Craig Leon

Craig Leon (born 7 January 1952) is an American-born record producer, composer and arranger currently living in England.

[1] Leon was instrumental in launching the careers of many recording artists including the Ramones,[2] Suicide, Talking Heads and Blondie.

[3] Active in pop music production from 1974 to 1998, Leon has focused on classical composition, orchestration, arrangement and recording from 1998 to the present.

As well as numerous UK and foreign television programmes Leon's work has featured in major films including 1917,[5] The Karate Kid[2](2010), Ghost River, Ladies in Lavender,[2] 200 Cigarettes, Sid and Nancy[2] and Revenge of the Nerds[2] amongst many others.

Bach arranged for the newly reissued Moog model 55 modular synthesizer and performed by Leon with the Sinfonietta Cracovia, was issued on 4 May 2015 by Sony Classical.

Leon's The Canon: The Anthology of Interplanetary Folk Music Volume 2, is an electronic album released on 10 May 2019 on RVNG Intl.