---
name: "Murray McNabb"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/murray-mcnabb"
fi1m_id: "murray-mcnabb"
imdb_id: "nm0573541"
tmdb_id: 7261
wikidata_id: "Q14644871"
roles: ["Composer"]
born: "1 January 1947"
died: "9 June 2013"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T22:02:26.594531+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."
---

# Murray McNabb

## Identity

Murray McNabb

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/murray-mcnabb
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** murray-mcnabb
- **IMDb ID:** nm0573541
- **TMDB ID:** 7261
- **Wikidata ID:** Q14644871
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14644871, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0573541/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/7261

Composer. Born 1 January 1947 in Auckland, New Zealand. Died 9 June 2013.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Born:** 1 January 1947, Auckland, New Zealand
- **Died:** 9 June 2013
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14644871, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0573541/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/7261

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Once Were Warriors*](https://film.one/film/once-were-warriors.md) (82)

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## Biography

Murray McNabb was a New Zealand composer and jazz keyboardist. Born in Auckland on 6 March 1947, he worked in the local music scene for over four decades and stood at the forefront of New Zealand jazz.

In the 1990s he collaborated frequently with Murray Grindlay on screen projects and commercials. Their credits include the score for the film *Once Were Warriors* (1994), the soundtrack for *Broken English* (1996) and music for the television series *Greenstone* (1999). McNabb died in Auckland on 9 June 2013.

*Sources: imdb.com, nzonscreen.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Once Were Warriors* (1994), Fi1m 82, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/once-were-warriors.md)

## Complete filmography (1)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Once Were Warriors* (1994), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/once-were-warriors.md)

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