Far from the Madding Crowd (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

Craig Armstrong is a composer of modern orchestral music, electronica and film scores. Born in Scotland, he graduated from the Royal Academy of Music and has since written music for the Royal Shakespeare Company, the Royal Scottish National Orchestra and the London Sinfonietta. Since the mid-nineties, he has created scores for both Hollywood and independent films including Love Actually, Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps and Elizabeth: The Golden Age. He s composed the scores for four Baz Luhrmann films, winning a Golden Globe for Best Original Score for his work on Moulin Rouge! and received a Grammy nomination for his score for The Great Gatsby. Armstrong was awarded a Grammy Award for Best Original Score in 2004 for the Oscar-winning biopic, Ray.