Biography
John Murphy was born in Liverpool and began scoring movies at 25. In 2000, following the success of Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels and Snatch, he moved to Los Angeles.
Since then the self-taught musician has worked with some of the industry's most respected and luminary filmmakers, including Danny Boyle, Guy Ritchie, Stephen Frears, Matthew Vaughn and Michael Mann, producing film scores as prominent and diverse as Kick-Ass, Sunshine, Miami Vice, Snatch and the seminal 28 Days Later.
Most Notable Awards
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| British Academy Award | Nomination |
| Cannes Silver Award | 1 Win |
After Kick-Ass, Murphy set up the record label Taped Noise and began work on several non-movie projects, the first of which, anonymous rejected filmscore, will be released in June 2014. Murphy's music has been featured in commercials for Nike, Louis Vuitton, Audi, Samsung, Dior, Google and Apple.
Filmography List
| 2013 | Love Never Fails/Forever Found (Short) | Original Music Composer |
| 2011 | Frontline (TV Series documentary) (1 episode) | Original Music Composer |
| 2011 | Dispatches (TV Series documentary) (1 episode) | Original Music Composer |
| 2010 | Kick-Ass | Original Music Composer |
| 2009 | Armored | Original Music Composer |
| 2009 | The Janky Promoters | Original Music Composer |
| 2009 | The Last House on the Left | Original Music Composer |
| 2007 | 28 Weeks Later | Original Music Composer |
| 2007 | Sunshine | Original Music Composer |
| 2006 | Miami Vice | Original Music Composer |
| 2006 | Basic Instinct 2 | Original Music Composer |
| 2005 | The Man | Original Music Composer |
| 2005 | Keeping Up with the Jonesers (Short) | Original Music Composer |
| 2005 | Guess Who | Original Music Composer |
| 2004 | Millions | Original Music Composer |
| 2004 | The Perfect Score | Original Music Composer |
| 2003 | Intermission | Original Music Composer |
| 2002 | Friday After Next | Original Music Composer |
| 2002 | 28 Days Later... | Original Music Composer |
| 2002 | City by the Sea | Original Music Composer |
| 2002 | New Best Friend | Original Music Composer |
| 2002 | All About the Benjamins | Original Music Composer |
| 2001 | Mean Machine | Original Music Composer |
| 2001 | Shooters | Original Music Composer |
| 2001 | Strumpet (TV Movie) | Original Music Composer |
| 2001 | Vacuuming Completely Nude in Paradise (TV Movie) | Original Music Composer |
| 2001 | Hang Time (Short) | Original Music Composer |
| 2000 | Chain of Fools | Original Music Composer |
| 2000 | Liam | Original Music Composer |
| 2000 | Snatch. | Original Music Composer |
| 2000 | The Valley (Documentary) | Original Music Composer |
| 1999 | The Bachelor | Original Music Composer |
| 1999 | One More Kiss | Original Music Composer |
| 1998 | Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels | Original Music Composer |
| 1998 | The Real Howard Spitz | Original Music Composer |
| 1998 | What Rats Won't Do | Original Music Composer |
| 1998 | Stiff Upper Lips | Original Music Composer |
| 1997 | Black Velvet Band (TV Movie) | Original Music Composer |
| 1997 | Modern Times (TV Series documentary) (1 episode) | Original Music Composer |
| 1997 | The Man Who Made Husbands Jealous (TV Mini-Series) | Original Music Composer |
| 1997 | Behind the Mask (Short) | Original Music Composer |
| 1996 | Darklands | Original Music Composer |
| 1996 | Eunice the Gladiator (Documentary short) | Original Music Composer |
| 1996 | Where the Bad Girls Go (Documentary short) | Original Music Composer |
| 1995 | Proteus | Original Music Composer |
| 1995 | Clockwork Mice | Original Music Composer |
| 1994 | Dinner in Purgatory | Original Music Composer |
| 1994 | A Feast at Midnight | Original Music Composer |
| 1994 | Beyond Bedlam | Original Music Composer |
| 1992 | Leon the Pig Farmer | Original Music Composer |