Craig Armstrong - Sun On You (2018)

Celebrated worldwide for his award-winning film music, Craig Armstrong OBE, is set to release a new studio album as part of a major new deal with Decca Records. Sun On You, a beautiful collection of original works for piano and strings, will be released on September 7 via Decca Records/Universal Music Canada, the country’s leading music company. The album arrives following a series of major European tour dates including London and his hometown of Glasgow.

Armstrong is a Golden Globe, BAFTA, Ivor Novello, and Grammy award-winning composer whose iconic movie scores include, Moulin Rouge!, Romeo + Juliet, Love Actually, The Great Gatsby and many more. He has also collaborated with a wide range of musicians on tracks and remixes including Madonna, U2, Massive Attack, Pet Shop Boys, Texas, Yoko Ono, Mogwai, and Luciano Pavarotti.

On signing to Decca Records, Armstrong said, “It is a great honour to be joining such a historic label and being a part of such a wide, varied and interesting group of artists. I’m very much looking forward to working with the team on this new album and also future releases.”

Armstrong, who studied at the Royal Academy of Music, performs piano on all 16 tracks on Sun On You. He is accompanied by the Scottish Ensemble, the UK’s leading string orchestra comprised of 12 outstanding musicians. Armstrong found the recording process a wonderful experience – he said, “It was great to collaborate again with the Scottish Ensemble, they are such brilliant players.”

I am very excited this year to be putting out a recording with Decca Records. The history of the Decca label is such that I’m very much looking forward to working with the team to support this and future releases and to be a part of such a wide, varying and interesting group of artists is a great honour.” (Craig Armstrong)

"Sun on You is an album I composed for Piano and Strings. I wanted to create a record that had a lot of space and what I mean by space is, something that maybe slowed the world down a little and gave a moment to breathe. It was great to collaborate again with the Scottish Ensemble, they are such brilliant players. Some of the tracks are filmic intentionally and other tracks are more classical in nature. I hope people enjoy it.” (Craig Armstrong)

Scottish Ensemble
Craig Armstrong, piano