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Craig Armstrong is a Producer, Sound and Additional Music Ecossais born on 29 april 1959 at Glasgow (United-kingdom)
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.
Il est par ailleurs compositeur de musique de films, notamment à l'origine de la musique des œuvres du réalisateur australien Baz Luhrmann, tant de ses longs-métrages (Roméo + Juliette, Moulin Rouge) que ses courts-métrages (Publicité Chanel n 5 en 2004). Il est également le compositeur de la bande-originale du film britannique Love Actually réalisé par Richard Curtis
Un de ses titres les plus connus, This Love, de l'album The Space Between Us, a été repris dans de nombreux films, notamment Sexe Intentions, et dans diverses séries sous forme de reprise (New York 911…). Elle est chantée par la chanteuse des Cocteau Twins, Elizabeth Fraser.
Son morceau Escape, issu de la bande originale du film Guns 1748, et l'un de ses plus connus, est ainsi fréquemment utilisé comme habillage sonore de nombreux reportages télévisés.
En France, les auditeurs de France Inter sont certainement familiers de son morceau Finding Beauty, reprise de la musique d'Alain Goraguer du film Sur un arbre perché, générique de Humeur vagabonde. Ils reconnaîtront aussi le titre Rise, utilisé pour le générique de l'émission Pièces à conviction d'Élise Lucet sur France 3.
En 2009, il coopère avec Charlie Clouser pour la composition du principal morceau All Planned de la bande originale de Saw 6, film produit par Kevin Greutert.
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Nationality Ecosse
Birth 29 april 1959 (65 years) at Glasgow (United-kingdom)
Awards Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire
Birth 29 april 1959 (65 years) at Glasgow (United-kingdom)
Awards Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire
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.
Biography
Craig Armstrong a notamment contribué aux arrangements de U2, The Passengers, Texas, Madonna (sur Frozen), The Future Sound of London et surtout sur les albums de Massive Attack, qui d'ailleurs le produisent sur leur label Melankolic.Il est par ailleurs compositeur de musique de films, notamment à l'origine de la musique des œuvres du réalisateur australien Baz Luhrmann, tant de ses longs-métrages (Roméo + Juliette, Moulin Rouge) que ses courts-métrages (Publicité Chanel n 5 en 2004). Il est également le compositeur de la bande-originale du film britannique Love Actually réalisé par Richard Curtis
Un de ses titres les plus connus, This Love, de l'album The Space Between Us, a été repris dans de nombreux films, notamment Sexe Intentions, et dans diverses séries sous forme de reprise (New York 911…). Elle est chantée par la chanteuse des Cocteau Twins, Elizabeth Fraser.
Son morceau Escape, issu de la bande originale du film Guns 1748, et l'un de ses plus connus, est ainsi fréquemment utilisé comme habillage sonore de nombreux reportages télévisés.
En France, les auditeurs de France Inter sont certainement familiers de son morceau Finding Beauty, reprise de la musique d'Alain Goraguer du film Sur un arbre perché, générique de Humeur vagabonde. Ils reconnaîtront aussi le titre Rise, utilisé pour le générique de l'émission Pièces à conviction d'Élise Lucet sur France 3.
En 2009, il coopère avec Charlie Clouser pour la composition du principal morceau All Planned de la bande originale de Saw 6, film produit par Kevin Greutert.
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"Weird Al" Yankovic Live! (1999)
, 1h30Themes Films about music and musicians, Documentary films about music and musicians, Documentaire sur une personnalité, Musical films
Actors Weird Al Yankovic
Roles Producer
Rating81%
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Snowden (2016)
, 2h14Directed by Oliver Stone
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Biography, Historical, Crime, Romance
Themes Films about computing, Sécurité informatique, Political films
Actors Shailene Woodley, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Scott Eastwood, Nicolas Cage, Timothy Olyphant, Logan Marshall-Green
Roles Original Music Composer
Rating72%
The true story follows Edward Snowden, an American computer professional who leaked classified information from the National Security Agency (NSA) to The Guardian in June 2013.
