Sean Murray (composer)

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Sean William Murray
Born Santa Barbara, California, United States
Genres Film scores, video game score
Occupation(s) Composer, video game composer
Years active1986–present
Website seanmurraymusic.com

Sean Murray [1] is an American composer who has composed for numerous films, television shows and video games, such as God, the Devil and Bob (2000), starring Alan Cumming, James Garner and French Stewart, Art Heist (2004), Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997), True Crime: Streets of LA (2003), Call of Duty: World at War (2008), and the record-selling game Call of Duty: Black Ops (2010).

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Biography

Sean grew up in Santa Barbara, California, where he attended the Brooks Institute Film School. There he began studying film composing, by contributing music to dozens of student movies. Sean debuted as a composer when he was a teenager for the action film Scorpion.

Discography

Films

1990s

YearTitleNotes
1986Scorpion
1989One for the Road Documentary film
1992Dying for a SmokeDocumentary film
1993Spree
1995The Crier
1995God of Rockabilly
1996Arranged Marriage
1996One Way Out
1997A Rock and a Hard Place
1997Critics and Other Freaks
1997Madam Savant
1997Ocean Tribe
1997The First to Go
1998Devil's Playground
1998The Legend of Cryin' Ryan
1999Treasure
1999The Doorman
1999Shogun Cop

2000s

YearTitleNotes
2001Elvis Is Alive
2001Red Man Short film
2001Firetrap
2001The Elite
2002 Phase IV
2002 Storm Watch
2002The Honorable
2002 Con Express Direct-to-video
2002Global Effect
2003Purgatory Flats
2004Face of Terror
2004 Art Heist
2005 Bad Girls from Valley High Direct-to-video
2005Island Prey
2005Crusader
2007The Deal
2007StevieTelevision film
2008 Clean Break
2008Reflections
2009Kids in the Yard Short film

2010s

YearTitleNotes
2010Junkyard Dog
2010 Kill Speed
2011Palominas
2013 The Package
2013The Hard RidePre-production
2014 Black Rose
2016 Showdown in Manila
2018The Debt Collector
2018 Accident Man

2020s

YearTitleNotes
2020 Dead Reckoning
2022 White Elephant

Television

YearTitleNotes
1995–1996 The Savage Dragon
1996–1997 Women: Stories of Passion "Sing, Sing Me the Blues" (Season 1, Episode 10)
"Blind Love" (Season 1, Episode 12)
"Mind's Eyes" (Season 2, Episode 1)
1997 Treasure Television film
1997–1998 Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 2
1999Sam Churchill: Search for a Homeless ManTelevision film
2000 God, the Devil and Bob Episodes 1–5
2005Descent Television film
2006EarthstormTelevision film
2007Hidden CameraTelevision film
2009The LostTelevision film

Video games

YearTitleNotes
2003 True Crime: Streets of LA
2005 True Crime: New York City
2008 Call of Duty: World at War – Final Fronts PlayStation 2 counterpart to World at War
2008 Call of Duty: World at War
2010 Call of Duty: Black Ops
2014 Breach & Clear
2014 Counter Strike: Global Offensive Added as a Music Kit

Personal life

Sean is the son of actor Don Murray, who was nominated for an Academy Award in the 1956 comedy film Bus Stop . Sean also has two brothers, Christopher and Mick Murray. He lives in Hollywood Hills with his wife and daughter.

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