John Murphy (composer)
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John Murphy | |
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Film composer, musician, music producer | |
| Instruments | Guitar, piano |
| Years active | 1980–present |
| Labels | Taped Noise |
| Website | johnmurphyofficial |
John Murphy (born 4 March 1965) is a British
Murphy gained recognition in the film industry while working with
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
In 2014, he released an album titled Anonymous Rejected Filmscore[1] that had been, as the title suggests, composed for a film whose studio head had rejected for being too 'weird'.[2][3] 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[3] and the cover art is a photograph of Murphy's son, taken by his wife through her sunglasses.[3]
In 2019 he scored "Les Miserables" for the BBC, and in 2020, he composed the score for James Gunn's The Suicide Squad.
Discography
Film
Documentaries
| Year | Title | Director | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Where the Bad Girls Go | Chris Bernard | Documentary short |
| Eunice the Gladiator | |||
| 2000 | The Valley | Dan Reed | |
| 2013 | Love Never Fails/Forever Found | Kelsey Shaw McNeal |
Television
| Year | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Modern Times | Episode: "The Bubble" |
| 2011 | Dispatches
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Episode: "The Battle for Haiti" |
Frontline
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Episode: "Battle for Haiti" | |
| 2018 | Les Misérables
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Miniseries |
| 2022 | Peacemaker | TV series |
| The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special | Special |
Charting discography
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CZ Rock [4] |
FRA [5] | ||||||||||||
| "In the House – In a Heartbeat" | 2012 | — | 89 | 28 Days Later: The Soundtrack Album | |||||||||
| " Ralph Saenz )
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2022 | 1 | — | Peacemaker (Soundtrack from the HBO Max Original Series) | |||||||||
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | |||||||||||||
References
- ^ Kaya Savas (26 September 2014). "Anonymous Rejected Filmscore by John Murphy (Review)". Film.Music.Media. Archived from the original on 20 May 2018. Retrieved 19 June 2017.
- ^ Gergely Hubai (August 2014). "Torn Pages: An Anonymous Exclusive". Film Score Monthly. Archived from the original on 9 May 2015. Retrieved 19 June 2017. Alt URL
- ^ a b c Kaya Savas (13 October 2014). "Composer Interview: John Murphy". Film.Music.Media. Archived from the original on 5 August 2016. Retrieved 19 June 2017.
- ^ "CZ - Radio - Top 20 Modern Rock - John Murphy" (in Czech). IFPI Czech Republic. Retrieved 20 January 2023.
- ^ LesCharts.com: John Murphy page
External links
- Official website
- John Murphy at IMDb
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