Craig Armstrong
Film score, Composer
1959 –
Who is Craig Armstrong?
Craig Armstrong, OBE 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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- Born
- Apr 29, 1959
Glasgow - Also known as
- Craig Amstrong
- Craig Armonstrong
- Armonstrong, Craig
- Ethnicity
- Scottish people
- Nationality
- Scotland
- United Kingdom
- Profession
- Education
- Royal Academy of Music
- Lived in
- Glasgow
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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