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'Shifted' from the album by Craig Armstrong 'Sun on You' with Craig Armstrong (Piano) and the Scottish Session Orchestra conducted by Cecilia Weston in Glas...
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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.
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.
Life and career []. Armstrong was born in Shettleston, Glasgow, Scotland. He studied musical composition, violin and piano at the Royal Academy of Music from 1977 to 1981, where he was awarded the Charles Lucas prize and the Harvey Lohr scholarship for composition.
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.
Craig Armstrong, OBE (born 29 April 1959) [3] 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 .
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.
