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The Cillian Museum

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1. The Cillian Museum is a photo based project made by Nath Hurent
2. New format: Digital ZINE!
3. TCM offers an amazing journey through some of Cillian's most emblematic photos throughout his career.

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1. Editor
2. Multifandom
3. Open minded
4. Her edits offer authentic styles
5. Easy going and friendly
6. Very proffesional when it comes to making edits for projects.

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Feeling thankful for all the source of news I found that made this fan project posible!.

Below you will find a thorough list where I mention every person who contributed to this project at some point. I feel very lucky to have stumbled across many of these sources. Whether by accident, by coincidence, or because some fans were cool enough to share all this info with me.Lastly, I want to thank all the Cillian's fans who believed in this project and did not let me give up.I hope this project keeps meeting the expectations of loyal Cill fans as well as those music lovers.Thank you for letting me be part of this community! '

(Logo I made early in 2026 for the project).
Those who know me since 2025 will get the reference of why I always edit earbuds on my fan profile pics...

The Cillian Music Archive Project started when I discovered Cillian's radio shows in 2024. Listening to his music recommendations as well as his little anecdotes and stories through each show turned out to be highly educational and exciting. Finding out that Cillian was as passionate for music as I am, made me want to discover more of his film work, as well as his musical background.First I compiled all his radio shows with the help of some fans who throughout the years saved the episodes when they first broadcasted. Later I began to create fan compilations of the songs featured in his early films. This made me fall in love with film soundtracking and I met a lot of fans who felt the same way. And the later phases were about me learning more interesting musical facts from cillian through interviews and shared playlists curated by him.

Building this project had its ups and downs. At one point, I even considered giving up. However, my desire to share the knowledge and materials I had compiled with other fans encouraged me to perservere. And to this day, the project isn't finished; I plan to add more information and update the already existing sections, little by little, so that the project keeps expanding and evolving.Lastly, this is a non-profit, non-commercial fan project. There are no ads, no subscriptions, no data collection.The Cillian Music Archive Project is built and maintained by me and a few other fans who have volunteered to the project, whether by making fan art, designing banners, drafting information, sending and sharing music-related news and interviews, and so on.If you want to help testing, translating instructions, reporting bugs, or sharing ideas and bits of information, you are welcome to do so! This should be a community thing, after all. Reach out to me via X, Strawpage or for more complex/elaborate stuff, my email [email protected]

(Screenshot of the strawpage I made for the project back in February 2026).
It used to have a moving text thay helped access the archive (back then everything was inside in just one place).YOU CAN STILL CONTACT ME THERE TO GIVE ME FEEDBACK OR REQUEST ANYTHING THAT IS NOT AVAILABLE IN THIS SITE ALREADY!

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FILMS

(1998) The Tale of Sweety Barrett
(1999) Sunburn
(1999) The Trench
(2001) On The Edge
(2001) How Harry Became a Tree
(2001) Disco Pigs
(2002) 28 Days Later
(2003) Intermission
(2003) Girl with a Pearl Earring
(2003) Cold Mountain
(2005) Batman Begins
(2005) Red Eye
(2005) Breakfast on Pluto
(2006) The Wind That Shakes the Barley
(2007) Sunshine
(2007) Watching the Detectives
(2008) The Dark Knight
(2008) The Edge of Love
(2009) Perrier's Bounty
(2010) Peacock
(2010) Inception
(2010) TRON: Legacy
(2011) Retreat
(2011) In Time
(2012) Red Lights
(2012) Broken
(2012) The Dark Knight Rises
(2014) Aloft
(2014) Transcendence
(2015) In the Heart of the Sea
(2016) Anthropoid
(2016) Free Fire
(2017) The Party
(2017) Dunkirk
(2018) The Delinquent Season
(2019) Anna
(2020) A Quiet Place Part II
(2023) Kensuke's Kingdom
(2023) Oppenheimer BEST ACTOR OSCAR WINNER
(2024) Small Things Like These
(2025) Steve
(2026) 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple
(2026) Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man

