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Though best known for his film scores, including multiple collaborations with director Baz Luhrmann, Grammy-winning composer Craig Armstrong has also worked as a music producer and sideman, written for the concert hall, and crafted solo material bridging pop, classical, and electronic music.
Film Works. Six years of award-winning scores are collected here in Craig Armstrong’s accompanying album to 2004’s Piano Works. Film Works (Universal Music) includes arrangements from the composer’s collaborations with director Baz Luhrmann on William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet and Moulin Rouge! Armstrong won seven international ...
Ray. Ray attracted a slew of awards following its 2004 release, including an Oscar for its lead Jamie Foxx, and a nomination for Best Picture. The biopic tells the story of blues icon Ray Charles as he deals with the blindness and drug addiction that dogged his career. For Armstrong, the chance to score for Ray was ‘an honour’ that meant as ...
British. Following a classical training at London’s Royal Academy of Music, Craig Armstrong returned to his native Glasgow where he joined a number of leading bands and was appointed Composer-in- Residence at the Tron Theatre. Since 1996, he has scored over twenty films, notably Moulin Rouge and Romeo + Juliet in collaboration with director ...
Craig Armstrong, is a Scottish composer of modern orchestral music, electronica and film scores. He graduated from the Royal Academy of Music in 1981, and has since written music for the Royal Shakespeare Company, the Royal Scottish National Orchestra and the London Sinfonietta.
Craig Armstrong may refer to: Craig Armstrong (composer) (born 1959), Scottish composer of modern orchestral music, electronica and film scores. Craig Armstrong (footballer) (born 1975), English footballer, turned manager.
Moulin Rouge!, starring a young Ewan McGregor alongside flame-haired Nicole Kidman, is Craig Armstrong’s most awarded score to date. Working with director Baz Luhrmann (with whom he first collaborated on William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet) the composer devised a stirring, romantic accompaniment to the musical film set in the famous Paris cabaret.
