John Murphy

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Biography

John Murphy (born 4 March 1965) is a British film composer. He is a self-taught multi-instrumental musician who began his career in the 1980s, working with The Lotus Eaters, Thomas Lang, and Claudia Brücken. He has collaborated with directors Danny Boyle, Guy Ritchie, Michael Mann, Matthew Vaughn, Stephen Frears, and James Gunn. Murphy gained recognition in the film industry while working with Guy Ritchie on his film Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, Michael Mann's Miami Vice, Matthew Vaughn's Kick-Ass, and scoring various films by Danny Boyle. His instrumental tracks "In the House—In a Heartbeat" from 28 Days Later and "Adagio in D Minor" from Sunshine have been featured in a variety of TV shows, commercials, and film trailers. Born in Liverpool, England, Murphy began composing music for films in the early 1990s and scored his first hit with Leon the Pig Farmer. Together with former OMD member David Hughes, he worked on several successful British movies, enjoying particular success with the soundtrack to 1998's Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels. Since 2000's Snatch, Murphy has worked independently and has been based in Los Angeles. His successes include Danny Boyle's box-office success 28 Days Later and its sequel 28 Weeks Later. He also collaborated with Underworld to score Danny Boyle's science fiction film Sunshine. In 2006, Murphy composed the score for Michael Mann's Miami Vice. In 2009, he composed the music for the 2009 remake of the 1972 film The Last House on the Left, followed by 2010's Kick-Ass, based on the comic book of the same name. Other excerpts from his scores have been released for advertising, in particular "In the House—In a Heartbeat" from 28 Days Later and "Adagio in D minor" from Sunshine. In 2014, he released an album titled Anonymous Rejected Filmscore that had been, as the title suggests, composed for a film whose studio head had rejected for being too 'weird.' Murphy promised the director that he wouldn't name the film. The score was allowed to develop in directions unconstrained by the original film's narrative, and the cover art is a photograph of Murphy's son, taken by his wife through her sunglasses. In 2019 he scored "Les Miserables" for the BBC, and in 2020, he composed the score for James Gunn's The Suicide Squad. Description above from the Wikipedia article John Murphy (composer), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

1. 2025SupermanMusic
2. 2023Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3Music
3. 2022The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday SpecialMusic
4. 2021The Suicide SquadMusic
5. 2018Les MisérablesMusic
6. 2012Eighty-SixMusic
7. 2010Kick-AssMusic
8. 2009ArmoredMusic
9. 2009Janky PromotersMusic
10. 2009The Last House on the LeftMusic
11. 2008Bernard Herrmann: Hitchcock's Maestroas Self
12. 200728 Weeks LaterMusic
13. 2007SunshineMusic
14. 2006Miami ViceMusic
15. 2006Basic Instinct 2Music
16. 2005The ManMusic
17. 2005MillionsMusic
18. 2005Guess WhoMusic
19. 2004The Perfect ScoreMusic
20. 2003IntermissionMusic
21. 2002Friday After NextMusic
22. 200228 Days LaterMusic
23. 2002City by the SeaMusic
24. 2002Mama AfricaMusic
25. 2002New Best FriendMusic
26. 2002All About the BenjaminsMusic
27. 2001Mean MachineMusic
28. 2001StrumpetMusic
29. 2001Vacuuming Completely Nude in ParadiseMusic
30. 2001Chain of FoolsMusic
31. 2001LiamMusic
32. 2000SnatchMusic
33. 1999The BachelorMusic
34. 1999One More KissMusic
35. 1998Lock, Stock and Two Smoking BarrelsMusic
36. 1998The Real Howard SpitzMusic
37. 1998What Rats Won't DoMusic
38. 1997Black Velvet BandMusic
39. 1997The Man Who Made Husbands JealousMusic
40. 1996DarklandsMusic
41. 1996Giving TongueMusic
42. 1995ProteusMusic
43. 1995Clockwork MiceMusic
44. 1995Welcome II the TerrordomeMusic
45. 1994A Feast at MidnightMusic