John Murphy (II)

Trivia

• Other excerpts from his scores have been released for advertising, in particular "In the House - In a Heartbeat" from 28 Days Later.
• He has also composed and produced music for commercials, including campaigns for Reebok, Nike and Apple.
• Awards for his film music include the Silver Award (1st Prize) at Cannes, a British D & AD Award, and a BMI Award. He has been nominated for an Ivor Novello, an RTS Award, and the BRIT Award for Best Soundtrack.
• In 2006 Murphy composed the score for Michael Mann's Miami Vice and most recently composed the score for the 2009 remake of 1972 film, The Last House on the Left.
• He also collaborated with Underworld to score Danny Boyle's science fiction film Sunshine.
• He has produced several prominent and diverse successes, including City by the Sea and Danny Boyle's box-office success 28 Days Later and its sequel 28 Weeks Later.
• 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.
• Murphy began composing music for films in the early 1990s and scored his first hit with Leon the Pig Farmer.
• He is a self taught multi-instrumental musician who began his career in the 1980s working notably with The Lotus Eaters, Thomas Lang and Claudia Brücken.
• John Murphy is an English film composer.