Born in Glasgow, Scotland, Craig Armstrong is one of the finest composers today. He has both a classical and electronic music academic background. His albums are fantastic as are his film scores. He won a Golden Globe for Best Original Score and a BAFTA for Best Film Music for his phenomenal work on Moulin Rouge!
Craig Armstrong appeared on the video-taped KCRW radio show Morning Becomes Eclectic. Watch the video here.
Recommended album: As If To Nothing
Recommended music: Finding Beauty, Snow, Wake Up in New York, Ruthless Gravity, Let It Be Love, This Love, Balcony Scene (Romeo + Juliet)
His ideal is that, one day, “all the influences that go into my work come together. I’m looking for that moment when everything blends together as if it’s one mathematical equation, where everything hits the same point.”
I see music as a positive force in life.
I cling on to the beauty of music, because life can be very difficult. And so for me the purpose of music is that it is an uplifting thing. It comes from the spiritual side of people.
You may be down, and when you listen to a certain piece of music you look at the world as a better place again. I’m into that.
It doesn’t have to be pretty music, but I do like music that leaves some hope after you’ve listened to it. That’s the music I like to write.
The music on my album is a bit melancholic, but I think it’s a positive thing, rather than a negative thing. It’s certainly music for adults. Young kids won’t like it. I think it’s spiritual music, to do with real life.
For me the great thing about music is that it’s infinite. You can keep on learning and learning and learning.
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