The Music of 28 Days Later & Sunshine - Composer John Murphy

In this episode, composer John Murphy recounts how an evening at a pub with a friend turned into his first job as composer on a film which led him into a career working with directors like Danny Boyle, Guy Ritchie and Michael Mann. He also tells the story behind his iconic pieces of film music from 28 Days Later and Sunshine (In The House, In a Heartbeat & Adagio in D Minor) that have gone on to be licensed countless times for movies, trailers and advertisements.

Liverpool born John Murphy began scoring movies at the age of 25. In 2001, following the success of Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels and Snatch, he moved to Los Angeles. 

Since then he has worked with some of the industry's most respected and luminary filmmakers, including Michael Mann, Danny Boyle, Guy Ritchie, Stephen Frears, and James Gunn, producing film scores as prominent and diverse as Sunshine, Kick-Ass,The Suicide Squad, and the seminal 28 Days Later.

His movie trailers include Captain America, X-Men, Cloverfield, War of the Worlds, Ex Machina, and Avatar. His music has been featured in advertising campaigns for Nike, Audi, Microsoft, Google, and Apple.

After Kick-Ass Murphy set up the record label Taped Noise and began work on several non-movie projects. He is currently working on The Peacemaker with James Gunn.