Craig Armstrong
The Glasgow composer whose 1998 album The Space Between Us includes his piano-and-strings version of Massive Attack's "Weather Storm".
Glasgow
Craig Mackenzie Armstrong, OBE, was born on April 29, 1959 in Shettleston, Glasgow. A composer of orchestral music, electronica and film scores, he studied composition, violin and piano at the Royal Academy of Music from 1977 to 1981, with teachers including Cornelius Cardew and Malcolm MacDonald.
The Space Between Us was released on February 24, 1998 per Wikipedia. Sound On Sound credits Marius De Vries with programming, engineering and production, Mark Spike Stent with mixing and Gavyn Wright as orchestra leader and violinist. Armstrong told that magazine in July 1998 that the Massive Attack team sent him the rhythm track for "Weather Storm" and he wrote all the piano to it.
Albums
Songs
- Weather Storm The Space Between Us · 1998
Armstrong's strings-and-piano take on a Massive Attack piece from Protection.
Sources
- Craig Armstrong (composer), Wikipedia
- The Space Between Us (album), Wikipedia
- Protection (Massive Attack album), Wikipedia
- Craig Armstrong, Sound On Sound, Sound On Sound (1998-07)