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.

Discography:

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 provides examples of the following tropes:

• Concept Album: A Curious Feeling.
• Born in the Wrong Century: The protagonist of the song "Throwback" from the album Bankstatement:

I walk the backstreets
Of every dirty city, searching for the route
That leads me back to where I belong
I don't know how, but I'm trapped in the wrong time
If you know someplace I can go
Then I ask you, lead me to the door!

• 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.