SHORT FILMS

(1997) Quando
(1999) Eviction
(1999) At Death's Door
(2000) Filean and Feall
(2000) A Man of Few Words
(2001) Watchmen
(2003) Zonad
(2006) The Silent City
(2009) The Water MUSIC
(2012) The Minutes
(2013) Harriet And The Matches
(2014) From The Mountain
(2016) The Silent Man
(2017) The Meetings of the Waters MUSIC
(2018) The Overcoat
(2021) All Of This Unreal Time

TEATRE/PLAYS

(1996-1998) Disco Pigs
(1998) Much Ado About Nothing
(1999) The Country Boy: A Play in Three Acts
(1999) Juno and the Paycock
(2002) The Shape of Things
(2003) The Seagull
(2004) The Playboy of the Western World
(2006-2007) Love Song
(2011-2012) Misterman
(2014) Ballyturk
(2018-2019) Grief is the Thing with Feathers

UPCOMING PROJECTS

(TBA) A Quiet Place III
(TBA) Untitled Damien Chazelle Project
(TBA) Blood Runs Coal

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Cillian Murphy invites you to share his passion for music by taking you on an outing through his collection.Well known for his role as Tommy Shelby in the BAFTA award-winning drama, Peaky Blinders, the Irish actor is also celebrated for his roles in the films Dunkirk, Inception, The Dark Knight Trilogy, Breakfast on Pluto and 28 Days Later.

The Music Mixtape Series

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Vol. 6
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Vol. 13
Vol. 14
Vol. 15
Vol. 16New Year's Day Special – Hour 1
New Year's Day Special – Hour 2
New Year's Day Special – Hour 3Note: the New Year's Day Special was originally 3 hours long. It has been divided in 3 separate audios.
Joy of 6 also made a special show with Cillian on January 5th, 2020. The show includes Highlights of Cillian's New Years Day special, featuring some very special live sets. You can listen to the episde HERE

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Cillian Murphy curates a nocturnal playlist, made for after midnight.Featuring music both old and new- ranging from afrobeat to electronica, jazz, spoken word and poetry.

Limited Edition Series 1

Vol. 1 – Cillian Murphy curates a nocturnal playlist for after midnight.
Vol. 2 – A journey into every corner of Cillian Murphy’s record collection, for listening to after dark.
Vol. 3 – Join Cillian for a journey into the corners of his incredible record collection.
Vol. 4 – Miles Davis, Angel Olsen, and more; Cillian Murphy delivers a stunning playlist of after dark sounds.
Vol. 5 – A nocturnal playlist curated by Cillian Murphy.
Vol. 6 – Music for after dark, presented and chosen by Cillian Murphy.
Vol. 7 – A sonic adventure exploring Cillian’s immense music library.
Vol. 8 – Music for after midnight curated by Cillian from all corners of his record collection.
Vol. 9 – An overnight exploration of the outer reaches of Cillian’s music collection.
Vol. 10 – Cillian brings us another stunning playlist of after dark sounds.
Vol. 11 – Cillian’s latest nocturnal playlist focuses on electronic music.
Vol. 12 – An after dark playlist compiled from all corners of Cillian’s record collection.

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Cillian arrives with another Limited Edition Series. He curates a nocturnal playlist, made for after midnight.Featuring music both old and new, ranging from afrobeat to electronica, jazz, spoken word and poetry.

Limited Edition Series 2

Vol. 1 – Cillian’s late night mixtape curated from his extensive music collection.
Vol. 2 – Music for after dark curated by Cillian Murphy.
Vol. 3 – Cillian takes you on a sonic journey in this nocturnal mixtape.
Vol. 4 – A late night mixtape curated by Cillian Murphy.
Vol. 5 – Cillian shares after dark sounds from his music collection.
Vol. 6 – A sonic journey into Cillian’s music collection.

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A place to hear music from all corners of Cillian Murphy's record collection from afrobeat to electronica, jazz to funk, ambient to spoken word.A companion for anyone searching for something beyond the mainstream.An environment for music lovers to make new discoveries and hear old favourites in a different context.

Limited Edition Series 3

Vol. 1
Vol. 2
Vol. 3 – Cillian takes you on a sonic journey in this nocturnal mixtape.
Vol. 4 – A late night mixtape curated by Cillian Murphy.
Vol. 5 – Cillian Murphy's nocturnal playlist for darker nights.
Vol. 6 – A late night mixtape curated by Cillian Murphy.
Vol. 7 – Cillian Murphy curates a nocturnal playlist.
Vol. 8 – Cillian Murphy takes you on a sonic journey with his nocturnal mixtape.
Vol. 9 – Cillian Murphy's penultimate late night mixtape.
Vol. 10 – Cillian Murphy shares his final late night playlist.

