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DonMcGlashan

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Don McGlashan showed his screen talents early, as one half of offbeat multimedia group The Front Lawn. Since then he has composed for film and television, alongside his own music. His score for Jane Campion's An Angel at My Table won acclaim; his screen awards include film No. 2 — which spawned number two hit 'Bathe in the River' — Katherine Mansfield tale Bliss, and TV series Street Legal.

Biography

Familiarity with a wide range of musical instruments is a good thing for a screen composer. In that sense Don McGlashan has the perfect skills for the job; he was able to play many instruments before he left puberty.

Screenography

2026 Composer Film
2021 Composer, Backup singer Music video
2021 - 2026 Performer Series

Awards

2020 APRA Silver Scroll Awards (Australasian Performing Right Association)
Nominated for Best Original Music In A Series (with Harry Sinclair): for Kiri and Lou

2019 Huawei Mate30 Pro New Zealand Television Awards
Best Original Score: for Kiri and Lou

“It was very satisfying ... Someone was saying to me the other night, “Wouldn’t it be cool to do a big score somewhere else, like LA.” I might be naive but, honestly, I could say “No, it was more fun doing it here.”

Don McGlashan, on composing the score for movie No. 2, in Onfilm magazine, May 2006, page 24