B i o g r a p h y (by Jason Birchmeier)
Scottish producer Craig Armstrong scored countless soundtracks to much acclaim during the '90s and into the 2000s. His soundtrack work was in fact so successful that many big-name artists, such as U2 and Madonna, began courting him, while he simultaneously pursued a solo career as a down-tempo electronica producer beginning with The Space Between Us in 1998. Though his collaborations are too numerous to list, Armstrong's most successfully paired with film director Baz Luhrman, producing big-selling soundtracks for Romeo + Juliet (1998) and Moulin Rouge (2001). Born in Scotland, Armstrong began his production career in the early '90s. He composed music for several BBC and STV productions during this time, but his big break came with the Scottish pop trio Big Dish. Armstrong co-wrote three songs on the trio's Satellites album, released in 1991, and also provided string arrangements for the album. Three years later, in 1994, Armstrong worked with renowned trip-hop group Massive Attack on its genre-defining Protection album. This association with Massive Attack would pay dividends a few years later when the group released Armstrong's debut full-length album on its Melankolic label. By the end of the '90s, Armstrong had collaborated with such big-name artists as U2, Madonna, Hole, the Spice Girls, the London Suede, and Tina Turner, in addition to many other lesser-known artists. As mentioned, Massive Attack released Armstrong's solo debut, The Space Between Us, in 1998. The album didn't prove to be as popular as expected, but it nonetheless increased Armstrong's reputation as a noteworthy producer. During this same late-'90s era, Armstrong continued working on soundtrack projects, which remained his most acclaimed work. His work for Jake Scott's debut film, Plunkett & Macleane, was perhaps his most visible work, being released by Astralwerks in the States (as had The Space Between Us a year earlier). However, he worked on soundtracks for much more successful films such as Mission: Impossible (1996), Romeo + Juliet (1998), Cruel Intentions (1999), and — perhaps his most celebrated soundtrack work — Moulin Rouge (2001). Following the success of Moulin Rouge, and its second volume, Armstrong returned in 2002 with his second non-soundtrack full-length effort, As if to Nothing, which boasted a new version of U2's "Stay (Faraway, So Close)." In 2004, he provided the score for the Ray Charles biopic Ray.
The Space between us - 1998-02-24 -
Weather storm (Instrumental) This love Sly II (Instrumental) After the storm (Instrumental) Laura's theme (Instrumental) My father (Instrumental) Balcony scene (Instrumental) Rise (Instrumental) Glasgow (Instrumental) Let's go out tonight Childhood (Instrumental) Hymn (Instrumental)
Ruthless Gravity (Instrumental) Wake Up In New York Miracle feat. Mogwai (Instrumental) Amber (Instrumental) Finding Beauty (Instrumental) Waltz Inhaler (Instrumental) Hymn 2 feat. Photek (Instrumental) Snow Starless II (Instrumental) Stay (Faraway So Close) Niente (Instrumental) Sea Song Let It Be Love Choral Ending (Instrumental)
As If You Said Nothing
The Space between us This love ( Performed by Liz Fraser ) This love This love is a strange love A faded kind of mellow This love This love I think I'm gonna fall again And ever when you held my hand It didn't mean a thing, this love This love Now rehearsed we stay, love Doesn't know it is love This love This love It hasn't have to feel love It hasn't need to be love It hasn't mean a thing This love This love loves love It's a strange love, strange love This love This love This love is a strange love, strange love I'm gonna fall again love It doesn't mean a thing Think I'm gonna fall again This Love
*** Thanx to Amy & Konnie for this one *** Let's go out tonight ( Paul Buchanan ) Where the cars go by, All the day and night, Why don't you say, What's so wrong tonight Pray for me, Praying for the light, Baby baby, Let's go out tonight. Where the lights all shine, Like I knew they would, Be mine all mine, Baby I'll be good. Pray for me, Praying for the light, Baby baby, Let's go out tonight. I know a place, Where everything's alright, Alright, Let's go out tonight. Where the cars go by, All the day and night, Why don't you say, What's so wrong tonight. I pray for love, Coming out alright, yeah, Oh baby baby, Let's go out tonight, yeah. Baby baby, Let's go out tonight, Let's go out tonight. Tonight, Tonight, Let's go out tonight, Yeah, Where the cars go by, Where the lights won't shine, ..., Tonight.
