His CV includes: The Bone Collector Plunkett & MacLeane Romeo & Juliett Kiss of the Dragon and he also has 2 albums out The Space Between Us & As if to Nothing He also worked alot with artists like Madonna, U2 and Massive Attack. but recently he received much recognition (won the Golden Globe) with the score to Moulin Rouge (he should have been Oscar nominated) From The Scotsman: Craig Armstrong: As if to Nothing *** Melankolic, ꌱ3.99 HOT on the heels of his award-munching Moulin Rouge soundtrack, Glasgow film composer Craig Armstrong releases his second solo album. He's never as interesting on his own as he is putting music to pictures, unfortunately. There's something annoyingly basic about his trademark orchestral crescendos, often little more than an entire string section playing epic chords - impressively grandiose the first time, pretty wearing by the fifth. Luckily, as on his debut, The Space Between Us, he has plenty of collaborators to add colour. The ones that work best, oddly, are the least famous. Reducing U2's Stay to just Bono and those epic chords, Armstrong replaces the subtle grandeur of the original with something a bit self-conscious and pompous. Much better is David McAlmont's torch song Snow (McAlmont has always been perfect for cinematic melodrama). Maybe this is the problem with Armstrong; he's brilliant at making big, film music, but he can't quite bring himself to shrink it, even when appropriate. - AE --------------------------------- Is there something I should know? Something you won't tell me? I can see it in your eyes, There's nothing left for you to hide, my love. Is there somewhere we can go? Somewhere that we could speak? If there is time, could we still find, Piece of mind, some kind of love, my love? But if you stay, I know I'd throw it all away, And if you go, I know I'll find my way back home. You say I give it all away, Leave nothing to imagination, Well it's all I know, although I know, You don't want everything, my love. Stay, Stay, If you go, If you go. Is there something I should know? Is there something I should know? Is there something I should know, my love? --

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