Sean Murray (composer)

Sean William Murray
Sean William Murray
Born	Santa Barbara, California, United States
Genres	Film scores; video game score;
Occupations	Composer; video game composer;
Years active	1986–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).

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

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

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

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

Year	Title	Notes
2020	Dead Reckoning
2022	White Elephant
2023	One Ranger

Television

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	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

Year	Title	Notes
2003	True Crime: Streets of LA
2005	True Crime: New York City
2008	Call of Duty: World at War
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
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.