DonMcGlashan
- Composer
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.
Screenography
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.
McGlashan's CV of popular music — a run of classic songs, including 'Dominion Road' and 'Anchor Me' — has overshadowed his work for the screen, which ranges from award-winning music for TV's This is Not My Life and movie No. 2, to a trio of on-screen appearances with The Front Lawn. McGlashan's soundtracks demonstrate his skill for knowing where to place an instrumental piece, and where to place a song — whether his own, or that of others.
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
“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.”