Posts Tagged ‘composer’
Life With a composer: ‘Queen Margaret of Scotland was an extraordinary woman, I wanted to celebrate her’
Scottish composer Helen MacKinnon on leaving her job to peruse her music career and taking inspiration from Queen Margaret of Scotland for her latest work. I get up around 7.30am. We live beside a rail track in Perth so are usually woken by the first train of the day rattling past the window. My…
Read MoreLove Actually: Glasgow composer Craig Armstrong 20 years on from the cult classic
When Craig Armstrong sat down in his Glasgow studio to compose the cues for Richard Curtis’ Love Actually he had no idea the film would become a cult classic. In the 20 years since its release the romantic comedy has become a holiday viewing tradition in homes around the world. ‘It was my first time…
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