Jazz musician Murray McNabb dies

A jazz musician who was behind the music for the gritty movie Once Were Warriors has died.

Murray McNabb of Auckland was 66 when he died on Sunday.

The music website Dubdotdash says McNabb has been at the forefront of jazz for over four decades.

He was described as a "master of the cinematic soundscape" and scored for television and film and was a member of seminal jazz-fusion groups Dr. Tree, Space Case, Modern Times and Band R.

For Once Were Warriors in 1994 he teamed up with Murray Grindlay.

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