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); television and film advertising/corporate music (over 300 commercials to date); lecturing and teaching; concert performing (solo and with his own ensembles but also with

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for the world premiere of "Tubular Bells II", September 1992, at the

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); sound engineering, synthesizer and computer music programming, sound design and music technology innovations.

History

Craig has composed the original music score for a string of major films by Gurinder Chadha's, including her two number one UK box office smash hit films,

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" (top ten in the USA box office, number 1 in India), and Bride & Prejudice". Craig scored her previous films, including "

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" (1993) and " What's Cooking?", which opened the big US

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, January 2000 and released throughout the USA in October 2000, to critical acclaim (UK release was September 2001). Gurinder Chadha's big romantic

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influenced feature film, "Bride and Prejudice", starring the big names of

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, Anupam Kher and

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, was released by

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(USA) and

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(Europe) in October 2003, and again was number one in the UK, India and

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, settling for number 15 for 3 weeks in the USA.

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was again the big star in Craig's further film score project, "

The Mistress of Spices ''The Mistress of Spices'' is a 2005 American romantic drama film by Paul Mayeda Berges, with a screenplay by Gurinder Chadha and Berges. It is based upon the 1997 novel ''Mistress of Spices'' by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni. The film stars Ais ...

", directed by

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", April 2010 box office release, the film reaching number 7 in the UK. In 2009, Craig was nominated for Best Soundtrack at the

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(Royal Television Society) for his music for the acclaimed BBC-TV drama series, "

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", which also garnered Craig a British Academy Award nomination for Best Original Music in May 2010. Since the series, he has teamed up with talented Ugandan musicians, Denis Mugagga and Daniel Sewagudde (formerly of DaTwinz fame in Africa), to create the group the Ganda Boys with an album "The War of Love" released in 2009, and live shows in UK, France, Germany and Uganda, and with the release of their second album, "Africa", extensive national radio play and media coverage in Uganda. Craig is a core performing member and band leader of the group and co-writes the songs and arranges and produces all the recordings. Craig scored the high-profile BBC-TV drama series, " Five Days II", broadcast in Jan 2010. Between 2007 and present, Craig has formed another world fusion ambient music band, At-Ma, with seasoned professional singer, Russell Stone, and complete with tabla maestro, Tom Simenauer, they give concerts in the UK and Europe, headlining the

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in Nov 2010. Craig performs on sitar, harmonium, trumpet and percussion in a totally spontaneous and fluid musical output which delights audiences with its freshness and evocative colours. Brazilian music featured in Craig's 2006 soundtrack: 90 minute

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docu-drama " Gold Diggers - The Biggest Bank Robbery in History". An edgy, fast paced expose of the 2005 massive bank robbery in

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,

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, directed by British director James Erskine. Featuring energetic Brazilian rhythms and tribal percussion layers, along with a filmic, hard-hitting music score, the program itself has become part of the police investigation in

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! In 2007, Craig composed the soundtrack for

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nominated artist Zarina Bhimji's film ''Waiting''), which became part of the prestigious Turner Prize exhibition in

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during October 2007. In late 2011, Craig completed his third art film soundtrack for her, "Yellow Patch", charting the origins of the migration of the Gujarati people from Kutch, India, to East Africa. Zarina was born in Uganda and has so poetically captured images from her African experience. As a songwriter, Craig has penned

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's chart hit, "Young American's Talking". For

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, Craig also wrote the title track "Silver's Home Tonight" on the 1983 album, ''

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''; and "Two Worlds", an additional track (equivalent to a

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) on the Christmas number one chart hit, "

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". In November 1999, Craig was nominated to be the composer for the most successful independent television drama series in British history, "

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", completing the very last four series (13 episodes each) for

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until its conclusion in 2003. In 2000, Craig contributed keyboards and sounds for composer John Altman on the US television film, " RKO 281 - the Making of Citizen Kane", which received 13 nominations for the

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, winning the Emmy for best music soundtrack for 2000. Craig worked in his home studio with the director of the film, Ben Ross, to record and perform the initial music sketches, and then also played keyboards with the orchestra for the final recordings of the soundtrack in

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. Craig is the director/founder of the UK record labe
Heaven on Earth Music
His "Sacred Chants" series of recordings is known globally and used by many leaders of the human development movement in their motivational and inspiration work. Craig has performed sitar concerts for

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(at his home at Highgrove for a personal concert), the

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(large event at the Houses of Parliament, London),