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Cillian Murphy curates a brand new Limited Edition mixtape.This episode features music from the soundtrack of Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man and a guest appearance from Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight, who contributes to this episode’s edition of Ask A Reasonable Question.There's also music from Lisa O’Neill, Seamus Fogarty, Cardinals and Sleaford Mods, and another recommendation from Yorkshire Man In His House.1 hour long.

Peaky Blinders Takeover

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Compiled by: CDsReleased in 1999, SUNBURN is Cillian's debut as lead actor in a feature film.It approaches a group of Irish youngsters with different lives and backgrounds, who travel to Long Island, New York in the hopes of having a memorable summer. The film encapsulates perfectly the sound of the 90s, where a fusion of Irish and American artists shapes a nostalgic yet entertaining piece of media.Sunburn features in its soundtrack artists such as Revelino, The Wondermints, The Wrens, among others. The High Llamas are credited as compositors of the original score pieces as well. Last but not least important, the film featured the music of the Irish-American band Paddy A Gogo, which song "Keep It Reel" had been LOST MEDIA until now.

Sunburn (1999)

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1. Could Have Been A Saint – Kim Fox
2. Ocean Waves – The High Llamas
3. Keep It Reel – Paddy A Go-Go
4. Proto Pretty – Wondermints
5. You're Lookin' Good – Alex Chilton
6. Homespun Rerun – The High Llamas
7. Action Man – Cephas & Wiggins
8. Built In Girls – The Wrens
9. Big Black Motorcycle – Alice Texas
10. Final Frontier – Randy Miller
11. Forever Young – John Dwyer, Ronald Mendelsohn
12. Shine – Wondermints
13. Blister In The Sun – Violent Femmes
14. Step On High – Revelino
15. Pilgrims – The High Llamas
16. Suitable Attire – The Ferromones
17. Search's End – The Wiseguys
18. Ghetto Heaven – The Family Stand
19. My Bones – Revelino
20. Chan Chan – Buena Vista Social Club
21. Hero Wine – Flowchart
22. Neronization of Igloos – Flowchart
23. Gold Soundz – Pavement
24. Homespin Rerun (Cornelius Remix) – Cornelius

Compiled by: CDs"DISCO PIGS takes place in the world of night clubs, bars and late night Cork cityscape, so clearly there’s going to be modern music there, but we didn’t necessarily want to put in the latest techno that’s filling the dance floors. We wanted something much more enduring and haunting,” adds Guiney.“We collaborated with well-known Irish composers Gavin Friday and Maurice Seezer on the music score. They’ve done a lot of scores for feature films but are also working rock musicians and have a great feel for the DISCO PIGS”.- Ed Guiney, on the music for Disco Pigs. Digital Press Kit.

Disco Pigs (2001)

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1. Slip into Something More Comfortable – Kinobe
2. Swastika Eyes – Primal Scream
3. Maxies Damp Suit – Bell Helicopter
4. Deer Stop – Goldfrapp
5. They're Hanging Me Tonight – Red Snapper
6. Nosedive – Bleachin'
7. Bring Me Sunshine – Morecambe & Wise
8. Le nozze di Figaro, K. 492: Overture – Wiener Philharmoniker
9. Firesuite – Doves
10. The Foggy Dew (with Sinéad O’Connor) – The Chieftains
11. The Men Behind the Wire – The Wolfe Tones
12. You Really Got Me – The Kinks
13. Black Island – Cuba
14. Nosedive (Players Mix) – Bleachin'
15. First Cool Hive – Moby
16. Dirge – Death in Vegas
17. Flame Turns Blue – David Gray
18. Your Face – The Frames
19. So New – Cillian Murphy

Compiled by: CDsFor the 2001 film, ON THE EDGE, the music and soundtrack was composed and curated by John Carney.The soundtrack features fabulous 90s artists, such as The Smashing Pumpkins, The Frames (where Director Carney was a member of the band once), The Pixies, Doves, among others (scheevers31, 2014). Interestingly enough, Carney composed and performed the song "The End of Nowhere" that can be heard at the end of the movie.In his other film projects, Carney usually featured original songs performed by the actors themselves, which has become part of his trademark, despite On the Edge not quite following that "musical movie" element (Lord, 2024).Nevertheless, one can agree that "the main consistent component in Carney’s movies is music." (Lord, 2024).

