--- name: "Don McGlashan" canonical: "https://film.one/person/don-mcglashan" fi1m_id: "don-mcglashan" imdb_id: "nm0569429" tmdb_id: 73879 wikidata_id: "Q5293105" roles: ["Composer"] born: "18 July 1959" reviewed_on_fi1m: 1 average_over: 1 updated: "2026-09-17T21:47:10.921051+00:00" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Don McGlashan ## Identity Don McGlashan - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/don-mcglashan - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** don-mcglashan - **IMDb ID:** nm0569429 - **TMDB ID:** 73879 - **Wikidata ID:** Q5293105 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_McGlashan, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5293105, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0569429/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/73879 Composer. Born 18 July 1959 in Auckland. ## Details - **Work:** Composer - **Born:** 18 July 1959, Auckland - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_McGlashan, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5293105, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0569429/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/73879 ## Streaming the US now - **The Criterion Channel:** [*An Angel at My Table*](https://film.one/film/an-angel-at-my-table.md) (87) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Biography Don McGlashan is a New Zealand composer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. Born in Auckland on 18 July 1959, he studied English and music at the University of Auckland and played French horn and percussion in the Auckland Symphonia from 1979 to 1982. He began composing for film and television in the 1980s. McGlashan has scored feature films including *An Angel at My Table* (1990), *Dean Spanley* (2008) and *The Dead Lands* (2014). His television work includes the series *Street Legal*, for which he received an NZ AFTA Award for best score in 2003. He has also composed for documentaries and other screen projects. *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, nzonscreen.com, muzic.nz.* ## On Fi1m (1) - *An Angel at My Table* (1990), Fi1m 87, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/an-angel-at-my-table.md) ## Complete filmography (19) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *Kiri and Lou Go Raaa!* (2026), Music - *Topp Class: A Topp Twins Tribute Concert* (2022), Musician, Sound Director - *Vermilion* (2018), Original Music Composer - *The Dead Lands* (2014), Original Music Composer - *Giselle* (2013), Additional Music - *Sione's 2: Unfinished Business* (2012), Original Music Composer - *Piece of My Heart* (2009), Music - *Dean Spanley* (2008), Original Music Composer - *Show of Hands* (2008), Original Music Composer - *No. 2* (2006), Original Music Composer - *The Underwater Melon Man* (2001), Musician - *Cinema of Unease: A Personal Journey by Sam Neill* (1995), Original Music Composer - *Absent Without Leave* (1993), Original Music Composer - *The Grasscutter* (1990), Original Music Composer, Music - *An Angel at My Table* (1990), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 87, [page](https://film.one/film/an-angel-at-my-table.md) - *He-Play* (1990), series, as Mike · Director, Writer - *The Lounge Bar* (1989), as Mike · Writer, Director, Music - *Walkshort* (1987), as Various · Writer - *Other Halves* (1984), Original Music Composer ## Gallery - ![New Zealand musician Don McGlashan at the Kings Arms Tavern in September 2007. Cropped and adjusted from flickr photo by "wonderferret"](https://film.one/media/person/78228/gallery-f5a436e1bed8.jpg) New Zealand musician Don McGlashan at the Kings Arms Tavern in September 2007. Cropped and adjusted from flickr photo by "wonderferret" — Mark from Auckland, New Zealand, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Don_McGlashan_Kings_Arms_Tavern_2007.jpg/1280px-Don_McGlashan_Kings_Arms_Tavern_2007.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Don McGlashan](https://film.one/media/person/78228/gallery-9596ce263e5b.jpg) Don McGlashan — Wiremu Stadtwald Demchick, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Don_McGlashan_in_Raglan_%28cropped_mug%29.JPG/1280px-Don_McGlashan_in_Raglan_%28cropped_mug%29.JPG?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Don McGlashan before his concert at the Raglan Club in Raglan, New Zealand on 26 September 2015.](https://film.one/media/person/78228/gallery-0e8520dfb0a0.jpg) Don McGlashan before his concert at the Raglan Club in Raglan, New Zealand on 26 September 2015. — Wiremu Stadtwald Demchick, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/Don_McGlashan_in_Raglan_%28cropped_mug_on_stage%29.JPG/1280px-Don_McGlashan_in_Raglan_%28cropped_mug_on_stage%29.JPG?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Don McGlashan before his concert at the Raglan Club in Raglan, New Zealand on 26 September 2015.](https://film.one/media/person/78228/gallery-04c3d31ead70.jpg) Don McGlashan before his concert at the Raglan Club in Raglan, New Zealand on 26 September 2015. — Wiremu Stadtwald Demchick, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Don_McGlashan_in_Raglan_01.JPG/1280px-Don_McGlashan_in_Raglan_01.JPG?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Don McGlashan before his concert at the Raglan Club in Raglan, New Zealand on 26 September 2015.](https://film.one/media/person/78228/gallery-2eb4e17672eb.jpg) Don McGlashan before his concert at the Raglan Club in Raglan, New Zealand on 26 September 2015. — Wiremu Stadtwald Demchick, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Don_McGlashan_in_Raglan_02.JPG/1280px-Don_McGlashan_in_Raglan_02.JPG?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) ## Awards ### Other awards — 3 won - New Zealand Music Hall of Fame 2023: New Zealand Music Hall of Fame (won) - honorary doctor of Auckland University of Technology 2019: honorary doctor of Auckland University of Technology (won) - Outstanding Composer of Original Music 2002: Outstanding Composer of Original Music (won) *From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.* --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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