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(founder of the

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), in Copenhagen, Denmark and then Zagreb, Croatia, and then at the huge World Culture Festival, Olympic Stadium, Berlin, Germany in July 2011). In 2013, the Ganda Boys performed a national concert in Kampala, Uganda, in the presence of the Nnabagereka, Queen of Buganda and senior members of the Ugandan government, the Queen coming on stage and greeting Craig while the last number was still playing. In 2014, Craig was co-music director for a benefit concert with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra for "Singing the Oceans", featuring Craig's original song "Giants of the Slow Ballet", a collaboration with flautist Tim Wheater, "Whale Song" (Craig playing sitar on stage with the RPO), and the Ganda Boys song, "Our Brothers" (Craig playing grand piano on stage with the RPO), all orchestrated and arranged by Craig for the event which featured world music artists like Nwang Cheong, Kristen Hoffmann and Levon Messasian. On the recorded music side, yoga and spiritual teachers/leaders around the world use Craig's music CDs for sessions, videos and workshops — these include: "Language of Love", "Welcome Home", "108 Sacred Names of Mother Divine", "Sacred Chants of Shiva", "Angel of the Earth" and "Sacred Chants of Buddha". Anthony Robbins, in his inspirational workshops, feature "Devi Prayer" from the album "108 Sacred Names of Mother Divine", as featured on the Opfrah Winfrey Show. Craig is an active Art of Living teacher for many years, the first teacher to bring the Art of Living stress management courses into high security prisons in the UK. He has taught these valuable programmes at the headquarters of British Aerospace and introduced the Art of Living knowledge to many musicians, film directors, thinkers and teachers. His home environment includes a fully equipped recording studio and composing suite of instruments and gadgets. He is married with four children, and lives in

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, UK. He is also a photographer, graphic designer and published poet. He originally studied physics and philosophy at MIT in Boston, and after leaving the USA, lived in Kenya, where he was a full-time member of the teaching staff at the East African Conservatoire of Music in Nairobi. He is founder and director/CEO of the humanitarian organisation (UK charity), th
Ganda Foundation
started by the Ganda Boys, involved with fundraising concerts and activities to bring First World awareness to dire conditions in the Third World. The Ganda Foundation creates films and documentaries and holds fundraising concerts in Europe, and the work of the organisation has directly benefited hospitals and schools in Uganda. In December 2020, Craig composed the original score for the historical feature film

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produced by Enlightened Kingdom. He stated: "My own prayers is that this historical record reaches the minds and souls of people around the world."https://www.ladyofheaven.com/ - Lady of Heaven website: Quotes

Discography

(as artist/producer/arranger/musician/performer) * Cain! (1976) * Visitor 2035 (1978) - Hansa/Ariola (album) * Widor's Tocatta (1978) - Hansa/Ariola (single) * Tocatta & Fugue in D minor (1978) - Hansa/Ariola (single) * Moving in the Direction of Love (1978) - Hansa/Ariola (single) * Happy Together (1979) - Hansa/Ariola (single) * Too Beautiful to Cry (1983) - EMI Records (single) * Ocean Deep - Cliff Richard (1983) * The Eye of Jupiter (1988) * Through the Ages (1992) * Welcome Home (1994) * Terracotta (1996) * Sacred Chants of Shiva (1997) * Earth Dancer (1999) * Sacred Chants of Buddha (2000) * Sacred Chants of Rama (2001) * Temple of Spice (2002) * 108 Sacred Names of Mother Divine (2003) * Language of Love (2003) * Jupiter/Pictures (2003) * Tribal Drums at Avebury (2006) * Guided Meditation (2007) * At-Ma - City in the Sky (2007) * Angel of the Earth (2008) * The War of Love - Ganda Boys (2009) * Sacred Chants Of Shakti (2012) * Africa - Ganda Boys (2012) * Sacred Chants of the Sikhs (2013) * The Legend of Leela (2014) * Mountains of the Moon - Ganda Boys (2015) * Sacred Chants of the Gayatri (2016) * Light Language Attunement (2017) (as record producer/arranger for other artists) *

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- albums: '' Now You See Me'' and ''

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''; singles: "The Only Way Out", "Where Do We Go From Here", "Little Town", "Ocean Deep", "Drifting" (with Sheila Walsh) * Sheila Walsh - albums: ''War of Love'', ''Triumph in the Air'', ''Don't Hide Your Heart'', singles: "Turn, Turn, Turn", "Drifting" (with Cliff Richard) * Marietta Parfitt - single: "Do You Wanna Dance" (with Rick Parfitt) * Aleksander Mecek - album: ''Silent Witness'' *

Anu Malik Anwar Sardar "Anu" Malik (born 2 November 1960) is an Indian music composer, singer, music arranger and score composer. He is an Indian National Award and Filmfare Award winning musician, who primarily composes music for the Hindi film in ...

