Sean Murray (composer)

{{short description|American composer}}

{{Infobox musical artist

| name = Sean William Murray

| birth_place = Santa Barbara, California, United States

| occupation = Composer, video game composer

| years_active = 1986–present

| website = [http://www.seanmurraymusic.com/ seanmurraymusic.com]

| genre = Film scores, video game score

}}

Sean Murray{{Cite web|url=http://www.faqs.org/copyright/anything-waterlove-secrets-you-can-take-me-home-its-the/|title = Anything; Waterlove; Secrets; You can take me home, It's the money, the Summons}} 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).

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==

class="wikitable sortable"
Year

! Title

! Notes

1986

| Scorpion

|

1989

| One for the Road

| Documentary film

1992

| Dying for a Smoke

| Documentary film

1993

| Spree

|

1995

| The Crier

|

1995

| God of Rockabilly

|

1996

| Arranged Marriage

|

1996

| One Way Out

|

1997

| A Rock and a Hard Place

|

1997

| Critics and Other Freaks

|

1997

| Madam Savant

|

1997

| Ocean Tribe

|

1997

| The First to Go

|

1998

| Devil's Playground

|

1998

| The Legend of Cryin' Ryan

|

1999

| Treasure

|

1999

| The Doorman

|

1999

| Shogun Cop

|

==2000s==

class="wikitable sortable"
Year

! Title

! Notes

2001

| Elvis Is Alive

|

2001

| Red Man

| Short film

2001

| Firetrap

|

2001

| The Elite

|

2002

| Phase IV

|

2002

| Storm Watch

|

2002

| The Honorable

|

2002

| Con Express

| Direct-to-video

2002

| Global Effect

|

2003

| Purgatory Flats

|

2004

| Face of Terror

|

2004

| Art Heist

|

2005

| Bad Girls from Valley High

| Direct-to-video

2005

| Island Prey

|

2005

| Crusader

|

2007

| The Deal

|

2007

| Stevie

| Television film

2008

| Clean Break

|

2008

| Reflections

|

2009

| Kids in the Yard

| Short film

==2010s==

class="wikitable sortable"
Year

! Title

! Notes

2010

| Junkyard Dog

|

2010

| Kill Speed

|

2011

| Palominas

|

2013

| The Package

|

2013

| The Hard Ride

| Pre-production

2014

| Black Rose

|

2016

| Showdown in Manila

|

2018

| The Debt Collector

|

2018

| Accident Man

|

2019

| ''Walk. Ride. Rodeo.

|

==2020s==

class="wikitable sortable"
Year

! Title

! Notes

2020

| Dead Reckoning

|

2022

| White Elephant

|

2023

| One Ranger

|

=Television=

class="wikitable sortable"
Year

! Title

! Notes

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

| [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0331007/ Treasure]

| Television film

1997–1998

| Buffy the Vampire Slayer

| Season 2

1999

| Sam Churchill: Search for a Homeless Man

| Television film

2000

| God, the Devil and Bob

| Episodes 1–5

2005

| Descent

| Television film

2006

| Earthstorm

| Television film

2007

| Hidden Camera

| Television film

2009

| The Lost

| Television film

=Video games=

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Year

! Title

! Notes

2003

| True Crime: Streets of LA

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2005

| True Crime: New York City

| style="background-color:#D3D3D3;" |

2008

| Call of Duty: World at War

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2008

| Call of Duty: World at War – Final Fronts

| Uses music featured in Call of Duty: World at War

2010

| Call of Duty: Black Ops

| Also uses original themes from Call of Duty: World at War

2014

| Breach & Clear

| style="background-color:#D3D3D3;" |

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.

References

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