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...
An intricate and subtle instrumental track of weaving breathy synth pads, piano and strings take the listener on a journey rich with flavours of the Orient and the Far East. Suitable for Film/TV, Instrumental, New Age Music, Atmospheres
Dramatic, dark and brooding orchestral cue commencing with church bell and Gregorian chant, building to an inevitable tense climax and resolving through a recurrent haunting and repetitive motif. Suitable for horror, suspense and productions on the supernatural. Suitable for Film/TV, Vocal Samples, Dangerous Music, Dark Music
Synth based dramatic instrumental track conveying a sense of tension, suspense and expectation. This is a 15 second excerpt of the full length track. Suited for documenaries, film/TV and advertising. Instrumental, Dangerous Music, Edgy Music
Tight and lively groovy rhythm with funk bass line and jazzy piano chords on a background of strings. Suitable for Film/TV and advertising. Instrumental, RnB Music, Funk
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 Music, Action Impending Buildup (pending)
Purposeful, driving, high energy, optimistic, focused and fast instrumental music conveying a sense of achievement, success, freedom and powerful drive. Suitable for Film/TV. This is a 30 second excerpt of the full length track. Instrumental, Dramatic Music, Energizing Music
Upbeat, driving, motivating instrumental cue featuring the piano and electric guitar. Suitable for TV/Advertising. This is a 15 second excerpt of the full length track. Instrumental, News Music, News Music | Themes
A bleak and disturbing introduction unfolds into a dark cyclical orchestral track with a strong sense of foreboding, suspense and mounting desperation. Suitable for Film/TV, Instrumental, Dangerous Music, Edgy Music
Dynamic, epic symphonic rock ballad with orchestral arrangement, female mezzo-soprano vocals, soaring electric guitar, celtic harp, bagpipe chanter, piano and choirs. Based on the Celtic tale of the legendary hero, warrior bard Ossian. Suited for film/tv, action adventure, legendary tales. Female Vocals, Rock Music, Symphonic Rock
Purposeful, optimistic, orchestral cue conveying a strong sense of ascent and conquest, including assertive percussion and large choral section. Ideal for adventure, travel, cultural, historic documentaries and film/TV. Mixed Vocals, Dramatic Music, Energizing Music
Evocative dramatic music commencing with a delicate atmosphere, evolving into strong percussive rhythm with orchestral brass, strings and female soprano voice conveying a sense of adventure, freedom and new discovery. Ideal for adventure, travel, cultural, historic documentaries and film/TV, Female Vocals, Dramatic Music, Energizing Music
Atmospheric New Age instrumental track conveying a sense of the vast expanse of the deep ocean and the creatures of the deep. Ideal for travel, cultural, natural world and science programs. Instrumental, New Age Music, Atmospheres
Reflective, sad, profound, beautiful rock ballad featuring evocative electric guitar with male vocal. Guitar and vocal performed by Craig McConnell. Male Vocals, Rock Music, Melodic Rock
Rustic, warm and gentle track featuring piano and finger picked acoustic guitar on orchestral backdrop with a strong rural/country feel. Suitable for Film/TV, Instrumental, Folk Music, Contemporary Folk
Upbeat, rythmic latin percussion section grooves with a funky bass line building to a fiery rock electric guitar solo. Suitable for travel, holiday, documentaries and film/TV. Instrumental, Rock Music, Latin Rock
A light intro builds to a determined, bold, confident and melodic instrumental track featuring piano and strings. Suitable for Film/TV Advertising. This is a 15 second up tempo excerpt of the full length track. Instrumental, News Music, News Music | Openings
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. This is a 30 second excerpt of the full length track. Mixed Vocals, New Age Music, Ethnic Fusion
Light, cool and laid back contemporary instrumental with a touch of smooth jazz piano, latin percussion and vocal pad, Instrumental, News Music, News Music | Themes
A light intro builds to a determined, bold, confident and melodic instrumental track featuring piano and strings. Suitable for Film/TV Advertising. Instrumental, News Music, News Music | Openings
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, New Age Music, New Age Electronic
A modern take of Winter from Vivaldi's Four Seasons. Positive, energizing, optimistic, joyful, driving instrumental with classical strings and electric guitar. Instrumental, Dramatic Music, Happy Music, Antonio Vivaldi
Relentlessly heavy industrial rhythm builds into an orchestral track of epic proportions. Suggesting the unstoppable march of machines across the universe. Suitable for science fiction productions. Instrumental, Action Music, Action Adventure Music (pending)
Evocative, New Age cue with a strong melody and a persistent percussive motif, conveying a sense of grandeur, freedom and new discovery. Ideal for travel, cultural, space flight documentaries and film/TV productions on the natural world. Suitable for Film/TV. Instrumental, New Age Music, Contemporary Instrumental
Tense and dark sustained chord builds towards an eerie and hovering atmosphere of dread floating in a dissonant choral background. Suitable for Film/TV, Mixed Vocals, Dangerous Music, Dark Music
