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Craig Pruess

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Craig Pruess is an American composer, musician, arranger and gold & platinum record producer who has been living in Britain since 1973. His career has covered diverse areas including: Grammy nominated record production for international stars such as Sir Cliff Richard, Anu Malik, Sarah Brightman, Sheila Walsh; musical arrangements for Massive Attack, Def Leppard, Bond; feature film soundtrack music (“Bride & Prejudice”, “Bend It Like Beckham, “What’s Cooking?”, “Bhaji on the Beach”); world music producing, performing (sitar, keyboards and African percussion) and arranging for international acts such as Massive Attack, Katie Melua, Manic Street Preachers, Def Leppard and Pascal Obispo; television music (“Peak Practice”, “Sue Lawley Show”, “Rich Deceiver”, ZigZag Kenya”, “Samson Superslug”) and also arranging, sitar and sound design work (for such well known composers as Danny Elfman, Gabriel Yared, Patrick Doyle, Carl Davis, John Altman, Rachel Portman, and George Fenton); television and film advertising/corporate music (over 300 commercials to date); lecturing and teaching; concert performing (solo and with his own ensembles but also with Mike Oldfield for the world premiere of “Tubular Bells II”, Sept 92, at the Edinburgh Castle); sound engineering, synthesiser and computer music programming, sound design and music technology innovations.
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Discography

Releases:
Happy Together (12", Promo)   Ariola Hansa 1979
Moving In The Direction Of Love (12", Maxi)   Hansa International 1979
Sacred Chants Of Buddha - Music For Meditation (Album) (2 versions)   Times Music ... 1999
Production:
It Has To Be You, It Has To Be Me / Discovering (7")   EMI Electrola 1982
Little Town (7", Single)   EMI Music (Netherlands) 1982
Now You See Me, Now You Don't (2 versions)   EMI Music (Netherlands) ... 1982
The Only Way Out (Single) (3 versions)   EMI ... 1982
Where Do We Go From Here (7")   EMI Music (Netherlands) 1982
Silver (Album) (3 versions)   EMI 1983
Shooting From The Heart / Small World (7")   EMI Records 1984
Mistletoe & Wine (CD, Maxi)   EMI Records, EMI Records 1988
Private Collection 1979 - 1988 (CD, Comp) The Only Way Out, Litt... EMI Records, EMI Records 1988
The Whole Story - His Greatest Hits (2xCD, Comp, RM) The Only Way Out EMI, EMI 2000
Now That's What I Call Xmas (3xCD, Comp) Little Town Virgin, Universal Music (UK) 2006
Appears On:
Extraterrestrial Lover (3 versions)   RCA ... 1979
Instant Love (Single, Maxi) (2 versions)   RCA Victor 1979
Never Say Die (Give A Little Bit More) / Front Page (12", Promo) Front Page EMI America, EMI America 1983
Young Americans Talking (Extended Version) (12") Young Americans Talkin... WEA 1983
Don't Hide Your Heart (LP)   Sparrow Records 1985
Profiles (Album) (4 versions) Malta EMI Harvest ... 1985
Tubular Bells II (VHS)   Warner Music Vision 1992
Un Jour Comme Aujourd'Hui (CD, Album)   Epic 1994
A Little Princess (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (CD)   Varèse Sarabande 1995
This Is My Truth Tell Me Yours (Album) (10 versions) Tsunami Sony Music Entertainment (UK) ... 1998
Tigers Of The Raj (CD, Album)   New Earth Records 1998
The Age Of Aquarius - Galactica One (2xCD, Comp) Dancing On The Path ZYX Music 1999
Sacred Chants Of Shiva - From The Banks Of The Ganges (CD, Album)   Heaven On Earth Music Limited 2000
Shine (Album) (2 versions) Shine, Fuego Decca 2002
100th Window (Album) (6 versions)   Virgin Records America ... 2003
African Spirits (2xCD, Comp, Mixed, Dig) Masai Sonata Ayia Napa 2003
Go Your Own Way (Album) (3 versions) Spirit In The Sky BMG UK & Ireland ... 2003
Remixed (CD, Comp, Enh) Shine (Dubshakra Mix) Decca, BMG Direct Marketing, Inc. 2003
Spirit In The Sky (Single, Maxi) (3 versions)   RCA ... 2003
Danny The Dog (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (Album) (3 versions)   Virgin ... 2004
Explosive: The Best Of Bond (Album, Comp) (4 versions) Fuego, Fuego, Shine (D... Decca ... 2005
Piece By Piece (Album) (3 versions) Halfway Up The Hindu Kush Dramatico 2005
Sacred Chants Of Shiva - From The Banks Of The Ganges (CD, Album)   Times Music 2005
Unleashed (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (Album) (2 versions)   Virgin 2005
Collected (Comp) (8 versions) Butterfly Caught, Dann... Virgin ... 2006
Tracks Appear On:
Sacred Chants Of Shiva - From The Banks Of The Ganges (CD, Album) Om Nama Shivaya Heaven On Earth Music Limited 2000
The Classic Chillout Album 2 (2xCD, Comp) Pictures, Jupiter Sony Music TV, Columbia 2001
Open Space - The Classic Chillout Album 2 (2xCD) Pictures, Jupiter Columbia 2002
Sacred Chants Of Shiva - From The Banks Of The Ganges (CD, Album) Om Nama Shivaya Times Music 2005
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