Craig Armstrong – Love Actually – The Love Themes For Orchestra (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 45:19 minutes | 802 MB | Genre: Soundtrack
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © CMA Records
Twenty years ago, when Craig Armstrong sat down in his Glasgow studio to compose the cues for Richard Curtis’ latest romcom, he had no idea the film would become one of the world’s most beloved cult classics – and his score would be a central part of the film’s enduring appeal.
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Craig Armstrong, The Orchestra of Scottish Opera – The Lady From The Sea (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:09:53 minutes | 1,40 GB | Genre: Classical, Opera, Soundtrack
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © CMA Records
“(Armstrong) has devised a score that is intoxicating in the images it amplifies – a dense minimalist soundscape…”
Ellida, the daughter of a lighthouse-keeper, lives a narrow life with a husband several years her senior. Full of longing for the sea and for a freedom she does not have, she is shaken from her lethargy when the unexpected arrival of a mysterious stranger creates a storm that threatens to submerge the whole family. He offers an escape from the stifling world she inhabits, and Ellida must decide whether to do her duty or answer the call of the sea…
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Craig Armstrong – The Edge of the Sea (2020)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 52:32 minutes | 1,03 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Modern Recordings
Craig Armstrong’s first release with the newly formed imprint Modern Recordings (BMG Germany) is a beautiful and primal result of a collaboration over several years with Hebridean composer Calum Martin. The Edge Of The Sea, brings together for the first time the traditionally heard acapella Gaelic psalm singing with Armstrong’s exquisitely informed orchestral working performed by the Scottish Ensemble. This unique album features two new works calling softly to mind both the ever-changing island landscape and the emotive history of the ancient knowledge of Gaelic psalm singing.
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Craig Armstrong – Piano Works (2019)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 56:20 minutes | 502 MB | Genre: Classical, Modern Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © CMA Records
Piano Works is the third album of Craig Armstrong, containing solo piano pieces from different soundtracks played by himself.
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Craig Armstrong – Nocturnes: Music for 2 Pianos (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 45:21 minutes | 391 MB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Modern Recordings
Nocturnes: Music For 2 Pianos was written during 2020 and 2021. There are 14 compositions, written mostly at night in lockdown. The decision to compose for two pianos gave me the ability to write more abstract compositions, blurring the melodies and harmonies to make a diffused sound. Other Nocturnes are more pure and focus on delicate melodic fragments, revealing their compositional process as they develop. Each short piece should stand on it’s own however the atmosphere and intention of each movement work together as a whole. Writing the work, which was composed and recorded at home was in a way therapeutic amidst the pandemic. I would like to think the beauty of the sound and reflectiveness of the music communicates and in turn perhaps might help the listener find some solace in these strange times. I wanted Nocturnes to be an acoustic album, playable by any two pianists who might want to perform them.” (Craig Armstrong)
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Craig Armstrong – Dirt Music (Original Motion Picture Score) (2020)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 43:43 minutes | 460 MB | Genre: Soundtrack
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Decca (UMO) (Classics)
Craig Armstrong (Moulin Rouge!, The Great Gatsby, The Incredible Hulk, Romeo + Juliet, Love Actually) has recently scored the upcoming British/Australian drama Dirt Music. The film is directed by Gregor Jordan (Buffalo Soldiers, Ned Kelly, The Informers) and stars Kelly Macdonald, Garrett Hedlund, David Wenham, Julia Sarah Stone and Aaron Pedersen. The movie based on the novel of the same title by Tim Winton is set against the landscape of Western Australia and tells an impassioned tale of love and grief. Jack Thorne (Wonder, The Aeronauts) wrote the screenplay. Finola Dwyer & Amanda Posey (Brooklyn, An Education), Angie Fielder (Lion) and Polly Staniford are producing the Wildgaze Films and Aquarius Films production.
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Craig Armstrong – Nocturnes: Music for 2 Pianos (Deluxe) (2021/2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 01:06:06 minutes | 564 MB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Modern Recordings
The deluxe edition of renowned composer and pianist Craig Armstrong´s latest and, highly acclaimed, album “Nocturnes – Music for 2 Pianos” is out now! Featuring 5 all-new compositions, the deluxe edition gives an even deeper insight into Armstrong´s extensive creative vision, one which he cultivated mostly over the first lockdown during the Covid pandemic. The tracks were recorded in Armstrong´s home studio in Glasgow and feature an array of melodic and meditative soundscapes.
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