Craig McConnell's musical dimensions include discovery, exploration, risk-taking, and the rhythms of the human heart. In addition to being a brilliant performer, guitarist, and vocalist, he is also a composer and lyricist known for writing music with extreme dynamics, poignant melodies, and depth of emotion. Craig's music appears in feature films, documentaries, and TV commercials, and with the rich traditions and hauntingly beautiful music of his native Scotland, his sonic embrace is deep and wide.
Craig McConnell is an accomplished rock guitarist, film composer, and something of a “chameleon” within the world of music. Working in an impressive variety of styles and genres, Rock, Jazz Fusion, New Age and Classical, are but some of his many musical colours. His artistry reaches far beyond the realms of the technically and musically accomplished guitarist, for he has enjoyed international success as a composer and arranger for Film, Television, and live performance -- having composed music for productions worldwide.
Having spent 5 years in the US, Craig relocated to Switzerland in 2005 where he worked as a professional musician and film composer, having scored music for films featuring the work of the Swiss world leading extreme sportswoman Géraldine Fasnacht (“Dessine-Moi Une Ligne”, “Une Femme Choucas”, "La Haute Route des Pentes Raides" and "Holtanna, l'Aventure Antarctique").
He passed away on June 22, 2011 after having fought ALS with great courage. Let his great spirit live and spread forerver through his beautiful music...
Epic, high energy, fast orchestral track with a powerful contemporary driving and relentless rhythm featuring horns and trumpets conveying a strong sense of positive purpose and momentum, building towards a forceful conclusion. Suited for action adventure movies, documentaries and fast sports. Instrumental, Corporate, Corporate Dramatic Epic
A bright, rhythmically strong instrumental track conveying a sense of positive upward movement and triumph. Featuring a French horn section. Suitable for Film/TV. Bold adventurous and energetic music. About bravery, winning & triumphant heroes. Sports mountain climbing racing, endurance, challenges, Instrumental, Dramatic, Energizing Music
Rustic, Rural, Earthy, Honest, Country instrumental track featuring acoustic guitar and dobro slide guitar. Energetic sweet upbeat fun festive & wholesome. Suitable for Film/TV Advertising. Fun folksy families and their kids, mutts, puppies, lazy backwoods afternoons. Gone fishing, biscuits & gravy, Instrumental, Country, Alt Country
Slow, evocative, New Age atmospheric track transports the listener to the heart of the mist-covered Andes and ancient Peruvian Inca civilisations of South America, featuring pan flute, rain stick in a contempory musical setting. Ideal for travel, cultural, historic documentaries, film, TV, National, Instrumental, Dramatic, Energizing Music
Beautiful, serene, mystical, graceful, elegant, inspirational track with mezzo soprano lead vocals in Greek. This is a musical journey down through the mists of time to the magical adventures of Ulysses ecounter with the Sirens in Greek mythology. Suitable for Film/TV. Female Vocals, New Age, Atmospheres
Dramatic punchy horn section riding on a driving Latin groove featuring fusion electric piano, powerful rhythm section and percussion. Suitable for TV/radio commercials. Instrumental, Jazz, Jazz Fusion
Elegant and mysterious 9-minute track for relaxation and healing. Peaceful, meditative, spiritual, serene, and beautiful track with soprano vocals evoking the sacred snow white summits of the high Himalayas. Suitable for Film/TV, meditation travel film, documentary. Soaring, elegant, and dreamy. Female Vocals, Dramatic, Ethereal Music
Evocative new age music with strong percussive rhythm, Andean flute and ethnic male and female vocal chants and drones conveying a sense of freedom and new discovery. Ideal for travel, cultural, historic documentaries and film/TV productions on the natural world. Suitable for Film/TV, Mixed Vocals, Dramatic, Energizing Music
Reflective, spacey, sensitive, retrospective minimalistic track featuring the piano. Suitable for Film/TV. Edgy reflective flashbacks, reviewing life, watching a baby sleeping, caring for elderly mom or dad. Daydreaming about the future, studying a memory, deciding what really happened, was it real? Instrumental, Dramatic, Calm Mellow Music
Upbeat, atmospheric track with lively percussion and bamboo flutes on a spacey ambient tropical backdrop suggesting the vast green canopy of the Amazon rain forest. Ideal for travel, cultural, historic docuemntaries and film/TV. Instrumental, Dramatic, Heartwarming Music
Reflective, sad, profound, beautiful rock ballad featuring evocative electric guitar with male vocal. Guitar and vocal performed by Craig McConnell. Male Vocals, Rock, Melodic Rock
A dark, deranged, unnervingly structured, deeply disturbing instrumental track which teeters on the very edge of sanity. A Gregorian chant intro descends into a pitch black and sinister void. Suitable for Film/TV. Ominous evil diabolical music with screaming tension, scurrying rats or menacing bats. Vocal Samples, Dangerous, Dark Music
Purposeful, driving, high energy, optimistic, focused and fast instrumental music conveying a sense of achievement, success, freedom, and powerful drive. Suitable for Film/TV, corporate movies, travel and sports documentaries, Instrumental, Corporate, Electronic Progressive
Purposeful rural piano instrumental with light drums and tambourine. Suggesting country life and the rolling Appalachian mountains. This is a 15 second up tempo excerpt of the full track. Instrumental, Corporate, Corporate Folk
