David Long is a great musician and composer, responsible for some remarkable music. Bursting out of the musical hotbed of Wellington, NZ, in the mid-1980s, David has gone on to fame as the guitarist in The Mutton Birds and, more recently, as a composer and musician for film and dance and as a music producer. He regularly collaborates with fellow Mana composers Plan 9, including writing the cultural music for Peter's Jackson's legendary LOTR trilogy.

David's most recent work includes the score to two successful television series, “The Strip” and “The Insiders Guide to Happiness”. David recently completed production of the lastest album from New Zealand musical icon, Dave Dobbyn and is currently scoring the series “The Insider Guide To Love”. Later this year David will score the children's television series “The Lost Children”.

Film Scores

LORD OF THE RINGS
Cultural music for Peter Jackson's trilogy (with Plan 9)

ARC
Dance film by Douglas Wright, 1999

HOME MOVIE
Score for Fiona Samuels' Montana Drama, 1997

AWOL
Feature film score with Don McGlashan and Mark Austin (finalist in the NZ Film and TV Awards)

Music for Television

PERSONAL INJURY
Channel 4 documentary (UK)

WHO KILLED YVONNE FLETCHER?
Channel 4 documentary (UK)

Music for Dance / Theatre

BLUE SMOKE
Commissioned for the 2000 Festival of the Arts

BAXTER
Commissioned for the 2000 Festival of the Arts

QUICK & HURTLE
Commissioned for Shona McCullagh's dance company

ADAM
Co-composed dance score for Mary-Jane O'Reilly's company

FOREVER
Composed dance score for Douglas Wrights' company

CABARET
Live band (with Plan 9) for 10-week season of at Downstage Theatre 1998/99

Music Releases (with The Mutton Birds)

"The Mutton Birds" 1992 (platinum status)
(Winner Best Album, Best Single and Best Band, NZ Music awards)

"Salty" 1994 (platinum status)