Eldon Rathburn
Eldon Davis Rathburn
Early life and education
Rathburn was born in the community of
Career
Rathburn began working at the National Film Board in 1947.[6] Among the 250 films he scored was the 1977 adaptation of W.O. Mitchell's Who Has Seen the Wind.[1] He also provided the music for the NFB's Labyrinth installation at Expo 67.[7] He composed music for a number of early IMAX films.[8]
After his retirement from the NFB in 1976, Rathburn continued to compose; his work was featured at the
On April 14, 1999, he was invested as a
Rathburn died in Ottawa on 31 August 2008.[9][11]
References
- ^ a b "'Dean of Canadian film composers' dies at 92". CBC News, Sep 02, 2008
- ISBN 978-0-7864-5384-9.
- ^ a b "Dean of Canadian composers' got his start in Saint John". by Mike Mullen - September 12, 2008, Telegraph-Journal
- ISBN 978-1-57647-130-2.
- ^ a b "Eldon Rathburn: Biography". Composer Showcase. Canadian Music Centre. Retrieved 8 February 2016.
- ISBN 978-0-19-540244-5.
- ^ "Expo 67: 50 years later still an expression of the human spirit". Montreal Gazette, June 13, 2017 , Arthur Kaptainis.
- ^ "Two Carleton projects take the measure of the music of Eldon Rathburn". Artsfile, By Peter Robb, November 23, 2018
- ^ a b Enman, Charles (2008-09-03). "'Dean' of film composers spent 30 years at NFB". Ottawa Citizen. Archived from the original on 2008-09-14. Retrieved 2008-09-04.
- ^ Wright, James K, They Shot, He Scored: The Music, Methods and Milieu of NFB Film Composer Eldon Rathburn (Montreal: McGill-Queen’s Press, 2019).
- ^ Charles Enman. " 'Dean' of film composers spent 30 years at NFB". Ottawa Citizen, Sep 3, 2008
External links
- Eldon Rathburn at IMDb
- Eldon Rathburn in the Encyclopedia of Music in Canada
- Eldon Rathburn at the Order of Canada website
- Eldon Rathburn: They Shoot... He Scores, NFB.ca