Liverpool born John Murphy is an award-nominated film composer who began scoring movies at the age of 25. He moved to Los Angles in 2001, following the success of his scores for Guy Ritchie’s films Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels and Snatch, starring Brad Pitt and Jason Statham.

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

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Continuing his collaboration with James Gunn, John recently scored Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special, and he is currently scoring Superman Legacy for DC Entertainment.

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Murphy’s other film score credits include City by the Sea, The Perfect Score starring Scarlett Johannson and Chris Evans, and he also scored the BBC mini-series adaptation of Les Misérables and The Valley, a documentary looking in Kosovo at the height of carnage in 1998.

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His movie trailers include Captain America, X-Men, Cloverfield, War of the Worlds, and Avatar. His music has been featured in advertising campaigns for Nike, Microsoft, Google and Apple. Murphy set up the record label Taped Noise as a home for his non-movie projects.