On The Edge (2001)

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1. Largo from Xerxes – Handel
2. 1979 – The Smashing Pumpkins
3. Start! – The Jam
4. La Valse, M.72 – Orchestre de la Suisse Romande; Ernest Ansermet
5. Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer – Gene Autry
6. The Entertainer – Scott Joplin
7. He's Not That Kind Of Girl – Therapy?
8. Is She Weird – Pixies
9. Town Called Malice – The Jam
10. Alright – Supergrass
11. Singin' In The Rain – Gene Kelly
12. Chestnut – The Walls
13. Bone Deep – The Walls
14. Catch The Sun – Doves
15. Pavane pour une infante défunte, M.19 – Orchestre de la Suisse Romande; Ernest Ansermet
16. Seven Day Mile – The Frames
17. Spanish Flea – Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass
18. Something's Wrong – The Walls
19. God Kicks – Therapy?
20. Please Forgive Me – David Gray
21. The End Of Nowhere – John Carney

28 DAYS LATER: The Soundtrack Album is the accompanying soundtrack to the 2002 film 28 Days Later.It was released on June 17, 2003. The original score was composed by John Murphy, and tracks from Brian Eno, Grandaddy and Blue States which featured in the movie also appear on the album."In the House - In a Heartbeat" is an instrumental track composed by John Murphy. The song is often mistakenly referred to as one of the other songs on the film's soundtrack, "East Hastings" by Canadian band Godspeed You! Black Emperor. The track was featured over the climactic confrontation towards the end of the film. The name of the track seems to stem from the scene where Selena is tested to make good on her promise to kill Jim "in a heartbeat" if he ever became infected, as she had earlier promised she would (jowill1992, 2010).

28 Days Later (2002)

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1. The Beginning – John Murphy
2. Rage – John Murphy
3. The Church – John Murphy
4. Jim's Parents (Abide With Me) – Perri Alleyne
5. Then There Were 2 – John Murphy
6. Tower Block – John Murphy
7. Taxi (Ave Maria) – Perri Alleyne
8. The Tunnel – John Murphy
9. A.M. 180 – Grandaddy
10. An Ending (Ascent) – Brian Eno
11. No More Films – John Murphy
12. Jim's Dream – John Murphy
13. In Paradisum – The Choir Of Trinity College Of Cambridge
14. Frank's Death + Soldiers (Requiem in D Minor) – John Murphy
15. 'I Promised Them Women' – John Murphy
16. The Search for Jim – John Murphy
17. Red Dresses – John Murphy
18. In the House - In a Heartbeat – John Murphy
19. The End – John Murphy
20. Season Song – Blue States
21. End Credits – John Murphy
22. Godspeed You! Black Emperor – East Hastings

This film, adapted from a work of fiction by author Tracy Chevalier, tells the story about the events surrounding the creation of the painting 'GIRL WITH A PEARL EARRING' by 17th century Dutch master Johannes Vermeer. A young peasant maid working in the house of painter Johannes Vermeer becomes his talented assistant and the model for one of his most famous works. (Golden Globes, 2026).The task of writing the score for Girl With a Pearl Earring fell to Frenchman Alexandre Desplat. He is very much a composer of the “old school”, with a defiantly classical sound, along a richness in tone and texture. Desplat has an old-fashioned way with his music, and his scores draw out the emotion and drama in his films, composing with such dedication and effort, remaining wholly beautiful and approachable. Listeners of balanced orchestral scores, and of the more classically-influenced film composers are advised to seek out and enjoy Girl with a Pearl Earring. (Broxton, 2003)."While a full orchestra is employed for Girl With a Pearl Earring, the strings, woodwinds, and pianocarry the personality of the work." (Filmtracks.com, 2024)"Musically, Griet's Theme seems a perfect match for the character of the girl, played by Scarlett Johansson." (Classicfm, 2026).

