Craig Armstrong (Moulin Rouge!, The Great Gatsby, The Incredible Hulk, Romeo + Juliet, Love Actually) has recently scored the upcoming British/Australian drama Dirt Music. The film is directed by Gregor Jordan (Buffalo Soldiers, Ned Kelly, The Informers) and stars Kelly Macdonald, Garrett Hedlund, David Wenham, Julia Sarah Stone and Aaron Pedersen. The movie based on the novel of the same title by Tim Winton is set against the landscape of Western Australia and tells an impassioned tale of love and grief. Jack Thorne (Wonder, The Aeronauts) wrote the screenplay. Finola Dwyer & Amanda Posey (Brooklyn, An Education), Angie Fielder (Lion) and Polly Staniford are producing the Wildgaze Films and Aquarius Films production. Dirt Music will premiere next week at the 2019 Toronto Film Festival.
Armstrong also has Disney’s The One and Only Ivan coming up. The composer has also recently scored the thriller The Burnt Orange Heresy, which just premiered at the Venice Film Festival and will also screen in Toronto, as well as the drama Mrs. Lowry & Son, which just opened in theaters in the UK.
