TV

David has composed for many TV shows including the BBC series The Luminaries, which won best score at the APRA Silver Scolls, Secrets at Red Rocks (with Stephen Gallagher) which won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Direction and Composition, and Mystic (with Steve Gallagher) which won best TV series at the NZ Film and Television Awards. He composed the scores for Kiddets and The WotWots which are both available in over 100 territories.

The Choir Games

Produced by South Pacific Pictures and SKY. Directed by Leanne Pooley

Secrets at Red Rocks

Produced by Libertine Pictures and SKY. Score co-composed with Stephen Gallagher

Mystic

Produced by Libertine Pictures and Slim film+television. Score co-composed with Stephen Gallagher

Kiddets

Kiddets is a spin-off of the popular childrens tv show The WotWots, which David also worked on. Kiddets was co-produced by Pukeko Pictures and Hengxin Shambala Kids Cultural Industry Development Co., Ltd.

The Luminaries

Produced by Working Title Television, BBC and Southern Light Films, adapted for the screen by novelist Eleanor Catton. The score won the 2020 APRA award for Best Original Music in a Series

All TV Series

  • The Choir Games - (dir. Leanne Pooley, Spacific Films, Sky) 2025

  • Secrets at Red Rocks - (with Stephen Gallagher) (Libertine Pictures) 2024

  • Mystic - (with Stephen Gallagher) three series (BBC and Libertine Pictures) 2020 - 2022

  • Kiddets - three series (Pukeko Pictures) 2018 - 2020

  • Book Hungry Bears (Pukeko Pictures) 2020

  • Inside (Luminous Beast) 2020

  • The Luminaries (BBC, Southern Light Films) 2020

  • The WotWots - two series (Pukeko Pictures) 2010

  • Ice (Power, UK) 2011

  • Paradise Cafe (BBC, Gibson Group) 2009 - 2011

  • Being Billy Apple (Dir. Leanne Pooley) 2007

  • Insiders Guide to Happiness (Gibson Group) 2003

  • Insiders Guide to Love (Gibson Group) 2004

  • The Hothouse (Gibson Group) 2005

  • The Lost Children (Big House Productions) 2006

  • The Strip (series 2) (Gibson Group) 2003

See Also:

David Long Concord Music Publishing

David Long IMDB entry

David Long Spotify