Craig Armstrong

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Born 29 April 1959.

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Craig Armstrong talks to Stephen Duffy

Composer and musician Craig Armstrong talks to Stephen Duffy about movie soundtracks being many peoples first insight into orchestral music.

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Craig Armstrong, OBE (born 29 April 1959) is a Scottish composer of modern orchestral music, electronica and film scores.

Armstrong's score for William Shakespeare’s Romeo + Juliet earned him a BAFTA for Achievement in Film Music and an Ivor Novello. His composition for Baz Luhrmann’s musical Moulin Rouge! earned him the 2001 American Film Institute’s composer of the Year award, a Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score and a BAFTA. Armstrong was awarded a Grammy Award for Best Original Score in 2004 for the biopic Ray. His other feature film scoring credits include Love Actually, Oliver Stone's World Trade Center, Elizabeth: The Golden Age and The Incredible Hulk.

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  1. Film Works 1995-2005 2005

    Review of Film Works 1995-2005

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    ...some of the most distinctive mainstream film music of the last decade...

  2. Original Soundtrack: The Quiet American 2003

    Review of Original Soundtrack: The Quiet American

    Reviewed by Morag Reavley

    He dissolves generic boundaries, splicing the elegant orchestration of the period...

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