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Murray Grindlay

Composer, Performer

Since first winning infamy as lead singer of 60s blues band The Underdogs, Murray Grindlay has applied his musical talents composing for movies and television (Once Were Warriors, Greenstone), producing (hit single 'Sailing Away', Goldenhorse album Out of the Moon) and as a prolific and versatile writer of advertising jingles (the classic 'Have a Crunchie' train robbery commercial, Travellin' On). 

Filling a blank piece of paper with a song was always my favourite part of the process ... still is. Murray Grindlay

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Interview

ScreenTalk Legends - Murray Grindlay

Interview, 2024

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Interview

Murray Grindlay: Film composer and jingle writer extraordinaire...

Interview, 2014

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Talk Talk - Series Two

2009, Subject (episode 4), Performer - Television

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Rocked the Nation

2008 - 2011, Subject - Television

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The Making of Sleeping Dogs

2004, Subject - Short Film

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Greenstone

1999, Composer - Television

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Greenstone - First Episode

1999, Composer - Television

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Street Legal - Pilot Episode

1998, Additional music - Television

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Kiwiana - Kiwi As

1997, Composer - Television

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Broken English

1996, Composer - Film

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Welcome to Our World - Toyota

1995, Music Producer - Commercial

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McDonald's Kiwiburger Commercials

1995 - 2020, Performer, Composer (1995, 2020) - Commercial

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Once Were Warriors

1994, Composer - Film

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Theme from Once Were Warriors

1994, Composer - Music video

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Red Blooded - Lion Red

1993, Composer - Commercial

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Travellin' On - Europa (with Stevie Ray Vaughan)

1988, Performer - Commercial

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Heatwave - L&P

1987, Music Producer - Commercial

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Don’t Get Caught - Cadbury Creme Egg

1985, Composer - Commercial

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Sheba (She Sha She Shoo)

1983, Performer - Music video

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Shoop Shoop Diddy Wop Cumma Cumma Wang Dang

1982, Composer, Performer - Music video

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Contact - They Shoot Commercials, don't they?

1982, Composer - Crunchie commercial - Television

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Dear John - BASF

1981, Musical Arranger - Commercial

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The Greatest Run on Earth

1980, Composer - Television

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Sleeping Dogs

1977, Composer - Film

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Great Crunchie Train Robbery - Cadbury Crunchie

1975, Composer - Commercial

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Sitting in the Rain

1967, Performer - Music video