Bridget Jones's Baby (2016)
, 2h3Directed by Peter Cattaneo, Sharon Maguire
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Renée Zellweger, Colin Firth, Patrick Dempsey, Hugh Grant, Jim Broadbent, Sally Phillips
Roles Original Music Composer
Rating63%
Bridget Jones a désormais la quarantaine et est redevenue célibataire. Séparée de Mark Darcy, elle se concentre sur sa carrière et sur ses amies, et délaisse sa vie amoureuse. Alors que tout va pour le mieux, Bridget rencontre Jack mais retrouve aussi Mark. Tout bascule lorsqu'elle apprend qu'elle est enceinte... mais de qui ?
Me Before You (2016)
, 1h50Directed by Thea Sharrock
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about suicide, Films about disabilities
Actors Emilia Clarke, Sam Claflin, Jenna Coleman, Charles Dance, Brendan Coyle, Matthew Lewis
Roles Original Music Composer
Rating74%
Une charmante petite ville de l'Angleterre rurale. Si elle est originale et artiste dans l'âme, Louisa "Lou" Clark, 26 ans, n'a aucune ambition particulière. Elle se contente d'enchaîner les boulots pour permettre à ses proches de joindre les deux bouts. Jeune et riche banquier, Will Traynor était un garçon plein d'audace et d'optimisme jusqu'à ce qu'il se retrouve paralysé, suite à un accident survenu deux ans plus tôt. Devenu cynique, il a renoncé à tout et n'est plus que l'ombre de lui-même. Autant dire que ces deux-là auraient pu ne jamais se rencontrer. Mais lorsque Lou accepte de travailler comme aide-soignante auprès de Will, elle est bien décidée à lui redonner goût à la vie. Et peu à peu, les deux jeunes gens s'éprennent passionnément l'un de l'autre.
Victor Frankenstein (2015)
, 1h50Directed by Paul McGuigan
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Thriller, Fantastic, Adventure, Horror
Themes Films about computing, Films based on science fiction novels, Frankenstein films, Cyberpunk films, Children's films
Actors Daniel Radcliffe, James McAvoy, Jessica Brown Findlay, Andrew Scott, Freddie Fox, Charles Dance
Roles Original Music Composer
Rating59%
Told from Igor's perspective, it shows the troubled young assistant's dark origins, his redemptive friendship with the young medical student Victor Frankenstein, and become eyewitnesses to the emergence of how Frankenstein became the man who created the legend we know today. The two's experiments eventually get them into trouble with the authorities and they are near to becoming fugitives as they complete their goals to use science to create life, with Frankenstein's ultimate endgame of creating a man.
Far from the Madding Crowd (2015)
, 1h59Directed by Thomas Vinterberg
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Films about the labor movement, Children's films
Actors Carey Mulligan, Michael Sheen, Juno Temple, Tom Sturridge, Matthias Schoenaerts, Hilton McRae
Roles Original Music Composer
Rating70%
In 1870 Victorian Britain, Bathsheba Everdene (Carey Mulligan) is working on her aunt's farm in Dorset. Gabriel Oak (Matthias Schoenaerts), a new neighbour, sees Bathsheba riding her horse and falls in love with her. He proposes, but the headstrong Bathsheba declines, saying she's too independent and he would grow to despise her.
The Great Gatsby (2013)
, 2h22Directed by Baz Luhrmann
Origin Australie
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about sexuality, Films about psychiatry, Films set in psychiatric hospitals
Actors Leonardo DiCaprio, Tobey Maguire, Carey Mulligan, Joel Edgerton, Isla Fisher, Jason Clarke
Roles Original Music Composer
Rating72%
In the winter of 1929, Nick Carraway, a Yale University graduate and World War I veteran, is staying at a psychiatric hospital to treat his alcoholism. He talks about Jay Gatsby, describing him as the most hopeful man he had ever met. When he struggles to articulate his thoughts, his doctor, Walter Perkins, suggests writing them down, since writing is Nick's true passion.
