Composer Information

Name:
Craig Armstrong
WWW:
Official Website
Publicist:
Costa Communications
Trailer Music:
Trailer Usage

Top Grossing Films

Movie Box Office
The Incredible Hulk (2008) $134,806,913
Ray (2004) $75,331,600
World Trade Center (2006) $70,278,893
The Bone Collector (1999) $66,518,655
Love Actually (2003) $59,696,144

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Additional Albums

Craig Armstrong Piano Works

Craig Armstrong Piano Works
Sanctuary Records

Year Released: 2004

Format: CD

Craig Armstrong Film Works 1995-2005

Craig Armstrong Film Works 1995-2005
Family Recordings (020 8962 5700)

Year Released: 2006

Format: CD

William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet

William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet
EMI / Capitol (09463-85738-2-1)

Year Released: 2007

Format: CD

Biography

Craig studied at the Royal Academy Of Music in London and later at the Scottish Arts Council. During this time he won several awards for composition and musicianship including the GLAA award for Young Jazz Musician of the year. Since then he has gone on to make a very succesful career for himself, working in film, TV, theatre and commercial music. His credits include award winning scores for films by Peter Mullen, commissions from the Royal Shakespeare Company, Scottish Chamber Orchestra and the Tron Theatre.

Craig's songwriting credits include "I Don't Want A Lover" with Texas, "Satellites" with Big Dish and "Weather Storm" and "Sly" with Massive Attack. His distinctive orchestral work can be heard on various recordings by Madonna, U2, Passengers, The Future Sound Of London and The London Suede. He also composed and conducted the strings on the title music for the films "Goldeneye", "Batman Forever", "Mission Impossible" and has co-composed the original score for the highly acclaimed Baz Luhrmann film version of "Romeo and Juliet".

Craig has had three entries in the Edinburgh international film festival including "Close", the winner of the short film category. More recently he has composed the highly acclaimed "20 Movements", which was performed at the 1996 Edinburgh festival to rave reviews.

Craig is signed to Massive Attack's Melankolic label and "The Space Between Us", his first solo album, is an orchestral album for the modern era, full of beautiful, lush, sweeping strings and featuring guest vocals from Liz Fraser (Cocteau Twins) and Paul Buchanan (Blue Nile).