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Shawn Murphy(I)

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Shawn Murphy, attended San Francisco State College (B.A., 1968, History) and Stanford University (M.F.A., 1972, Technical Theater Production and Lighting Design). Beginning in Theatrical Lighting and Sound and has worked extensively as a Technical Director and Theatrical Sound Designer (American Conservatory Theater, San Francisco, Oregon Shakespearean Festival, Ashland). His work also includes Radio (KKHI, KFRC, San Francisco) and Television (CBS Television Network, Hollywood.) As a free-lance mixer and audio supervisor his work includes the Academy Awards, Boston Pops Television Series (PBS), Great Performances (PBS), and the original audio design and installation at NBC Saturday Night (Saturday Night Live (1975)). He has recently worked as a consultant and mixer for the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Pacific Symphony Orchestra, Tanglewood Music Festival and the Hollywood Bowl. Mr. Murphy has been involved in design and consultation of facilities for McGill University, Todd-AO, Sony Scoring, among others. Involved in Film Score Recording, Film Rerecording and Event Technical Supervision, Mr. Murphy has worked on over 300 feature films. He has been nominated for three Academy Awards, winning in 1993 for Jurassic Park (1993).
BornMay 16, 1948
BornMay 16, 1948
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    • Won 1 Oscar
      • 10 wins & 31 nominations total

    Known for

    Jeff Goldblum, Richard Attenborough, Laura Dern, Sam Neill, Ariana Richards, BD Wong, Joseph Mazzello, Martin Ferrero, and Bob Peck in Jurassic Park (1993)
    Jurassic Park
    8.2
    • Music Department
    • 1993
    Rachel Zegler and Ansel Elgort in West Side Story (2021)
    West Side Story
    7.1
    • Music Department
    • 2021
    Tom Cruise in Mission: Impossible (1996)
    Mission: Impossible
    7.2
    • Music Department
    • 1996
    Ewan McGregor, Natalie Portman, Anthony Daniels, Liam Neeson, Jake Lloyd, Kenny Baker, Ahmed Best, Keira Knightley, Ray Park, and Peter Serafinowicz in Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999)
    Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
    6.5
    • Music Department
    • 1999

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    • Seth MacFarlane and Max Burkholder in Ted (2024)
      Ted
      7.9
      TV Series
      • scoring mixer
      • 2024
    • Auli'i Cravalho in Hailey's on It! (2023)
      Hailey's on It!
      7.1
      TV Series
      • scoring mixer (uncredited)
      • 2023
    • Jason Schwartzman, Viola Davis, Peter Dinklage, Rachel Zegler, Josh Rivera, Tom Blyth, and Hunter Schafer in The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes (2023)
      The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes
      6.7
      • score recorded & mixed by
      • 2023
    • Connor Esterson, Zachary Levi, Gina Rodriguez, and Everly Carganilla in Spy Kids: Armageddon (2023)
      Spy Kids: Armageddon
      4.3
      • score recorded and mixed by (uncredited)
      • 2023
    • Antonio Banderas, Harrison Ford, Mads Mikkelsen, Ethann Isidore, Boyd Holbrook, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, and Shaunette Renée Wilson in Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (2023)
      Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
      6.5
      • score recorded and mixed by
      • 2023
    • Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker, and Kathy Najimy in Hocus Pocus 2 (2022)
      Hocus Pocus 2
      6.0
      • Score Recorded and Mixed by
      • scoring mixer (uncredited)
      • 2022
    • Steven Spielberg, Judd Hirsch, Paul Dano, Seth Rogen, Michelle Williams, Keeley Karsten, Tony Kushner, Birdie Borria, Alina Brace, Sophia Kopera, Mateo Zoryan, Gabriel LaBelle, Chloe East, and Julia Butters in The Fabelmans (2022)
      The Fabelmans
      7.5
      • music mixed by
      • 2022
    • Scott Grimes, Penny Johnson Jerald, Seth MacFarlane, Peter Macon, Adrianne Palicki, J. Lee, Mark Jackson, and Halston Sage in The Orville (2017)
      The Orville
      8.0
      TV Series
      • scoring mixer
      • 2018–2022
    • Ewan McGregor, James Earl Jones, Hayden Christensen, and Dmitrious Bistrevsky in Obi-Wan Kenobi (2022)
      Obi-Wan Kenobi
      7.0
      TV Mini Series
      • score mixer
      • scoring & mixing engineer (uncredited)
      • 2022
    • Jude Law, James Newton Howard, Jacqueline Boatswain, Matthias Brenner, Richard Coyle, Stuart Craig, Maria Fernanda Cândido, Mark Day, Dan Fogler, Fiona Glascott, David Heyman, Manuel Klein, Steve Kloves, Neil Lamont, Tim Lewis, Ramona Kunze-Libnow, Oliver Masucci, Mads Mikkelsen, William Nadylam, Paul Parker, George Richmond, J.K. Rowling, Peter Simonischek, Alison Sudol, Lionel Wigram, David Yates, Dónal Finn, Bo Ponomari, Mimi Pitakworraratana, Amore Psiche, Tony McCarthy, Stefan Race, Roy 'Tony' Pickering, David Thrower, Radha Sthanakiya, Winston Hayles, Cormac O'Shea, Emilia Karlsson, Lucy Ross, Paul Candelent, Tianyi Kiy, Jessica Cartledge, Isabelle Coverdale, Eugene Lin, Jessica Wai Sum Tong, Pippa Hurley, Eddie Redmayne, Cara Mahoney, Jessica Williams, David Bertrand, Katherine Waterston, Jan Pohl, Maja Bloom, Ezra Miller, Sean Talo, Hebe Beardsall, Richard Price, Nick Owenford, Victoria Yeates, Noor Dillan-Night, Callum Turner, Dave Wong, Martin Polak, Jeremy Azis, Martyn Mayger, Poppy Corby-Tuech, Paul Low-Hang, Sam Shoubber, Valerie Pachner, Lucas Englander, Wilf Scolding, Kazeem Tosin Amore, Nick Davison, Jag Patel, Alexander Kuznetsov, Elizabeth Back, Phil Reeve, Chris Robb, and Johnny Li Gotti in Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore (2022)
      Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore
      6.2
      • score recorded by
      • 2022
    • Jennifer Lopez, Owen Wilson, and Maluma in Marry Me (2022)
      Marry Me
      6.1
      • scoring mixer
      • 2022
    • Rachel Zegler and Ansel Elgort in West Side Story (2021)
      West Side Story
      7.1
      • scoring mixer
      • 2021
    • Ellie Kemper, Rob Delaney, and Archie Yates in Home Sweet Home Alone (2021)
      Home Sweet Home Alone
      3.6
      • score mixer
      • score recordist
      • 2021
    • Giovanni Michael Abate in Clifford the Big Red Dog (2021)
      Clifford the Big Red Dog
      5.9
      • score engineered & mixed by
      • 2021
    • Paul Rudd, Logan Kim, Mckenna Grace, Finn Wolfhard, and Celeste O'Connor in Ghostbusters: Afterlife (2021)
      Ghostbusters: Afterlife
      7.0
      • additional score recording by
      • 2021