- album: ''Eyes'' * Paul Sylvan - albums: ''Silent Witness'', ''Love Always Listens'' * Deepa Nair - albums: ''Into the Light'' * Alycia Lang - albums: ''She Do That'' (as arranger for other artists) * Sylvia Love - singles: "Instant Love" and "Extraterrestrial Lover" (1979), "Ultralife" (2012)* (synthesizer, keyboards, arranger) (*record producer/engineer/mixer) *

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- album: ''100th Window'' (strings, orchestral conductor, plays sitar) *

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- album track: "Turn to Dust" from the album ''Slang'' (strings, conductor, Indian percussion) * Bond - album tracks: "Shine", "Fuego" from the album ''Shine'' (strings, conductor, plays sitar, swaramandala) (as musician/performer for other artists) * Massive Attack - ''100th Window'' (sitar) 3 tracks orchestral string arrangements (conductor) * Katie Melua - "Halfway Up the Hindu Kush" from the album ''Piece by Piece'' (sitar) *

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- "Tsunami" from the album ''This Is My Truth Tell Me Yours'' (sitar) *

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- "Let It Be" (synthesiser lead solo) *

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- "I Fell in Love with a Starship Trooper" (keyboards and electronics) *

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- "Tubular Bells II" (world premier concert DVD) *

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- "Spirit in the Sky" (sitar solo) * A Little Princess - film and CD sound track (sitar) * The Guru - film and CD sound track (sitar) * The Next Best Thing - film and CD sound track (sitar) * Charlie & the Chocolate Factory - film and CD sound track (sitar, swaramandala, tambura) * Harry Potter & the Goblet of Fire - film and CD sound track (sitar solo) * Danny the Dog (Unleashed) - film and CD soundtrack (orchestral conductor, string arrangements, synth programmer - for Massive Attack) (as film composer - soundtrack albums released) * Bhaji on the Beach * What's Cooking? * Bend It Like Beckham * Bride & Prejudice * It's a Wonderful Afterlife (as songwriter/composer for other artists) * "Young Americans Talking" - David Van Day * "Superhero" - David Reilly * "Red Desert", "Nataraj Express" - James Asher * "Earth Tribe Transmission" - Ben Waters/World Chill Boogie project * "When We Search For Beauty", "These Words", "There's a Book" - Alycia Lang * "The Rules Don't Apply to You" - Relaxed Willy * "Silver's Home Tonight" - Cliff Richard (''

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'' album, 1983) * "Two Worlds" - Cliff Richard, bonus track on 1999 single "

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" * 8 tracks on At-Ma's "City in the Sky" album 2008 * over 20 tracks with the Ganda Boys, spanning 2 albums, 2008 to 2012

Filmography

*

Bhaji on the Beach ''Bhaji on the Beach'' is a 1993 British comedy-drama film directed by Gurinder Chadha (in her feature film directorial debut) and written by Meera Syal. Plot A community group of British women (mostly Punjabis of various faiths) of differ ...

(1993) * Bombay Brownwash (1993) * What Do You Call an Indian Woman Who's Funny (1994) *

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(1994) ITV series *

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(1994) BBC-TV *

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(1995) (BBC-TV drama series, 2 parts) * What's Cooking? (2000) *

Bend It Like Beckham ''Bend It Like Beckham'' (also known as ''Kick It Like Beckham'') is a 2002 sports comedy-drama film directed by Gurinder Chadha from a screenplay by Chadha, Paul Mayeda Berges, and Guljit Bindra. The film stars Parminder Nagra, Keira Kni ...

(2002) *

Peak Practice ''Peak Practice'' is a British drama series about a GP surgery in Cardale—a small fictional town in the Derbyshire Peak District—and the doctors who worked there. It ran on ITV from 10 May 1993 to 30 January 2002 and was one of their m ...

(52 episodes, 1999–2003) * The Calligrapher (2004) * Out of Blue (2003) - installation film * Bride & Prejudice (2004) *

The Mistress of Spices ''The Mistress of Spices'' is a 2005 American romantic drama film by Paul Mayeda Berges, with a screenplay by Gurinder Chadha and Berges. It is based upon the 1997 novel ''Mistress of Spices'' by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni. The film stars Ais ...

(2005) *

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(2006) - ITV * Scream of the Ants (2006) film *

Gold Diggers Gold digger is a term for a person, typically a woman, who engages in a type of transactional relationship for money rather than love. If it turns into marriage, it is a type of marriage of convenience. Etymology and usage The term "gold ...

(2007) Discovery Channel documentary * Waiting (2007) - installation film for the Turner Prize *

Moses Jones ''Moses Jones'' is a British television crime drama series first broadcast on BBC Two in February 2009. The series was written by Joe Penhall, directed by Michael Offer and produced by Cameron Roach. The series follows DI Moses Jones ( Shaun ...

(2008) - BBC-TV drama series *

It's a Wonderful Afterlife ''It's a Wonderful Afterlife'' is a 2010 British comedy film directed by Gurinder Chadha. The screenplay centres on an Indian mother whose obsession with marrying off her daughter leads her into the realm of serial murder. It was filmed primaril ...

- (2009) feature film * Five Days II - (2010) BBC-TV drama series * Yellow Patch (2012) - installation film *

The Lady of Heaven ''The Lady of Heaven'' is a 2021 historical drama film written by the Twelver Shia cleric Yasser Al-Habib, the spiritual leader and founder of The Mahdi Servants Union as well as Fadak TV. Produced by Enlightened Kingdom, the film is the first m ...

(2021)

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