A Work in Progress…
As a 25+ year veteran of film, stage and television production, Craig Stuart Garfinkle has held just about every position in front of and behind the camera including composer, director, producer, editor, writer, sound mixer, and show host.
Selected Achievements
Emmy Nominated Composer
2021 Ivor Novello Nominee, Best Original Film Score, “Two by Two Overboard” (with Eimear Noone)
2021 Award Best Documentary Score, Golden State Film Festival.
2018 Mark Award Nominee, Best Trailer Composition, “Waltz to the Underworld” for A-List Music.
2014 Music in Media Award, Best Video Game Score – World of Warcraft, Warlords of Draenor
ASCAP Composer’s Choice Nominee, Best Video Game Score World of Warcraft, Warlords of Draenor
Co-Created and produces The Dublin International Game Music Festival
Directed, produced, edited and scored the feature documentary, Dane Cook, 30 Premeditated Acts
Directed, produced, edited and scored 100’s of commercials, promos and trailers for clients such as The Disney Channel, Paramount Pictures, and Warner BrothersTelevision.
Produced, edited, and mixed three number one selling comedy CD’s
Produced, edited and mixed three of the top ten selling comedy CD’s from the year 2000-16
Composed for 140+ film trailers, which have sold over $5 Billion in movie tickets
Produced two successful Kickstarter campaigns
Produced, composed and orchestrated the stage show, This is Ireland, starring Pierce Brosnan and Roma Downey.
2011 “Arts Instructor of the Year,” UCLA Extension School of the Arts
Music Biography
Craig Stuart Garfinkle is an award winning and Emmy, Ivor Novello, and Mark Award nominated music producer and composer. Specializing in orchestral scores, he has worked on feature films, video games, trailers, documentaries, television, multimedia projects and advertisement.
In collaboration with his wife, Eimear Noone, Craig has produced and orchestrated for countless orchestral concerts including The Danish National Symphony, The National Symphony of Ireland, The Lyric Opera of Chicago, The Skywalker Symphony, and many more.
Craig has composed extensively for films including the animated feature, Two by Two Overboard (Hollywood Music in Media Award Nominee, Best Original Song, Ivor Novello Award Nominee, Best Film Score) the family drama, It’s Dark Here (Starring Illiana Douglas, Bubba Lewis, and William Mapother), the black comedy, Get Out if You Can (Directed by TJ Martin), and the supernatural thriller, Blood Relative (Starring Cristin Milioti).
His contribution to over 140 film trailers includes J.J. Abrams’ Star Trek, the Harry Potter franchise, James Bond, Sin City, Red, Vicky Christina Barcelona, Over the Hedge, Spider-man III, HALO II and many more. Craig’s music has also appeared in 100’s of film and television projects such as NBC's The Office, Fringe, Lost, The Sopranos, X Factor, and America's Got Talent.
As a video game composer, Craig has composed for the iconic video game, World of Warcraft and its expansion, Warlords of Draenor (Hollywood Music in Media Award, Best Video Game Score). His experience in the genre goes back to the first Dungeons and Dragons Games for TSR Inc.
His composition work has led to many awards and accolades (in addition to those named above) including an Emmy nomination for his original score for the KAET PBS special, Visions of Arizona, his composition Waltz to the Underworld received a 2018 Mark Award nomination for Best Trailer Composition, and a song that he produced, “I Never Believed in Love, ‘til I believed in You”, received the Emmy award for Best Original Song.
Currently, Craig is composing, alongside his wife Eimear Noone, the score for a yet to be announced animated feature as well as the animated series, The Wee Littles (45 Episodes in production). Craig’s past work in animation includes multiple Disney series, most notably as one of the songwriters for The Little Mermaid series and one of the composers for Raw Toonage, which also earned an Emmy nomination for original composition.