Craig Pruess
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Born | White Plains, New York, United States | December 18, 1950
Website | http://www.craigpruess.com/ |
Craig Pruess (born 1950) is an American
History
In 2020, Craig scored two hours of original music for the epic historical film, “The Lady of Heaven”, which opened in cinemas in the U.K. in 2022 to great controversy, resulting in mass protests by Sunni Muslims in Leicester, Birmingham and Manchester, which forced CineWorld to cancel showing the film nationally due to physical threats to their staff.
2019 saw the ITV flagship prime-time TV series, “
In 2009, Craig was nominated for Best Soundtrack at the
Craig scored the high-profile BBC-TV drama series, "
Brazilian music featured in Craig's 2006 soundtrack: 90 minute
As a songwriter, Craig has penned
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 Emmy Awards, 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 London.
Craig is the director/founder of the UK record label 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
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
In December 2020, Craig composed the original score for the historical feature film The Lady of Heaven produced by Enlightened Kingdom. He stated: "My own prayer is that this historical record reaches the minds and souls of people around the world."[2]
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)
- Bakisimba - Ganda Boys (2017)
- Light Language Attunement (2017)
- Dance with DaTwinz - Ganda Boys 2020)
- Live in Oxford - Ganda Boys (2022)
(as record producer/arranger for other artists)
- Cliff Richard - albums: Now You See Me and Silver; 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 - album: Eyes
- Paul Sylvan - albums: Silent Witness, Love Always Listens
- Deepa Nair - albums: Into the Light
- Alycia Lang - albums: She Do That
- Mike Rybak - albums: A Lot Like You
- Stellar - albums: Magdalene Codes
(as arranger for other artists)
- Sylvia Love - singles: "Instant Love" and "Extraterrestrial Lover" (1979), "Ultralife" (2012)* (synthesizer, keyboards, arranger) (*record producer/engineer/mixer)
- Massive Attack - album: 100th Window (strings, orchestral conductor, plays sitar)
- Def Leppard - 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)
- Manic Street Preachers - "Tsunami" from the album This Is My Truth Tell Me Yours (sitar)
- Joe Cocker - "Let It Be" (synthesiser lead solo)
- Sarah Brightman - "I Fell in Love with a Starship Trooper" (keyboards and electronics)
- Mike Oldfield - "Tubular Bells II" (world premier concert DVD)
- Gareth Gates - "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
- The Lady of Heaven
(as songwriter/composer for other artists)
- "Young Americans Talking" - David Van Day
- "Superhero" - David Reilly
- "Red Desert", "Nataraj Express" - James Asher
- "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 (Silver album, 1983)
- "Two Worlds" - Cliff Richard, bonus track on 1999 single "The Millennium Prayer"
- 8 tracks on At-Ma's "City in the Sky" album 2008
- over 50 tracks with the Ganda Boys, spanning 6 albums, 2008 to 2022
Filmography
- Bhaji on the Beach (1993)
- Bombay Brownwash (1993)
- What Do You Call an Indian Woman Who's Funny (1994)
- Samson Superslug (1994) ITV series
- Zigzag Kenya (1994) BBC-TV Education
- Rich Deceiver (1995) (BBC-TV drama series, 2 parts)
- What's Cooking? (2000)
- Bend It Like Beckham (2002)
- Peak Practice (52 episodes, 1999–2003)
- The Calligrapher (2004)
- Out of Blue (2003) - installation film
- Bride & Prejudice(2004)
- The Mistress of Spices(2005)
- Jane Hall (2006) - ITV
- Scream of the Ants (2006) film
- Gold Diggers (2007) Discovery Channel documentary
- Waiting (2007) - installation film for the Turner Prize
- Moses Jones (2008) - BBC-TV drama series
- It's a Wonderful Afterlife - (2009) feature film
- Five Days II- (2010) BBC-TV drama series
- Yellow Patch (2012) - installation film
- Beecham House (2019) - ITV prime time series
- The Lady of Heaven (2021)
Related Links
References
- ^ "Indian music into Hollywood winner!". Financial Express. October 31, 2005. Archived from the original on July 30, 2012.
- ^ https://www.ladyofheaven.com/ - Lady of Heaven website: Quotes