Craig (Robert) McConnell is a Canadian music producer, songwriter, and film and television composer. His first credit was for writing a song used in the 2002 television film ''

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''. In 2019, he produced and co-wrote "The Chase" for Celine Dion's album

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. In 2018, he produced and co-wrote "Carnival Hearts" (Top 20 Billboard CHR) "What You're Made Of" (Top 10 Billboard Hot AC) for Kayla Diamond (Cadence/Universal), and worked with Priyanka ('' Canada's Drag Race'') on three songs from her EP '' Taste Test'' as well as Priyanka’s single, ”Country Queen” . Other artist collaborators have included Keshia Chanté (Tanjola/Universal), Crystal Kay (Epic/Sony Japan), Jane Zhang (Sony Music China),

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(DefStar/Sony) and Juno-winner Divine Brown. His film scoring credits include ''

Irvine Welsh's Ecstasy ''Irvine Welsh's Ecstasy'' is a 2011 Canadian film adaptation of the short story " The Undefeated" from the best-selling book '' Ecstasy'' by Irvine Welsh. Directed by Rob Heydon, the film stars Adam Sinclair as Lloyd Buist, a drug user who s ...

'' (from the author of ''Trainspotting''), ''Textuality'' (starring Jason Lewis), ''Animal 2'' (starring Ving Rhames) and ''5ive Girls'' (starring

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). For television, he has composed for international TV series such as '' Word Girl'' ( PBS), ''Wedding SOS'' (Slice) and ''

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'' (

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). Along with partner Justin Forsley, he wrote the theme song and underscores for the Nickelodeon sitcoms '' Life With Boys'', ''

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'' and ''

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

''. McConnell holds a B.A.Sc from the University of Toronto (Engineering Science) and served two terms on the board of directors of the

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. He is also the President of the Production Music company hard Music Design.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:McConnell, Craig Canadian film score composers Male film score composers Canadian record producers Canadian television composers Musicians from Toronto University of Toronto alumni Living people Place of birth missing (living people) 1978 births