Period inspiring and motivational military instrumental track featuring the fife with a strong marching rhythm with field drum and reminiscent of the Revolutionary War. Instrumental, Military Music, Military Civil War March
A modern take of Winter from Vivaldi's Four Seasons. Positive, energizing, optimistic, joyful, driving instrumental with classical strings and electric guitar. Instrumental, Dramatic Music, Energizing Music, Antonio Vivaldi
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 Music, Smooth Jazz
High energy progressive rock instrumental track featuring electirc guitar and Hammond organ with multiple time changes. All guitars performed by Craig McConnell (no samples). Ideal for extreme sports and advertising. Sounds like Dream Theater. Instrumental, Rock Music, Progressive Rock
An airy and slightly melancholic oboe melody suggesting the dance of the autumn leaves as they ride the fall breeze and drift down a babbling brook, featuring grand piano, flute and French horn. Suitable for TV commercials, films and documentaries. Instrumental, Dramatic Music, Contemplative Music
Epic, high energy and fast orchestral track with contemporary rhythm featuring horns and trumpets conveying a strong sense of positive purpose and momentum, building towards a forceful conclusion. This is a 15 second excerpt of the full length track. Instrumental, Corporate Music, Dramatic Epic
Triumphant, glorious, victorious, epic and lively instrumental track with an intro reminiscent of Rome and Greece in Antiquity, featuring orchestral brass, strings, percussion and choirs with a contemporary driving rhythm. Suited for high adventure and action movies. Instrumental, Action Music, Action Adventure Music (pending)
An airy and slightly melancholic oboe melody suggesting the dance of the autumn leaves as they ride the fall breeze and drift down a babbling brook, featuring grand piano, flute and French horn. Suitable for TV commercials, films and documentaries. Instrumental, Dramatic Music, Romantic Music
Period inspiring and motivational military instrumental track featuring the fife with a strong marching rhythm with field drum and reminiscent of the Revolutionary War. Instrumental, Military Music, Fife and Drum Blues
An airy and slightly melancholic oboe melody suggesting the dance of the autumn leaves as they ride the fall breeze and drift down a babbling brook, featuring grand piano, flute and French horn. Suitable for TV commercials, films and documentaries. Instrumental, Dramatic Music, Romantic Music
Dramatic, heroic, epic, triumphant orchestral track with stirring bridge featuring the piccolo flute and pizzicato violins building up to a courageous and abrupt conclusion. Suited for war, adventure and investigative movies/documentaries and series. Instrumental, Military Music, Battle Aftermath Victory
Dynamic, epic progressive rock ballad with orchestral arrangement with male and female vocals culminating in an intense fiery electric guitar solo. Vocals performed by Craig McConnell and Claire Millon. Guitar solo performed by Craig McConnell. Mixed Vocals, Rock Music, Progressive Rock
Relentlessly dangerous, Dynamic, Threatening, Ominous orchestral cue with industrial rhythm, choirs and acoustic piano. The full orchestral brass section ride the tympani to a powerful and ominously dark orchestral bridge. Suitable for Film/TV and Halloween/horror movies. Instrumental, Horror Music, Horror Electronica
Grandiose and dramatically powerful orchestral track of heroic and truly epic proportions, featuring full symphony orchestra, percussion and choirs. Suitable for Film/TV, Vocal Samples, Action Music, Action Intense Orchestral
A gentle, Summer filled, reflective orchestral track conveying a sense of tranquility, fulfillment and contentment. Suitable for Film/TV, Instrumental, Dramatic Music, Calm 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 Music, Spiritual
Relentlessly dangerous, Dynamic, Threatening, Ominous orchestral cue with industrial rhythm, choirs and acoustic piano. The full orchestral brass section rides the tympani to a powerful and ominously dark orchestral bridge. Suitable for Film/TV, Instrumental, Dangerous Music, Dangerous Music
An emotional, bluesy Hammond organ and string section provide a sensitive backdrop in this touching instrumental featuring a slow and very melodic electric guitar solo. Instrumental, Blues Music, Modern Electric Blues
Tense and dark sustained chord builds towards an eerie and hovering atmosphere of dread floating in a dissonant choral background. Suitable for Film/TV, Mixed Vocals, Horror Music, Horror Edgy Music
Apocalyptic, Dynamic, Frightening, Dark orchestral cue featuring the full symphony orchestra. A dramatic orchestral introduction builds to a crescendo which descends on choirs to a hauntingly dark conclusion. Suitable for Halloween/horror movies. Instrumental, Horror Music, Horror Edgy Music
A dark haunting orchestral track with acoustic piano descends to a terrifying bridge of nightmare proportions and inevitable conclusion. Suited for Halloween/horror movies. Instrumental, Horror Music, Horror Edgy Music
Horror and suspense music. Ominous, dark, suspensful instrumental orchestral track with acoustic piano. Great for credits, soundscape, credits, or to set up impending doom. Foreboding, scary, edge-of-your-seat track! Instrumental, Dangerous Music, Dark Music
A dark haunting orchestral track with acoustic piano descends to a terrifying bridge of nightmare proportions and inevitable conclusion. Instrumental, Dangerous Music, Dark Music