Girl With A Pearl Earring (2003)

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1. Girl with a Pearl Earring – Alexandre Desplat
2. Griet's Theme – Alexandre Desplat
3. A New Life – Alexandre Desplat
4. The Master's House – Alexandre Desplat
5. Camera Obscura – Alexandre Desplat
6. The Birth Feast – Alexandre Desplat
7. Cornelia – Alexandre Desplat
8. Vermeer's Studio – Alexandre Desplat
9. Winter Nights – Alexandre Desplat
10. Van Ruijven – Alexandre Desplat
11. Home – Alexandre Desplat
12. Colours in the Clouds – Alexandre Desplat
13. The Master is Painting – Alexandre Desplat
14. By the Canal with Pieter – Alexandre Desplat
15. Catharina's Pearls – Alexandre Desplat
16. Colours in the Clouds (Strings) – Alexandre Desplat
17. Girl with a Pearl Earring (Reprise) – Alexandre Desplat
18. Silence and Light – Frédéric Gaillardet
19. Griet's Theme (Reprise) – Alexandre Desplat
20. Griet Remembers – Alexandre Desplat

INTERMISSION - Life Is What Happens In Between (The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) is the soundtrack album of the Irish film Intermission, released in 2003.The movie was initially released on August 29, 2003, and this soundtrack for the film followed in November of the same year as the film was entering a wider release.Released on the same day as the film, the soundtrack also features a track apiece from U2, The Thrills, Turin Breaks, Ron Sexsmith, Relish, Fun Lovin' Criminals, Fonda 500, Magnetic Fields, Clannad and John Murphy.The actor Colling Farrell, who stars in the movie as criminal Lehiff, covered The Bobby Fuller Four's 'I Fought The Law' for the new film. Farrell recorded the song during a brief visit to Dublin in March. "We sort of bolted it together," says producer Frank Kearns. "I played guitar on it and did the recording in my own Salt Studios and then laid Colin's vocal on top in Windmill Lane. It's more like the Clash version than than the original – very raw and obviously made in Ireland!" (Hotpress, 2003).

Intermission (2003)

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1. I Fought The Law – Colin Farrell
2. Out Of Control – U2
3. One Horse Town – The Thrills
4. Pain Killer – Turin Brakes
5. These Days – Ron Sexsmith
6. Get Down Move Over – Relish
7. Scooby Snacks – Fun Lovin' Criminals
8. Bumble A, Bumble B, Bumble C, Bumble D – Fonda 500
9. I Don’t Want To Get Over You – The Magnetic Fields
10. Disappearing Act – Ron Sexsmith
11. Newgrange – Clannad
12. Two Buses / Intermission – John Murphy

From the treacly melodrama of Bobby Goldsboro’s “Honey” (Kitten’s theme song about a bereft young widower mourning his lost bride), to a stirring Handel chorale, to disco and punk, music is a powerful force in “BREAKFAST ON PLUTO.”“In a way, Patrick saw the whole world through songs, didn’t he?” says Neil Jordan, who chose the soundtrack selections “He kind of believed in the naïve sugary hopefulness of the lyrics of pop songs. So I decided that the whole burden of the soundtrack would be carried by songs from the era.” Apart from a few moments of piano music composed by Jordan’s daughter, Anna Jordan, the film avoids a conventional score. “Sometimes it seems that scores drown out the emotion in films these days,” notes Jordan.The title phrase, Breakfast on Pluto, comes from a ‘70s song by Don Partridge, a one-man-band folkie who still goes by the name of “King of the London Buskers.” The flamboyant music scene of the day is reflected not only in song selections: for example, smooth rock crooner Bryan Ferry is cast as a sinister Mercedes-driving assailant; the bar band “Billy Rock and the Mohawks” synthesizes various strains of entertainingly wretched pop, and Billy Rock is played by onetime punk hero Gavin Friday. Even the mascara and elephant-bell flares that Patricia sports as a young teen conjure up Marc Bolan and early Bowie.- Neil Jordan, on the music for Breakfast On Pluto. Digital Press Kit.

