Craig Armstrong
Armstrong studied musical composition, violin and piano at the Royal Academ… Read Full Bio ↴Armstrong studied musical composition, violin and piano at the Royal Academy of Music where he was awarded the Charles Lucas prize and the Harvey Lohr scholarship for composition. He was also awarded the FTCL Fellowship in composition, and won the GLAA Young Jazz Musician of the Year in 1982. Upon graduation he became resident student composer for the London Contemporary Dance School. Upon completing his studies, Armstrong served as Music and Dance specialist at the Strathclyde Regional Council in 1984.
During the 1980s, Armstrong's composition work included commissions from the Arts Council for various classical ensembles in Scotland, and he also served as resident composer at the Tron Theatre in Glasgow. During this time he also received a Composer's Award to study electronic music, and maintained a parallel career in the Scottish Pop music scene, as a member of bands Hipsway, Texas and The Big Dish.
In 1990, his music theatre group Performance performed at the Glasgow Mayfest, and he composed a number of works for film, television, and stage productions by the Traverse Theatre, the BBC, and the Royal Shakespeare Company, among others. By the late 1990s he had gained critical acclaim for his work on the Baz Luhrman films Romeo + Juliet and Moulin Rouge! (which won him a Golden Globe for Best Original Score in 2001). He has also done orchestrations with artists such as Massive Attack, Madonna, U2, Suede, Pet Shop Boys and The Future Sound of London. During this time he also released his first album of his own orchestral work, The Space Between Us, in 1998.
During the early 2000s Armstrong continued to produce film and orchestral work, including commissions for the Barbican Centre and the Scottish Ensemble. His most recent film scores are for the Academy Award winning Taylor Hackford film, Ray for which Armstrong won a Grammy Award, and Oliver Stone's 2006 film World Trade Center.
Recently Craig has teamed up with Scott Fraser for his latest electronic project, Winona. The project sees them dust off their eye-watering collection of vintage synthesizers and set about making widescreen, minor-key masterpieces to make Winona's debut album 'Rosebud' a down-key classic.
During the 1980s, Armstrong's composition work included commissions from the Arts Council for various classical ensembles in Scotland, and he also served as resident composer at the Tron Theatre in Glasgow. During this time he also received a Composer's Award to study electronic music, and maintained a parallel career in the Scottish Pop music scene, as a member of bands Hipsway, Texas and The Big Dish.
In 1990, his music theatre group Performance performed at the Glasgow Mayfest, and he composed a number of works for film, television, and stage productions by the Traverse Theatre, the BBC, and the Royal Shakespeare Company, among others. By the late 1990s he had gained critical acclaim for his work on the Baz Luhrman films Romeo + Juliet and Moulin Rouge! (which won him a Golden Globe for Best Original Score in 2001). He has also done orchestrations with artists such as Massive Attack, Madonna, U2, Suede, Pet Shop Boys and The Future Sound of London. During this time he also released his first album of his own orchestral work, The Space Between Us, in 1998.
During the early 2000s Armstrong continued to produce film and orchestral work, including commissions for the Barbican Centre and the Scottish Ensemble. His most recent film scores are for the Academy Award winning Taylor Hackford film, Ray for which Armstrong won a Grammy Award, and Oliver Stone's 2006 film World Trade Center.
Recently Craig has teamed up with Scott Fraser for his latest electronic project, Winona. The project sees them dust off their eye-watering collection of vintage synthesizers and set about making widescreen, minor-key masterpieces to make Winona's debut album 'Rosebud' a down-key classic.
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Craig Armstrong Lyrics
As If You Said Nothing I was thinking what I'd say For I found out when…
Ascension/Nature Boy This story is about love The woman I loved is dead There…
Balcony Scene (Instrumental)…
Crash I crash into you You crash into me Now everything around us …
Death Scene Hey (ye ye) I dont lke niggers i just hate em They…
Dust Without love Can I go now Without you I had to be without…
El Tango de Roxanne Roxanne... You don't have to put on that red light Walk…
Escape Paint on my cruel or happy face I hide me behind…
Glasgow Love Theme (Instrumental)…
Houses in Motion For a long time I felt without style or grace Wearing…
Let Where the cars go by, All the day and night, Why don't…
Let It Be Love The light is fading in the park It's all right I'll walk…
Let's Go Out Tonight Where the cars go by, All the day and night, Why don't…
Moulin Rouge!: One Day I'll Fly Away I follow the night Can't stand the light When will I begin?…
Nature Boy This story is about love The woman I loved is dead There…
New York Awakes Wake up in New York Put a comb through your hair Don't…
One Day I I follow the night Can't stand the light When will I begin?…
Ruthless Gravity (Instrumental)…
Sea Song The time has come For me to leave this place The light,…
Snow Is there something I should know? Something you won't tell…
Stay Green light, Seven Eleven You stop in for a pack of…
Strange Kind of Love I've been searching for most of my life Trying to find…
This Love This love This love is a strange love A faded kind of…
Wake Up in New York Wake up in New York Put a comb through your hair Don't…
Waltz (feat. Antye Greie-Fuchs) Kleiner, slash, nobar (not sure…
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