    Sound Department



    • Scott Grimes, Penny Johnson Jerald, Seth MacFarlane, Peter Macon, Adrianne Palicki, J. Lee, Mark Jackson, and Halston Sage in The Orville (2017)
      The Orville
      8.0
      TV Series
      • re-recording mixer
      • 2022
    • Jay Baruchel in How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World (2019)
      How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World
      7.4
      • re-recording mixer
      • 2019
    • How to Train Your Dragon 2 (2014)
      How to Train Your Dragon 2
      7.8
      • re-recording mixer: music
      • 2014
    • Great Performances (1971)
      Great Performances
      7.9
      TV Series
      • audio producer
      • sound producer
      • music recording and mixer
      • 1993–2012
    • The 74th Annual Academy Awards (2002)
      The 74th Annual Academy Awards
      5.9
      TV Special
      • sound mixer
      • 2002
    • Fantasia 2000 (1999)
      Fantasia 2000
      7.1
      • re-recording mixer
      • 1999
    • Christopher Walken in Sleepy Hollow (1999)
      Sleepy Hollow
      7.3
      • re-recording mixer
      • 1999
    • Snow Falling on Cedars (1999)
      Snow Falling on Cedars
      6.7
      • re-recording mixer: Skywalker Sound
      • 1999
    • Ewan McGregor, Natalie Portman, Anthony Daniels, Liam Neeson, Jake Lloyd, Kenny Baker, Ahmed Best, Keira Knightley, Ray Park, and Peter Serafinowicz in Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999)
      Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
      6.5
      • re-recording mixer
      • 1999
    • Val Kilmer in The Prince of Egypt (1998)
      The Prince of Egypt
      7.2
      • re-recording mixer
      • 1998
    • Djimon Hounsou in Amistad (1997)
      Amistad
      7.3
      • re-recording mixer
      • 1997
    • James Woods, Danny DeVito, Matt Frewer, Bobcat Goldthwait, Amanda Plummer, Rip Torn, Samantha Eggar, Tate Donovan, Josh Keaton, Roger Bart, Jim Cummings, Paddi Edwards, Susan Egan, Cheryl Freeman, LaChanze, Roz Ryan, Paul Shaffer, Carole Shelley, Vanéese Y. Thomas, and Lillias White in Hercules (1997)
      Hercules
      7.3
      • rerecording mixer
      • 1997
    • The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997)
      The Lost World: Jurassic Park
      6.6
      • re-recording mixer
      • 1997
    • Pierce Brosnan, Jack Nicholson, Glenn Close, Danny DeVito, and Annette Bening in Mars Attacks! (1996)
      Mars Attacks!
      6.4
      • re-recording mixer
      • 1996
    • Tom Cruise in Mission: Impossible (1996)
      Mission: Impossible
      7.2
      • re-recording mixer
      • 1996

    Soundtrack



    • Charlize Theron, Kristen Stewart, and Chris Hemsworth in Snow White and the Huntsman (2012)
      Snow White and the Huntsman
      6.1
      • Soundtrack ("Breath of Life")
      • 2012
    • Final Fight: Streetwise (2006)
      Final Fight: Streetwise
      6.6
      Video Game
      • writer: "Sacrifice"
      • 2006
    • Sharon Stone, Bruce Willis, Ben Foster, Shawn Hatosy, Justin Timberlake, Emile Hirsch, Anton Yelchin, Amanda Seyfried, and Olivia Wilde in Alpha Dog (2006)
      Alpha Dog
      6.9
      • writer: "Sacrifice"
      • 2006
    • Christian Slater and Selma Blair in The Deal (2005)
      The Deal
      5.0
      • writer: "Without A Doubt"
      • 2005

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      • Sean Murphy
    • Born
      • May 16, 1948
      • Los Angeles, California, USA

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      Attended the William B. Ogden Radio Operational Engineering School in the summer of 1967, where he earned his FCC First Class RadioTelephone License.

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