In Time (2011)
, 1h49Directed by Andrew Niccol
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Action
Themes Films about computing, Psychologie, L'usurpation d'identité, Films set in the future, Political films, Cyberpunk films, Dystopian films, Children's films, Escroquerie
Actors Amanda Seyfried, Justin Timberlake, Collins Pennie, Cillian Murphy, Olivia Wilde, Matt Bomer
Roles Original Music Composer
Rating67%
In 2169, people are born genetically engineered with a digital clock on their forearm. When they turn 25 years old, they stop aging and their clock begins counting down from one year; when it reaches zero, that person "times out" and dies. Time has become the universal currency; it is used to pay for daily expenses and can be transferred between people or capsules. The country has been divided into "time zones" based on the wealth of the population. The film focuses on two specific zones: Dayton - a poor manufacturing area where people generally have 24 hours or less on their clock at any given time - and New Greenwich - the wealthiest time zone, where people have enough time on their clock to live for centuries.
, 2h13Directed by Oliver Stone
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Themes Prison films, Children's films
Actors Michael Douglas, Shia LaBeouf, Josh Brolin, Carey Mulligan, Frank Langella, Susan Sarandon
Roles Original Music Composer
Rating61%
In 2001, Gordon Gekko (Michael Douglas) is released from prison after serving eight years for insider trading and securities fraud. Seven years later, Gekko is promoting his new book Is Greed Good?, warning about the coming economic downturn. His estranged daughter, Winnie (Carey Mulligan), runs a small, non-profit news website and is dating Jacob Moore (Shia LaBeouf), a top proprietary trader at Keller Zabel Investments (KZI). Jacob is a protégé of managing director Louis Zabel (Frank Langella), and is trying to raise money for a fusion research project which would create massive amounts of clean energy for the world. Jake is also financially assisting his mother (Susan Sarandon), who has begun a new career selling real estate.
Neds (2010)
, 2h4Directed by Peter Mullan
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama
Themes Gangster films
Actors Peter Mullan, Marcus Nash, Gary Lewis, David McKay, Marianna Palka, Steven Robertson
Roles Original Music Composer
Rating68%
Neds is a dark coming-of-age film that follows the story of John McGill, a young boy growing up in 1970s Glasgow. John is a brilliant student who excels in his studies at school, but his studious nature often comes into conflict with his family's working-class background and gang-riddled neighbourhood. John's mother is a part-time hospital worker and his father is an abusive alcoholic who works as a tool maker. His older brother, Benny, is the leader of a neighbourhood gang called the Young Car-D. On a visit his Auntie Beth, who now lives in New York, encourages John to leave Scotland to pursue opportunities there when he is older.
The Incredible Hulk (2008)
, 1h54Directed by Louis Leterrier
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Fantasy, Action, Adventure
Themes Hulk (comics) films, Superhero films, Super-héros inspiré de comics, Children's films
Actors Edward Norton, Liv Tyler, Tim Roth, William Hurt, Tim Blake Nelson, Ty Burrell
Roles Original Music Composer
Rating65%
At Culver University in Virginia, General Thunderbolt Ross meets with Dr. Bruce Banner, the colleague and boyfriend of his daughter Betty, regarding an experiment that Ross claims is meant to make humans immune to gamma radiation. The experiment — part of a World War II era "super soldier" program that Ross hopes to recreate — fails, and the exposure to gamma radiation causes Banner to transform into the Hulk for brief periods of time, whenever his heart rate rises above 200. The Hulk destroys the lab and injures or kills the people inside. Banner becomes a fugitive from the U.S. military and Ross in particular, who wants to weaponize the Hulk process.
Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007)
, 1h54Directed by Shekhar Kapur
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Biography, Historical, Romance
Themes Politique, Political films, Films about royalty
Actors Cate Blanchett, Geoffrey Rush, Clive Owen, Rhys Ifans, Jordi Mollá, Abbie Cornish
Roles Original Music Composer
Rating67%
In 1585, Catholic Spain ruled by King Philip II of Spain (Jordi Molla) is the most powerful country in the world. Seeing Protestant England as a threat, and in retaliation for English piracy of Spanish ships, Philip declares war. He plans to take over England, and make his daughter Isabella the Queen of England in Elizabeth's place. Meanwhile, Elizabeth I of England (Cate Blanchett) is being pressured to marry by her advisor, Francis Walsingham (Geoffrey Rush). She is ageing and, with no child, the throne will pass to her cousin, Mary, Queen of Scots (Samantha Morton). The Queen is presented with portraits of appropriate suitors, but Elizabeth refuses to marry, particularly to the Charles II, Archduke of Austria (Christian Brassington), who has become infatuated with the Queen. English explorer Walter Raleigh (Clive Owen) is presented at Elizabeth's court, having returned from the New World, and offers her potatoes, tobacco, two Native Americans, and gold from a Spanish ship that he claims was "unable to continue its journey". Elizabeth commands that the Native Americans be treated well, and refuses to accept the gold.
World Trade Center (2006)
, 2h9Directed by Oliver Stone
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Documentary, Action, Historical
Themes Films based on the September 11 attacks, La fin du monde, Films about terrorism, Transport films, Films about the labor movement, Aviation films, Dans un avion, Disaster films, American disaster films, Films about aviation accidents or incidents, Films about hijackings
Actors Nicolas Cage, Maria Bello, Michael Peña, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Stephen Dorff, Jude Ciccolella
Roles Orchestrator
Rating60%
On September 11, 2001, Port Authority Police officers John McLoughlin and Will Jimeno are patrolling the Port Authority Bus Terminal in Midtown Manhattan when they see a plane fly dangerously low overhead. As all of the police officers return to the station, they see on TV that the North Tower of the World Trade Center has been hit by the plane. Sergeant McLoughlin assigns many of the officers to assist in a precautionary evacuation attempt of the North Tower and they board a Metropolitan Transit Authority bus. On the bus, they hear reports that the South Tower is also hit by another plane. When they arrive at the World Trade Center, they realize the extent of the disaster, and see one of the victims jump out of the towers to certain death. The men proceed to get safety equipment from Building 5 and enter the concourse between the towers.
Fever Pitch (2005)
, 1h43Directed by Frères Farrelly, Bobby Farrelly, Peter Farrelly
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Films about education, Sports films, Baseball films, Children's films
Actors Drew Barrymore, JoBeth Williams, Jimmy Fallon, KaDee Strickland-Behr, Jason Spevack, Jack Kehler
Roles Original Music Composer
Rating61%
Ben Wrightman, a 7-year-old boy, is going to a Red Sox game with his Uncle Carl. His uncle, who had not children of his own, treated Ben like a son. A narration explains that on that day, Ben became a die-hard Red Sox fan. Just about everything he owns bears the Red Sox name, emblem, or image of a Red Sox player (with the exception of his toilet paper, which bears the New York Yankees insignia). Ben inherited his uncle's season tickets when Carl died. The story picks up 23 years later with Ben (Jimmy Fallon) as a school teacher who is immature for his age. He meets Lindsey Meeks (Drew Barrymore), a professionally successful workaholic executive. When Ben first asks her out, Lindsey rejects him, but she later changes her mind and agrees to go out with him.
Must Love Dogs (2005)
, 1h45Directed by Gary David Goldberg
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Films about animals, Films about dogs, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Diane Lane, John Cusack, Elizabeth Perkins, Christopher Plummer, Stockard Channing, Brad William Henke
Roles Original Music Composer
Rating58%
Sarah Nolan, an attractive 40-year-old divorced preschool teacher, is urged by her family to date more. Although they show her photos of men they want to set her up with, Sarah does not seem interested in pursuing any relationships. Jake Anderson, another recent divorcee, finds himself in a similar position; his lawyer, Charlie, wants to set him up with a woman named Sherry. However, Jake would rather focus on creating his handcrafted boats.