John Murphy 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 Br�cken. 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 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" and "Adagio in D Minor" have been featured in a variety of TV shows, commercials and film trailers. 

March 4th, 1965 in Liverpool (Age 59)