Craig Armstrong - Ray - 2004
Growing up in Scotland, Craig Armstrong was introduced at an early age to Ray Charles' music as his mother was a devoted fan.
His score to Ray is an atmospheric fusion of gospel, electronic, and orchestra pieces. The end result is quite a spiritual sounding piece of work which actually works well as a counterbalance to the many songs featured in the film's soundtrack.
Craig Armstrong's use of a gospel choir was incorporated to highlight the fact that one of Ray Charles' biggest dilemmas and early criticisms was using gospel music in commercial music.
The CD release of the score does include excerpts of dialogue from the film. The excerpts are brief and don’t impinge too much on the longer tracks, which is where the score really shines through.
Track highlights include Ray's Theme, Dreams of Ray I,II & III and Ray's Hymn Quintet.
- Original Score Composed By:
- Craig Armstrong
- Original Score Produced By:
- Craig Armstrong, Taylor Hackford & David Donaldson
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Track Listings
- Ray's Theme
- Della's Theme
- Ray Learns to Listen
- Dreams of Ray
- Remember Your Promise
- Water in the Hallway
- Ray´s Theme/Piano
- George Drowns
- First Hit
- Ray and Della
- Ray Sings to Della
- Dreams of Ray II
- Ray Leaves Della Behind
- Heroin in Bed
- Della Kisses Her Baby
- Places You Don't Wanna Go
- Ray Leaves Mother
- Arrested
- Alone in the Dark
- Dreams of Ray III
- Marge's Death
- Rehab
- Redemption
- Ray's Hymn
- Ray's Hymn Quintet
- End Credits
- External Links
- IMDB
- Ray Official Movie Website
- Official Ray Charles Website