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.
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
Laid back, Smooth, Easy, Jazzy instrumental cue with acoustic piano evoking images of life in the city. Suitable for Film/TV, Instrumental, Jazz, Acid Jazz
A dramatic horn, piano and electric guitar intro lead to an inevitable and unescapable flight above a bottomless void. Atmospheric, action-pending instrumental track. Suitable for Film/TV, Instrumental, Action, Impending Electro-Orch
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, Dramatic, Energizing Music
Magical, majestic orchestral track featuring beautiful soprano voice suggesting a regal bastion reaching towards the heavens. A suspenseful harp intro leads to an inevitable and dramatic orchestral climax. Ideal for film/TV and documentaries. This is a 30 second excerpt of the full length track. Female Vocals, Dramatic, Magical Music
Soulful and melancholic instrumental cue featuring French horn and sax solo on a sensitive emotional orchestral backdrop. Suitable for Film/TV, Instrumental, Dramatic, Contemplative Music
Lively, Upbeat, Driving, Motivating instrumental cue featuring the piano, and electric guitar. Suitable for TV/Advertising. Instrumental, News, News Themes
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, Energizing 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, Funk
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, Magical 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, Dramatic, Sad Music
Pounding tympani drums and a punchy orchestral brass section drive this threateningly dangerous and ruthless orchestral track. Suitable for Film/TV. Instrumental, Action, Action Adventure Pending
Dramatic, flying, dangerous instrumental track conveying a sense of height and great space beyond the point of no return. Suitable for Film/TV, Instrumental, Action, Impending Pending Music
Upbeat, Cool, Purposeful electronic instrumental track with a strong synth bass line and spacey pads. Suitable for Film/TV, Instrumental, Electronic, Electropop
Cool, smooth jazz, laid back instrumental with electric guitar conveying a slight sense of unease and tension in the atmosphere of the big city at sunset. Suitable for Film/TV, Instrumental, Dramatic, Calm Edgy
A swirling, ambient, atmospheric track with a sense of vertigo suddenly poised on the brink of a great void and dizzy height. Exploration, adventure, mountain climbing, extreme altitudes. Windy crags, dangerous peaks, angelic whispers, climactic setting, travel, discovery, planetarium music, Sci Fi, Instrumental, Dangerous, Edgy Music
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, Intense Orchestral
A lighthearted and cheerful sax leads the way in this upbeat popy instrumental track with brass section and acoustic guitar. Instrumental, Pop, Pop Music
Heavy, intense hip-hop instrumental track with vocal chants and deep pounding bassline. This is a 30 second excerpt of the full length track. Suitable for TV/Advertising. Instrumental, Hip Hop, Hip Hop Instrumental
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, Romantic Music
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
A lighthearted and inspiring moderately fast orchestral track with a strong military brass band flavour. Suitable for Film/TV, Instrumental, Dramatic, Regal Orchestral
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, Action, Theme Crime
Light, cool and laid back contemporary instrumental with a touch of smooth jazz piano, latin percussion and vocal pad, Instrumental, Corporate, Electronic Progressive
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
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 Film/TV, Instrumental, Dangerous, Dark Music
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, Symphonic Rock
Confident, strong, rhythmically Powerful and intense cue with vocal pad and electric guitar power chords. Suggesting a strong sense of liberation and freedom. Suitable for TV/Film, Action, Adventure and Corporate movies. Vocal Samples, Action, Intense Orchestral
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
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, New Age, Contemporary Instr
A light intro builds to a determined, bold, confident and melodic instrumental track featuring piano and strings. Suitable for Film/TV Advertising. Instrumental, News, News Openings
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, Dramatic, Tender music
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
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, Atmospheres
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, Latin Rock
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, New Age, Ethnic Fusion
A modern take of Winter from Vivaldi's Four Seasons. Positive, energizing, optimistic, joyful, driving instrumental with classical strings and electric guitar. Instrumental, Dramatic, Happy Music, Antonio Vivaldi
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, Dark Music
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, Progressive Rock
