Craig McConnell

Craig (Robert) McConnell is a Canadian music producer, film and television composer, and songwriter. His 12 feature films have received theatrical distribution in over 50 countries. His music is also featured in more than 4000 episodes of television broadcasting in over 25 countries worldwide.

His film scoring credits include Irvine Welsh's Ecstasy (from the author of Trainspotting), Textuality (starring Jason Lewis), Animal 2 (starring Ving Rhames) and 5ive Girls (starring Ron Perlman). For television, he has composed for international TV series such as Word Girl (PBS), Wedding SOS (Slice) and Property Virgins (HGTV). Along with partner Justin Forsley, he wrote the theme song and underscores for the Nickelodeon sitcoms Life With Boys, Max & Shred and Star Falls.

In 2012, he was nominated for "Best Music" at the 2012 British Independent Film Festival (BIFF) Awards for his work on Irvine Welsh's Ecstasy.

McConnell is an award-winning songwriter and producer (Winner, USA Songwriting Competition, Best R&B) with credits in North America, Asia and Europe across many musical genres. In 2018, he landed a Top 10 radio hit as producer/co-writer of Kayla Diamond's "What You're Made Of" (Cadence/Universal). Other artist collaborators have included Keshia Chante (Tanjola/Universal), Crystal Kay (Epic/Sony), Chemistry (DefStar/Sony) and Juno-winner Divine Brown.

McConnell holds a B.A.Sc from the University of Toronto (Engineering Science) and served two terms on the Board of Directors of the Screen Composers Guild of Canada. He is also the President of the production music company hard Music Design.