John Murphy

John Murphy

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.

  • Title: John Murphy
  • Popularity: 2.713
  • Known For: Sound
  • Birthday: 1965-03-04
  • Place of Birth: Liverpool, England, UK
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John Murphy Movies

  • 2008
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    Bernard Herrmann: Hitchcock's Maestro

    Bernard Herrmann: Hitchcock's Maestro

    1 2008 HD

    No director-composer collaboration has been more seminal to motion pictures than the partnership of Alfred Hitchcock and Bernard Herrmann. In this...

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  • 2006
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    Miami Vice

    Miami Vice

    6.003 2006 HD

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  • 2000
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    Snatch

    Snatch

    7.8 2000 HD

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  • 1998
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    Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels

    Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels

    8.119 1998 HD

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  • 2002
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    28 Days Later

    28 Days Later

    7.2 2002 HD

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  • 1999
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    The Bachelor

    The Bachelor

    5.2 1999 HD

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  • 2006
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    Basic Instinct 2

    Basic Instinct 2

    5 2006 HD

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  • 2004
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    Millions

    Millions

    6.4 2004 HD

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  • 2005
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    Guess Who

    Guess Who

    5.987 2005 HD

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  • 2001
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    Mean Machine

    Mean Machine

    6.229 2001 HD

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  • 1994
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    A Feast At Midnight

    A Feast At Midnight

    6.1 1994 HD

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  • 2010
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    Kick-Ass

    Kick-Ass

    7.123 2010 HD

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  • 2023
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    Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3

    Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3

    7.962 2023 HD

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  • 2009
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    Armored

    Armored

    5.706 2009 HD

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  • 2003
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    Intermission

    Intermission

    6.17 2003 HD

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  • 2004
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    The Perfect Score

    The Perfect Score

    5.8 2004 HD

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  • 2022
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    The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special

    The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special

    7.1 2022 HD

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  • 2025
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    Superman

    Superman

    1 2025 HD

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  • 2002
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    Friday After Next

    Friday After Next

    6.292 2002 HD

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  • 1995
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    Clockwork Mice

    Clockwork Mice

    4.8 1995 HD

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  • 2001
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    Liam

    Liam

    6.3 2001 HD

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  • 2007
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    28 Weeks Later

    28 Weeks Later

    6.612 2007 HD

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  • 2005
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    The Man

    The Man

    5.722 2005 HD

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  • 2009
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    The Last House on the Left

    The Last House on the Left

    6.5 2009 HD

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  • 2002
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    New Best Friend

    New Best Friend

    4.9 2002 HD

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  • 1997
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    Black Velvet Band

    Black Velvet Band

    7 1997 HD

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  • 2001
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    Strumpet

    Strumpet

    5.3 2001 HD

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  • 2007
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    Sunshine

    Sunshine

    7 2007 HD

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  • 1995
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    Proteus

    Proteus

    4.9 1995 HD

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  • 2008
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    Secret Access: Air Force One

    Secret Access: Air Force One

    1 2008 HD

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  • 2002
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    All About the Benjamins

    All About the Benjamins

    5.883 2002 HD

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  • 2001
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    Shooters

    Shooters

    4.4 2001 HD

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  • 2012
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    Eighty-Six

    Eighty-Six

    6 2012 HD

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  • 1998
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    What Rats Won't Do

    What Rats Won't Do

    5.3 1998 HD

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  • 2009
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    Janky Promoters

    Janky Promoters

    5.813 2009 HD

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  • 2001
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    Vacuuming Completely Nude in Paradise

    Vacuuming Completely Nude in Paradise

    5.3 2001 HD

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  • 2001
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    Chain of Fools

    Chain of Fools

    5.743 2001 HD

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  • 2021
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    The Suicide Squad

    The Suicide Squad

    7.501 2021 HD

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  • 2002
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    City by the Sea

    City by the Sea

    5.762 2002 HD

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  • 1999
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    One More Kiss

    One More Kiss

    5.6 1999 HD

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  • 1970
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    7.4 1970 HD

    France, 1815. Jean Valjean, a common thief, is released from prison after having lived a hell in life for 19 years, but a small mistake puts the law...

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