John Murphy John Murphy John Murphy

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

3 Award Wins, 4 Nominations
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-AssOriginal Music Composer
2009 ArmoredOriginal Music Composer
2009 The Janky PromotersOriginal Music Composer
2009 The Last House on the LeftOriginal Music Composer
2007 28 Weeks LaterOriginal Music Composer
2007 SunshineOriginal Music Composer
2006 Miami ViceOriginal Music Composer
2006 Basic Instinct 2Original Music Composer
2005 The ManOriginal Music Composer
2005 Keeping Up with the Jonesers (Short)Original Music Composer
2005 Guess WhoOriginal Music Composer
2004 MillionsOriginal Music Composer
2004 The Perfect ScoreOriginal Music Composer
2003 IntermissionOriginal Music Composer
2002 Friday After NextOriginal Music Composer
2002 28 Days Later...Original Music Composer
2002 City by the SeaOriginal Music Composer
2002 New Best FriendOriginal Music Composer
2002 All About the BenjaminsOriginal Music Composer
2001 Mean MachineOriginal Music Composer
2001 ShootersOriginal 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 FoolsOriginal Music Composer
2000 LiamOriginal Music Composer
2000 Snatch.Original Music Composer
2000 The Valley (Documentary)Original Music Composer
1999 The BachelorOriginal Music Composer
1999 One More KissOriginal Music Composer
1998 Lock, Stock and Two Smoking BarrelsOriginal Music Composer
1998 The Real Howard SpitzOriginal Music Composer
1998 What Rats Won't DoOriginal Music Composer
1998 Stiff Upper LipsOriginal 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 DarklandsOriginal Music Composer
1996 Eunice the Gladiator (Documentary short)Original Music Composer
1996 Where the Bad Girls Go (Documentary short)Original Music Composer
1995 ProteusOriginal Music Composer
1995 Clockwork MiceOriginal Music Composer
1994 Dinner in PurgatoryOriginal Music Composer
1994 A Feast at MidnightOriginal Music Composer
1994 Beyond BedlamOriginal Music Composer
1992 Leon the Pig FarmerOriginal Music Composer

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