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Craig Armstrong

Sound
66 years oldGlasgow, Scotland, UK

Biography

Craig Armstrong, OBE (born 29 April 1959), 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.Armstrong's score for Baz Luhrmann's Romeo + Juliet earned him a BAFTA for Achievement in Film Music and an Ivor Novello. He would collaborate with Luhrmann again on his next two films, Moulin Rouge! and The Great Gatsby. His score for the former 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 Centre, Elizabeth: The Golden Age, and The Incredible Hulk. Armstrong was born in Shettleston, Glasgow, Scotland. Description above from the Wikipedia article Craig Armstrong, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Personal Details

Born
April 29, 1959
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Glasgow, Scotland, UK
Known For
Sound

Movies (38)

The Critic
5.9

The Critic

Original Music Composer (Sound)

2024

The Great Escaper
6.6

The Great Escaper

Original Music Composer (Sound)

2023

Dirt Music
6.2

Dirt Music

Original Music Composer (Sound)

2020

The One and Only Ivan
7.4

The One and Only Ivan

Original Music Composer (Sound)

2020

The Burnt Orange Heresy
5.7

The Burnt Orange Heresy

Original Music Composer (Sound)

2020

Mrs Lowry & Son
6.4

Mrs Lowry & Son

Original Music Composer (Sound)

2019

Orphans Reunited

Orphans Reunited

2019

Snowden
7.1

Snowden

Original Music Composer (Sound)

2016

Bridget Jones's Baby
6.4

Bridget Jones's Baby

Original Music Composer (Sound)

2016

Me Before You
7.9

Me Before You

Original Music Composer (Sound)

2016

Victor Frankenstein
6.0

Victor Frankenstein

Original Music Composer (Sound)

2015

Far from the Madding Crowd
7.0

Far from the Madding Crowd

Original Music Composer (Sound)

2015

The Great Gatsby
7.4

The Great Gatsby

Original Music Composer (Sound)

2013

In Time
7.0

In Time

Original Music Composer (Sound)

2011

Neds
6.8

Neds

Original Music Composer (Sound)

2010

Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps
6.1

Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps

Original Music Composer (Sound)

2010

The Incredible Hulk
6.2

The Incredible Hulk

Original Music Composer (Sound)

2008

Elizabeth: The Golden Age
6.7

Elizabeth: The Golden Age

Original Music Composer (Sound)

2007

World Trade Center
6.1

World Trade Center

Original Music Composer (Sound)

2006

Piano Works - The Film
8.0

Piano Works - The Film

as Craig Armstrong

2006

Must Love Dogs
5.9

Must Love Dogs

Original Music Composer (Sound)

2005

Fever Pitch
6.2

Fever Pitch

Original Music Composer (Sound)

2005

Ray
7.4

Ray

Original Music Composer (Sound)

2004

The Clearing
5.8

The Clearing

Original Music Composer (Sound)

2004

Love Actually
7.1

Love Actually

Original Music Composer (Sound)

2003

The Quiet American
6.5

The Quiet American

Original Music Composer (Sound)

2002

The Magdalene Sisters
7.4

The Magdalene Sisters

Original Music Composer (Sound)

2002

Rosso Fango
7.0

Rosso Fango

Sound (Sound)

2002

Kiss of the Dragon
6.9

Kiss of the Dragon

Original Music Composer (Sound)

2001

Moulin Rouge!
7.5

Moulin Rouge!

Original Music Composer (Sound)

2001

The Night Club of Your Dreams: The Making of 'Moulin Rouge'
6.5

The Night Club of Your Dreams: The Making of 'Moulin Rouge'

as Self

2001

The Bone Collector
6.8

The Bone Collector

Original Music Composer (Sound)

1999

One Day in September
7.3

One Day in September

Additional Music (Crew)

1999

Best Laid Plans
5.7

Best Laid Plans

Original Music Composer (Sound)

1999

Plunkett & MacLeane
6.1

Plunkett & MacLeane

Original Music Composer (Sound)

1999

Orphans
6.5

Orphans

Original Music Composer (Sound)

1998

Romeo + Juliet
6.8

Romeo + Juliet

Original Music Composer (Sound)

1996

Daddy's Gone A-Hunting

Daddy's Gone A-Hunting

Music (Sound)

1994

TV Shows (2)