 Murphy (seated left) with John Williams (standing) |
Born in Los Angeles, CA; attended San Francisco (CA) State University (broadcast communications). Scoring and sound re-recording mixer with over 300 films and television movies/programs to his credit. Started as a sound mixer in television in the mid-1970s. He has recorded and mixed most of John Williams' film scores since the mid-1980s. Other notable (non-nominated) film credits include SOMETHING WICKED THIS WAY COMES, BRAINSTORM, BABY and TESTAMENT (all 1983), SPLASH and COUNTRY (1984), THE BLACK CAULDRON (1985), AN AMERICAN TAIL (1986), EMPIRE OF THE SUN (1987), WILLOW (1988), FIELD OF DREAMS and GLORY (both 1989), DICK TRACY, DANCES WITH WOLVES and GHOST (all 1990), THE ROCKETEER, HOOK and THE PRINCE OF TIDES (all 1991), THE MAMBO KINGS, BATMAN RETURNS, BRAM STOKER'S DRACULA and CHAPLIN (all 1992), SWING KIDS and TIM BURTON'S THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS (both 1993), BLACK BEAUTY, LEGENDS OF THE FALL and LITTLE WOMEN (all 1994), BRAVEHEART, APOLLO 13 and JUMANJI (all 1995), TWISTER, MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE, SPACE JAM and MARS ATTACKS! (all 1996), THE LOST WORLD: JURASSIC PARK, MEN IN BLACK, TITANIC and AMISTAD (all 1997), GODZILLA, SAVING PRIVATE RYAN and THE PRINCE OF EGYPT (all 1998), INSTINCT, STIR OF ECHOES, THE SIXTH SENSE, SNOW FALLING ON CEDARS, SLEEPY HOLLOW and FANTASIA/2000 (all 1999), THE PATRIOT, THE REPLACEMENTS and THE EMPEROR'S NEW GROOVE (all 2000), A.I. ARTIFICIAL INTELLEGENCE and ATLANTIS: THE LOST EMPIRE (both 2001), RETURN TO NEVER LAND, THE SCORPION KING, STAR WARS: EPISODE II - ATTACK OF THE CLONES, MINORITY REPORT, SIGNS, THE EMPEROR'S CLUB, THE TUXEDO, TREASURE PLANET and CATCH ME IF YOU CAN (all 2002), THE JUNGLE BOOK 2, DREAMCATCHER, MYSTIC RIVER, ELF and PETER PAN (all 2003), HIDALGO, THE PASSION OF THE CHRIST, HARRY POTTER AND THE PRISONER OF AZKABAN, THE VILLAGE and COLLATERAL (all 2004), ROBOTS, THE INTERPRETER, STAR WARS: EPISODE III - REVENGE OF THE SITH, CHICKEN LITTLE, MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA, MUNICH and THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA: THE LION, THE WITCH AND THE WARDROBE (all 2005), EIGHT BELOW, ICE AGE: THE MELTDOWN, X-MEN: THE LAST STAND, MONSTER HOUSE, THE ANT BULLY, BOBBY and HAPPY FEET (all 2006), FREEDOM WRITERS, GEORGIA RULE, EVAN ALMIGHTY, THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM, IN THE VALLEY OF ELAH, LIONS FOR LAMBS, P.S. I LOVE YOU and CHARLIE WILSON'S WAR (all 2007), and JUMPER and STOP LOSS (both scheduled for 2008).
3 nominations, 1 Award |
Nominated for Achievement in Sound