown Records. He was one of the most sought-after Los Angeles session players during the 1960s and 1970s, performed on albums by Sonny & Cher, Michael Parks, The Cats, The Righteous Brothers and many others. Rubini arranged and conducted Sonny & Chér single ''A Cowboys Work Is Never Done'', arranged Cher single ''Don't Hide Your Love'' and Maureen McGovern single ''I Won't Last A Day Without You'', produced and arranged Macho single ''No One To Depend On''. Rubini also made numerous television appearances in the house band of the 1980s game shows ''Face the Music'' and ''Name That Tune''. Rubini played the organ on "That's Life" by Frank Sinatra and the grand piano on "Strangers in the Night," also by Sinatra. 〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.wreckingcrew.tv/afmcontracts/Sinatra,Frank_ThatsLife.pdf )〕 〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.wreckingcrew.tv/afmcontracts/Sinatra,Frank_StrangersInTheNight.pdf )〕 ;As a writer Rubini co-wrote three songs for Thelma Houston: ''Give Me Something To Believe In'', ''Memories'' and ''I've Got The Devil In Me'' - all included in ''The Devil In Me'' album. He composed two songs for ''The New Kids'' film: ''Edge Of Survival'' (lyrics and performed by Jess Harnell) and ''Over And Over And Over Again'' (lyrics and performed by Miriam Cutler). ;Solo Career Rubini, together with Don Dunn, wrote and recorded an album ''Diggin' It'' in 1976. During recording session, he played on piano, organ, clavinet, harpsichord, electric piano and synthesizer. In 1978 a follow-up of sorts was issued under the Motown imprint, this one by Friendly Enemies, a pop trio consisting of Dunn, Rubini, and Lead Vocalist Chuck Smith. The album "Round One" also bore the original version of "Baby It's Me", which was recorded by Diana Ross in 1977 (The Enemies' version was made that year, but remained in the can until the 1978 LP release.) In 1988 he recorded his LP album for Gold Castle Records called ''Secret Dreams''. The album was re-recorded, mixed and released on CD by Essence Records in 1994. Rubini recalled: He started playing gospel and blues about age 13, but he wrote, recorded and released his first and, so far, only blues album ''Band is Tight Tonite'' in early 1990s. Rubini had said: Rubini also wrote two instrumental songs, released as a single by Atco, called ''Summer Song /Moonlight Mood''. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Michel Rubini」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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