---
name: "Craig Armstrong"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/craig-armstrong"
fi1m_id: "craig-armstrong"
imdb_id: "nm0035661"
tmdb_id: 7045
wikidata_id: "Q674456"
roles: ["Composer"]
born: "29 April 1959"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 9
average_fi1m_score: 66
average_over: 9
updated: "2026-10-05T14:03:55.102247+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Craig Armstrong

## Identity

Craig Armstrong

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/craig-armstrong
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** craig-armstrong
- **IMDb ID:** nm0035661
- **TMDB ID:** 7045
- **Wikidata ID:** Q674456
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Craig_Armstrong_(composer), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q674456, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0035661/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/7045

Composer. Born 29 April 1959 in Glasgow, Scotland, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Born:** 29 April 1959, Glasgow, Scotland, UK
- **Active:** 1996–present
- **Frequently works with:** [Baz Luhrmann](https://film.one/person/baz-luhrmann.md), [Craig Pearce](https://film.one/person/craig-pearce.md), [Eric Fellner](https://film.one/person/eric-fellner.md), [Tim Bevan](https://film.one/person/tim-bevan.md), [Emma Thompson](https://film.one/person/emma-thompson.md), [Jim Broadbent](https://film.one/person/jim-broadbent.md), [Leonardo DiCaprio](https://film.one/person/leonardo-dicaprio.md)
- **BAFTA Film Awards:** 2 BAFTAs (2 won · 1 nominated)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 82 (1), 2000s 63 (5), 2010s 66 (2), 2020s 64 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 66 to 61 across 9 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 5 at 60–79, 3 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 8, Romance 6, Comedy 3, Music 2, Action 1, Adventure 1
- **Screen time:** 19 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $1,604m across 8 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Craig_Armstrong_(composer), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q674456, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0035661/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/7045

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Romeo + Juliet*](https://film.one/film/romeo-juliet.md) (82), [*The Incredible Hulk*](https://film.one/film/the-incredible-hulk.md) (58)
- **Hulu:** [*Bridget Jones's Baby*](https://film.one/film/bridget-joness-baby.md) (71)
- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Love Actually*](https://film.one/film/love-actually.md) (58)

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## Biography

Craig Armstrong is a Scottish composer of film scores, orchestral music and electronica. Born in Glasgow in 1959, he studied composition, piano and violin at the Royal Academy of Music, graduating in 1981. He has written for the Royal Shakespeare Company, the Royal Scottish National Orchestra and the London Sinfonietta.

Armstrong is known for his scores for Baz Luhrmann’s *Romeo + Juliet* (1996), for which he received a BAFTA and an Ivor Novello award, *Moulin Rouge!* (2001) and *The Great Gatsby* (2013). Other credits include *Love Actually* (2003), *The Incredible Hulk* (2008), *In Time* (2011), *Me Before You* (2016) and *Snowden* (2016). He won a Golden Globe for *Moulin Rouge!*, a Grammy for *Ray* (2004) and was appointed OBE.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, craigarmstrong.com.*

## On Fi1m (9)

- *The One and Only Ivan* (2020), Fi1m 64, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/the-one-and-only-ivan.md)
- *Bridget Jones's Baby* (2016), Fi1m 71, Music, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/film/bridget-joness-baby.md)
- *The Great Gatsby* (2013), Fi1m 61, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/the-great-gatsby.md)
- *The Incredible Hulk* (2008), Fi1m 58, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/the-incredible-hulk.md)
- *Elizabeth: The Golden Age* (2007), Fi1m 54, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/elizabeth-the-golden-age.md)
- *Ray* (2004), Fi1m 70, Music, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/film/ray.md)
- *Love Actually* (2003), Fi1m 58, Music, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/film/love-actually.md)
- *Moulin Rouge!* (2001), Fi1m 75, Music, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/film/moulin-rouge.md)
- *Romeo + Juliet* (1996), Fi1m 82, Music, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/film/romeo-juliet.md)

## Complete filmography (41)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Critic* (2024), Original Music Composer
- *The Great Escaper* (2023), Original Music Composer
- *The Most Reluctant Convert: The Untold Story of C.S. Lewis* (2021), Original Music Composer
- *Dirt Music* (2020), Original Music Composer
- *The One and Only Ivan* (2020), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/the-one-and-only-ivan.md)
- *The Burnt Orange Heresy* (2020), Original Music Composer
- *Mrs Lowry & Son* (2019), Original Music Composer
- *Orphans Reunited* (2019), Actor
- *Snowden* (2016), Original Music Composer
- *Bridget Jones's Baby* (2016), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 71, [page](https://film.one/film/bridget-joness-baby.md)
- *Me Before You* (2016), Original Music Composer
- *Victor Frankenstein* (2015), Original Music Composer
- *Far from the Madding Crowd* (2015), Original Music Composer
- *The Great Gatsby* (2013), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 61, [page](https://film.one/film/the-great-gatsby.md)
- *Oliver Stone's Untold History of the United States* (2012), series, Original Music Composer
- *In Time* (2011), Original Music Composer
- *Neds* (2010), Original Music Composer
- *Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps* (2010), Original Music Composer
- *The Day After Peace* (2009), Original Music Composer
- *The Incredible Hulk* (2008), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 58, [page](https://film.one/film/the-incredible-hulk.md)
- *Elizabeth: The Golden Age* (2007), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 54, [page](https://film.one/film/elizabeth-the-golden-age.md)
- *World Trade Center* (2006), Original Music Composer, Orchestrator
- *Piano Works - The Film* (2006), as Craig Armstrong
- *Must Love Dogs* (2005), Original Music Composer
- *Fever Pitch* (2005), Original Music Composer
- *Ray* (2004), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/ray.md)
- *The Clearing* (2004), Original Music Composer
- *Love Actually* (2003), Original Music Composer, Musician, Orchestrator — Fi1m 58, [page](https://film.one/film/love-actually.md)
- *The Quiet American* (2002), Original Music Composer
- *The Magdalene Sisters* (2002), Original Music Composer
- *Rosso Fango* (2002), Sound
- *Kiss of the Dragon* (2001), Original Music Composer
- *Moulin Rouge!* (2001), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 75, [page](https://film.one/film/moulin-rouge.md)
- *The Bone Collector* (1999), Original Music Composer
- *One Day in September* (1999), Additional Music
- *Best Laid Plans* (1999), Original Music Composer
- *Plunkett & Macleane* (1999), Original Music Composer
- *Orphans* (1998), Original Music Composer
- *Romeo + Juliet* (1996), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/romeo-juliet.md)
- *Daddy's Gone A-Hunting* (1994), Music
- *The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!* (1989), series, as Frankenstein's Monster

## Awards

### BAFTA Film Awards — 2 won, 1 nominated

- 2004: Best Original Music (nominated), for *Ray*
- 2001: Best Original Music (won), for *Moulin Rouge!*
- 1997: Best Original Music (won), for *Romeo + Juliet*

### Golden Globes — 1 won

- 2002: Best Original Score (won), for *Moulin Rouge!*

### Other awards — 1 won, 1 nominated

- Grammy Award for Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media 2002: Grammy Award for Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media (nominated), for *Moulin Rouge!*
- Satellite Award for Best Original Score 2001: Satellite Award for Best Original Score (won), for *Moulin Rouge!*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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