Craig Padilla

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Craig Padilla is an American ambient musician and film score composer, actor, and video producer from Redding, [1] California. [2]

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Biography

Since the mid-1990s he has released more than a dozen albums with music primarily inspired by the Berlin School of electronic music and space music on the labels Space For Music, Spotted Peccary Music, Lotuspike, Fruits de Mer Records, and Groove Unlimited, and contributed to compilations, including a tribute album to Michael Garrison. He also edits and produces videos for local television commercials, infomercials, corporate events, and music videos.

Reception

Jim Brenholts (Allmusic) describes Padilla as "one of the premier Berlin school sequencers in the U.S.A." [3] while Stewart Mason (also Allmusic) calls him a "Berlin-based electronic music guru" [4] which is factually a misleading as Padilla is based in California. [2]

Discography

The discography includes only albums released on compact disc, digital download, and vinyl record.

Film Scores

Voice Acting

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References

  1. Craig Padilla, MySpace. Retrieved 2 October 2008.
  2. 1 2 About the artist Archived 2008-08-28 at the Wayback Machine . Last modified 13 May 2008 09:33:10. Retrieved 2 October 2008.
  3. Brenholts, Jim. "Vostok - Review". Allmusic/Macrovision Corporation . Retrieved 2008-10-03. Craig Padilla is one of the premier Berlin school sequencers in the U.S.A. [...] Padilla's atmosphere is deep and expansive. His sound design uses silence and empty spaces as integral elements of the soundscape. This is the ultimate icescape. It is also essential minimalism.
  4. Mason, Stewart. "Genesis - Review". Allmusic/Macrovision Corporation . Retrieved 2008-10-03. The second album by Berlin-based electronic music guru Craig Padilla, Genesis offers more than the usual noodly drones that all too often pass for modern synthesizer music.
  5. Career Soft. Growlanser II: The Sense of Justice. Atlus. Scene: Ending credits, 9:45 in, CAST.