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film composer, pianist, singer-songwriter

 
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A native of North Carolina,

Craig received his musical training as a classical pianist at the North Carolina School of the Arts, the St. Louis Conservatory of Music and the Juilliard School. After graduating from Juilliard, Craig turned his attention to singing and songwriting, producing, and film composing. His first score, When It’s Over, written and directed by Rich Mancuso, received critical acclaim in the LA Weekly after the film’s premiere at the Newport Beach Film Festival.

 

Craig is a Sundance Fellow, having been invited to participate in the 2006 Sundance Institute Composer’s Lab. Craig was invited back to the lab as an advisor in summers 2016 and 2017 at Skywalker Sound. Craig has been a frequent panelist at the Sundance Film Festival BMI Film Music Roundtable and has also appeared in BMI Film Music Panels at South by Southwest. His films have premiered at the Sundance, Berlin, Toronto, South by Southwest, Outfest, and Tribeca Film Festivals, among others. Craig has also scored two seasons of the Apple TV+ series ‘Dear…’.

 

As a songwriter, Craig has three songs featured in Jeremy Leven’s Girl On A Bicycle, and has had songs appear in  You Can Choose Your FamilyLovely and AmazingFriends With MoneyThe King of KongGreenlit, and Answers To Nothing. He and his band present an annual Christmas show, featuring Craig’s original Christmas songs, to benefit children affected by HIV (see Christmas Music tab above). ‘Mother & Child, Songs of Christmas’ and 'The Shortest Day of the Year' are available on iTunes as are several of his soundtracks.

 

 

 
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FILM

They Who Surround Us

The Things We Find on the Road

The Cowboy And The Queen

Being Frank

Tiny Shoulders: Rethinking Barbie

The Pathological Optimist

Good After Bad

No Pay, Nudity

Worst Case Scenario, Inc.

The World According To Dick Cheney

Uncanny

Girl On A Bicycle

Fish

Answers To Nothing

A Marine Story

Greenlit

Wonderful World

The September Issue

Gardens Of The Night

The King Of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters

The Gymnast

Blue State (additional music)

Friends With Money

Lovely & Amazing

When It’s Over

TV

‘Dear…’ Apple TV+ Season 1 and 2

Eleanor & Franklin - CNN 6 Episode series

Unconventional - (9 Episode TV series) - in post-production

News & Updates

‘They who surround us ….’ Now Streaming on Apple tv, amazon prime video & google play.

Written by, directed by and starring Troy Ruptash

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Craig Richey & Friends Winter Holidays Concert to benefit Project Angel Food's Annual Toy Drive

DATE TBD - Dec 2024 Please check back!

7:00 pm

The Hotel Cafe

1623 N Cahuenga Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90028

$15 at door plus UNWRAPPED GIFT for a child 0-18 yrs.

21+ only sorry (bar rules)

Craig presents and evening of original songs full of spirit, humor, irreverence, and mysticism, celebrating the birth of all children, the return of light, and sharing in the universality and deep antiquity of the winter holidays. 

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