John Murphy (composer)

John Murphy (born 4 March 1965) is an English film composer. He is a self-taught multi-instrumental musician who began his career in the 1980s working notably with The Lotus Eaters, Thomas Lang, Gary Wall and Claudia Brücken. Since the beginning of his career he has collaborated numerous times with several directors, mainly Vadim Jean and Danny Boyle. He has received praise through the years and some of his awards include the Silver Award (1st Prize) at the Cannes Film Festival, a British D&AD Award, and a BMI Award.
Murphy gained recognition in the film industry while working with Guy Ritchie in 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.
==Background==
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 and Shooters, Murphy has been mainly based in Los Angeles. His successes include City by the Sea and 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.
== Discography ==
=== Film work ===
Feature films	Feature films 	Feature films 	Feature films 	Feature films 	
Year 	Title 	Director 	Notes 	Distributed by 	
1992 	Leon the Pig Farmer 	Vadim JeanGary Sinyor 	
Composed with:
* David Hughes	 	
1994 	Beyond Bedlam 	Vadim Jean 	 	 	
1994 	A Feast at Midnight 	Justin Hardy 	
Composed with:
* David Hughes	 	
1994 	Dinner in Purgatory 	Kerry Kieman 	 	 	
1995 	Clockwork Mice 	Vadim Jean 	 	 	
1995 	Proteus 	Bob Keen 	 	 	
1996 	Duckland 	Julian Richards 	 	 	
1997 	Behind the Mask 	Ngozi Onwurah 	Short film 	 	
1998 	Stiff Upper Lips 	Gary Sinyor 	 	Miramax Films 	
1998 	What Rats Won't Do 	Alastair Reid 	 	 	
1998 	The Real Howard Spitz 	Vadim Jean 	 	New Line Cinema 	
1998 	Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels	Guy Ritchie 	
Composed with:
* David Hughes	PolyGram Filmed EntertainmentGramercy Pictures 	
1999 	One More Kiss 	Vadim Jean 	
Composed with:
* David Hughes	The Mob Film Company 	
1999 	The Bachelor 	Gary Sinyor 	
Composed with:
* David Hughes	New Line Cinema 	
2000 	Snatch 	Guy Ritchie 	 	Columbia PicturesScreen Gems 	
2000 	Liam 	Stephen Frears 	 	Lionsgate Entertainment 	
2000 	Chain of Fools 	Pontus LöwenhielmPatrick von Krusenstjerna	
Composed with:
* David Hughes
* Mike Oliver Everett	Warner Bros. Pictures 	
2001 	Henry 	Nora Twomey 	 	Summit Entertainment 	
2001 	Hang Time 	Ngozi Onwurah 	Short film 	 	
2001 	Shooters 	Dan Reed 	
Composed with:
* Daniel Griffiths	 	
2001 	Mean Machine 	Barry Skolnick 	 	Paramount Pictures 	
2002 	All About the Benjamins 	Kevin Bray 	 	New Line Cinema 	
2002 	New Best Friend 	Zoe Clarke-Williams 	
Composed with:
* David Hughes	Tristar Pictures 	
2002 	City by the Sea 	Michael Caton-Jones 	 	Warner Bros. Pictures 	
2002 	28 Days Later 	Danny Boyle 	 	20th Century FoxFox Searchlight Pictures 	
2002 	London Gone 	Makoto Shinkai 	 	Toho 	
2002 	Friday After Next 	Marcus Raboy 	 	New Line Cinema 	
2003 	Intermission 	John Crowley 	 	Buena Vista PicturesDreamWorks Pictures 	
2004 	The Perfect Score 	Brian Robbins 	 	Paramount Pictures 	
2004 	Millions 	Danny Boyle 	 	Pathé DistributionFox Searchlight Pictures 	
2005 	Guess Who 	Kevin Rodney Sullivan 	 	Columbia Pictures 	
2005 	The Man 	Les Mayfield 	 	New Line CinemaColumbia Pictures 	
2006 	Basic Instinct 2 	Michael Caton-Jones 	
Themes by:
* Jerry Goldsmith 	Metro-Goldwyn-MayerEntertainment Film Distributors	
2006 	Miami Vice 	Michael Mann 	
Composed with:
* Klaus Badelt	Universal Pictures 	
2007 	Sunshine 	Danny Boyle 	
Composed with:
* Underworld 	Fox Searchlight Pictures 	
2007 	Luminesecence 	Makoto Shinkai 	 	Toho 	
2007 	28 Weeks Later 	Juan Carlos Fresnadillo 	 	20th Century Fox 	
2007 	London Reborn 	Makoto Shinkai 	 	Toho 	
2009 	The Last House on the Left 	Dennis Iliadis 	 	Rogue Pictures 	
2009 	Janky Promoters 	Marcus Raboy 	 	Third Rail Releasing 	
2009 	Armored 	Nimród Antal 	 	Screen Gems 	
2010 	Kick-Ass 	Matthew Vaughn 	
Composed with:
* Henry Jackman
* Marius de Vries
* Ilan Eshkeri	Lionsgate EntertainmentUniversal Pictures 	
2013 	Love Never Fails/Forever Found 	Kelsey Shaw McNeal 	Short film 	 	
2021 	The Suicide Squad 	James Gunn 	Replaced Tyler Bates 	Warner Bros. Pictures 	
2023 	Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 	James Gunn 	Replaced Tyler Bates 	Marvel Studios 	
2027 	Light 	Bryan Andrews 	 	Columbia Pictures 	
Documentaries	Documentaries 	Documentaries 	Documentaries 	Documentaries 	
Year 	Title 	Director 	Notes 	Distributed by 	
1996 	Where the Bad Girls Go 	Chris Bernard 	Short film 	 	
1996 	Eunice the Gladiator 	Chris Bernard 	Short film 	 	
2000 	The Valley 	Dan Reed 	 	Suspect Device Films 	
 	2016 	Storm Clouds (film) 	Col. Jimmy Curtis (uncredited)	 	Screen Gems, Film4 Productions
=== Television work ===
TV series	TV series 	TV series	TV series
Year 	Title 	Notes 	
1997 	Modern Times	
Episode:
* The Bubble	
2011 	Dispatches 	
Episode:
* The Battle for Haiti	
2011 	Frontline 	
Episode:
* Battle for Haiti	
===Charting discography===
Year	Single 	Peak position 	Album
Year	Single 	FRALesCharts.com: John Murphy page	Album
2012	"In the House – In a Heartbeat	89 	28 Days Later: The Soundtrack Album
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