As if to nothing
Wake up In New York
(feat. Evan Dando) Wake up in new york Put a comb through your hair Don't you ever want to lie down When there's no-one else around I want to say this to you I know i hurt you You know you hurt me too Don't you ever want to lie down Close your eyes and leave the ground ? I want to get hold of you I'll meet you in New York By the drugstore on First Avenue And then we will lie down With the buildings all around I want to say this to you I want to say this to you
*** Thanx a lot to Nubu, Patrik & James for this one ***
Waltz
(feat. Antye Greie-Fuchs)
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*** Thanx a lot to Andreas for this one ***
Snow
(feat. David McAlmont) 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. But if you stay, I know I'd throw it all away, And if you go, I know I'd find my way back home. 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?
*** Thanx a lot to Patrik & James for this one ***
Stay (Faraway, So Close!)
(feat. Bono) Green light, Seven Eleven You stop in for a pack of cigarettes You don't smoke, don't even want to I see you check your change Dressed up like a car crash The wheels are turning byt you're upside down You say when he hits you, you don't mind Because when he hurts you, you feel alive Is that what it is? Red lights, grey morning You stumble out of a hole in the ground A vampire or a victim It depend's on who's around You used to stay in to watch the adverts You could lip synch to the talk shows And if you look, you look through me And if you talk it's not to me And when I touch you, you don't feel a thing If I could stay... then the night would give you up Stay, and the day would keep its trust Stay, and the night would be enough Faraway, so close Up with the static and the radio With satelite television You can go anywhere Miami, New Orleans, London, Belfast and Berlin And if you listen I can't call And if you jump, you just might fall And if you shout I'll only hear you If I could stay... then the night would give you up Stay then the day would keep its trust Stay with the demons you drowned Stay with the spirit I found Stay and the night would be enough Three o'clock in the morning It's quiet and there's no one around Just the bang and the clatter As an angel runs to ground Just the bang and the clatter As an angel hits the ground
Sea song
(feat. Wendy Stubbs)
The time has come For me to leave this place The light, the sound of the cars Have left me broken If you can't change your mind If you can't change your mind Going back to the sea Your skin and the sky light Are fading to the distance The soul of the life I once had Echoes through the building If you won't call my name If you won't call my name Going back to the sea If you won't change your mind If you won't change your mind I'm going back to the sea
*** Thanx a lot to Isabel & Andreas for this one ***
Let It Be Love
(feat. Steven Lindsay) The light is fading in the park, It's alright, I'll walk with you until it's dark, Forever, If you could only make a sign, If you could only say you're mine, If there was one word you could say, Let it be love, Let it be love. I hear you fighting in the snow, God only knows, The children running through the streets, Nowhere to hide, If you could only make a sign, If you could only change your mind, If there was one word you could say, Let it be love, Let it be love, Let it be love, Let it be love. If you could only make a sign, If you could only change your mind, If there was one word you could say, Let it be love, Let it be love, Let it be love, Let it be love, Let it be love.
Non Albums Tracks
As if you said nothing
( Kiss of the dragon OST )
I was thinking what I'd say For I found out when you left me It's the something I think everyday That I long for to tell the story I was wondering my love Our love is something special Here I found you could stay Today isn't the same As if you said nothing Nothing at all As if you said nothing All the time you knew I tried to be good To do the right things You can help me find my way Je repense à ce que je te disais, ( i think again at what I said to you ) Ce moment où tu m'as quitté, ( this moment where you left me ) Ca n'est pas quelque chose auquelle je pense chaque jour ( it's not something I'm thinking everyday ) Je voudrais te dire mon histoire ( I would like to say my story to you ) As if you said nothing Nothing at all As if you said nothing Nothing at all As if you said nothing Nothing at all As if you said nothing Nothing at all As if you said nothing Nothing at all As if you said...