Murray A. Lightburn is a Canadian musician and composer, best known as the lead vocalist and principal songwriter for The Dears.

[1] Lightburn has been called "the black Morrissey" due to his vocal similarity (and shared penchant for somewhat dark lyrics) to the former The Smiths lead singer.

[6] As a composer, Murray has produced original music for films including Any Other Way: The Jackie Shane Story,[7] I Like Movies, and Too Much Sleep.

Other credits include scores for TV series Near or Far (to be released in 2024 on CBC Gem), Black Life: Untold Stories, and original soundtrack for We Happy Few including the theme for the Lightbearer DLC.

In 2005, Lightburn married fellow band member, keyboardist/singer Natalia Yanchak.