David Mansfield is an American violinist, mandolin player and guitarist.

Raised in Leonia, New Jersey, his first band was Quacky Duck and his Barnyard Friends , which also included two sons of Tony Bennett.

Bob Dylan asked Mansfield to tour with him on his 1975 "Rolling Thunder Revue" tour. When that tour had ended, Mansfield and two other members of Dylan's band, T-Bone Burnett and Steven Soles, formed The Alpha Band. The band released three albums, The Alpha Band in 1977, Spark In The Dark in 1977, and The Statue Makers of Hollywood in 1978.

Since The Alpha Band broke up, Mansfield has continued to work as a musician in sessions for Dylan, Burnett, Johnny Cash, Nanci Griffith, Bruce Hornsby, Roger McGuinn, Sam Phillips, Mark Heard, The Roches, Edie Brickell, Spinal Tap, Lucinda Williams, Dwight Yoakam and others.

Mansfield composed the music for the notable 1980 film Heaven's Gate, and has since gone on to write scores for a number of films.

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