In your face rockabilly/boogie style guitar with driving guitar chords bass and drums. Suitable for Film, TV, or Sports. Advertising, new car commercial, buddy movie, road test, endurance. Upbeat fun, good attitude, and wildly optimistic. Instrumental, Rock, Southern Rock
Optimistic rhythm builds to an orchestral climax giving the sense of ascending a mountain and the end effectively suggesting the grand summit panorama. Suitable for Film/TV, Instrumental, Action, Impending Pending Music
Upbeat, Optimistic instrumental track with a strong sense of purpose and achievement. Suitable for Film/TV Advertising. Instrumental, Corporate, Electronic Progressive
A quickening rhythmic pulse throbs on a suspenseful backdrop creating a sense of increasing tension and drama. Suitable for Film/TV, drama, crime, thriller, psychological documentaries. Instrumental, Dangerous, Edgy Music
Romantic Elegance, so silky sweet it could set the scene for a beautiful love story. Gentle, sensuous, an evening at The Ritz or shopping at Tiffany's. Reflective, very laid back, creamy smooth Jazz featuring piano & sax. Candlelight Warmth Love. Suitable Film/TV Advertising, high fashion or design. Instrumental, Jazz, Smooth Jazz
Unsettling and chaotic orchestral arrangement featuring relentless orchestral stabs and high pitched string section, à la Alfred Hitchcock. Intense, disturbing and deranged. Suitable for Film/TV, Instrumental, Dangerous, Dangerous Music
Warm, melodic, soothing, reflective, relaxing synth based medium-slow instrumental track created for looping. Suited for travel, vacation, family, film/TV and documentaries. Instrumental, Dramatic, Smooth Music
A relentlessly turbulent, timpani driven orchestral arrangement with powerful dynamic stabs of the string and horn sections. Suitable for Film/TV, Instrumental, Dangerous, Dangerous Music
Light, smooth, funky/jazzy instrumental track featuring acoustic piano and funky bass line. Suitable for TV/Advertising. This is a 30 second excerpt of the full length track. Instrumental, Jazz, Smooth Jazz
Laid back, Smooth, Easy, Jazzy instrumental cue with acoustic piano evoking images of life in the city. Suitable for Film/TV, Instrumental, Jazz, Lounge Jazz
A shimmering opening developes into a dark and rhythmically threatening instrumentral track. Suitable for Film/TV, Instrumental, Dangerous, Dangerous Music
An up-tempo, purposeful, optimistic, energizing and motivating instrumental track featuring electronic drumbeat and synthesizers. Ideal for film/TV, travel documentaries, sports and corporate movies. Instrumental, Dramatic, Energizing Music
A mid-tempo purposeful, optimistic, dramatic and motivating instrumental track featuring electronic drumbeat and synthesizers, evolving into an orchestral bridge of epic proportions. Ideal for film/TV, Olympic sports and corporate movies. Instrumental, Dramatic, Energizing Music
A light hearted, melodic, optimistic track featuring the oboe, orchestra and synthesizer. Conveying a sense of peace, warmth and contentment. Instrumental, Dramatic, Heartwarming Music
Delicate, Shimmering, Atmospheric instrumental track evolving from light and beauty into a sense of foreboding and darkness. Suitable for Film/TV, Instrumental, Dangerous, Mysterious Music
A laid back rhythm subtly drives a super cool spacey riff on bass and electric guitar complemented by a jazzy chordal piano creates a purposeful spacey atmosphere. Ideal for advertising and film/TV. Instrumental, Jazz, Smooth Jazz
Lively, Upbeat, Driving, Motivating instrumental cue featuring the piano, and electric guitar. Suitable for TV/Advertising. Instrumental, Dramatic, Energizing Music
Positive, grand, regal and triumphant orchestral cue with a contemporary rhythm. Featuring French horn, timpani and bells. Suited for film/tv, corporate and documentaries. Instrumental, Dramatic, Regal Orchestral
Tense, spacy, uneasy instrumental with a powerful heavy percussive beat and dual harmony electric guitars, inducing intense feelings of anticipation and excitement. Suitable for Film/TV, sports, documentaries. Instrumental, Dangerous, Dangerous Music
Soulful and melancholic instrumental cue featuring French horn and sax solo on a sensitive emotional orchestral backdrop. Suitable for Film/TV, Instrumental, Dramatic, Sad Music
A tense acoustic piano intro and outro establish the ominous conclusion of this dramatic and dark orchestral track. Suitable for Film/TV, Instrumental, Dramatic, Sad Music
Bright, flowing, reassuring, sincere instrumental track featuring the acoustic piano on a subtle backdrop of choirs, orchestral strings and brass. Suitable for Film/TV. Instrumental, Dramatic, Contemplative Music
A forlorn horn introduction leads into an emotionally charged orchestral cue of deep remorse and heart felt sadness and regret. Suitable for Film/TV, Instrumental, Dangerous, Dark Music
Dark and mysterious atmospheric synthesizer based track that echoes the realm of deep space and lost worlds at the edge of time. Suited for science fiction movies/documentaries and psychological thrillers. Instrumental, Dangerous, Dark Music
Slow ethnic electronic New Age rhythmic track with a slight sense of forebodîng featuring orchestra string section and choirs. Ideal for travel, cultural, historic, extreme sports documentaries and film/TV. Instrumental, Dramatic, Electronic Music
Unnerving chaotic choral wash rises to crescendo with orchestra and choirs evolving into a light and elegant harmonic resolution. Suitable for Film/TV, Female Vocals, Dramatic, Ethereal Music
Cool, Jazzy, Funky instrumental latin groove with electric piano and latin percussion and smooth bass line. Suitable for TV/Film, Advertising. Instrumental, Jazz, Latin Jazz
A retrospective, warm, nostalgic, light orchestral cue featuring acoustic piano and choirs. Suitable for Film/TV, Instrumental, Dramatic, Contemplative Music
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