Breakfast On Pluto (2005)

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1. Sugar Baby Love – The Rubettes
2. You're Such A Good Looking Woman – Joe Dolan
3. You're Breakin' My Heart – Harry Nilsson
4. Breakfast On Pluto – Don Partridge
5. Me and My Arrow – Harry Nilsson
6. Honey – Bobby Goldsboro
7. Caravan – Santo & Johnny
8. Feelings – Morris Albert
9. The Windmills of Your Mind – Dusty Springfield
10. Sand – Gavin Friday & Cillian Murphy
11. Children of the Revolution – T. Rex
12. Wig Wam Bam – Gavin Friday

"I was excited that we were all doing this together. Wes Craven is a master at horror and manipulating the audience, and it was going to be great to have that opportunity in the service of a thriller.But where scoring horror is more of a ride where you're lookig for little things along the way to surprise the audience, suspense music needs to build up over time.That made it important to get some thematic stuff together right from the opening of RED EYE to musically present the characters, and let the audience know that they were going to be going on a thrill ride. I remember having a lot of fun with the brass players on this, because their work really pulled the score together. We used brass in a very different way from SCREAM, less with big sustains and triadic hard stuff and more with intricate and linear movement. The percussion was also a lot of fun, because you could make a lot of noise that really drove the score. I was eager to score RED EYE, because I knew it was a great way for Wes and me to show we could work together outside of the horror movies that people associated us with.We have camaraderie in the filmmaking process where a lot of things are up in the air until they're done. The trust that Wes and Patrick had in me translated into my music in ways that went even above horror and suspense."- Marco Beltrami, on the music for Red Eye.(Marco Beltrami. The Unofficial website of the composer, 2015)

Red Eye (2005)

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1. Main Title Sequence – Marco Beltrami
2. Arriving at the Airport – Marco Beltrami
3. A Friendly Gesture – Marco Beltrami
4. Waiting for the Flight – Marco Beltrami
5. Takeoff – Marco Beltrami
6. Changing Focus – Marco Beltrami
7. No Back-Up Plan – Marco Beltrami
8. Things That Go Bump in the Night – Marco Beltrami
9. Bathroom Interlude – Marco Beltrami
10. A Stolen Pen – Marco Beltrami
11. Landing – Marco Beltrami
12. The Pen Is Mightier Than the Sword – Marco Beltrami
13. Rocket Fishing – Marco Beltrami
14. Arriving at Home – Marco Beltrami
15. Jack’s Back – Marco Beltrami
16. End Credits – Marco Beltrami
17. Arriving at the Airport, Pt. 1 – Alternate – Marco Beltrami
18. Jet Lag Gestures – Marco Beltrami

Ken Loach’s acclaimed THE WIND THAT SHAKES THE BARLEY won the Palme d’Or at Cannes in 2006. It takes a sympathetic look at Irish republicans in the early 20th century and the relationship between two brothers as the civil war unfolds.George Fenton has written the music for about 15 of Loach’s films. For the score of The Wind That Shakes The Barley, the composer takes a restrained and cautious approach throughout, where his music remains calm and respectful, careful to never overstep the mark and have even the faintest whiff of melodrama (Southall, 2012).The score for The Wind that Shakes the Barley had never been released commercially, having Fenton release only a promo CD on his own record label, Debonair, in late 2007 (Broxton, 2007). However, Kronos Records released a limited edition CD version back in 2012. Fast foward, in 2022 Shogun Music released a digital version of the soundtrack album (filmmusicreporter, 2022)."The main theme has an Irish lilt, as one might expect, and there is heavy emphasis on extended string chords and soft, muted woodwinds. The action music – cues like “Gogan Releases Lads” and “Ambush” – is led by percussion and piano, and is more about an enhanced rhythmic presence than anything else; this is tempered by some mournfully beautiful passages in “Chris Arrested”, which seem to echo the tragedy befalling the entire country at that time." (Broxton, 2007).

The Wind That Shakes The Barley (2006)

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1. Lads Walk to Farm – George Fenton
2. Michael’s Death, Pt. 1 – George Fenton
3. Michael’s Death, Pt. 2 – George Fenton
4. Michael’s Death, Pt. 3 – George Fenton
5. Damien Arrives – George Fenton
6. Training, Pt. 1 – George Fenton
7. Training, Pt. 2 – George Fenton
8. Steady Boy’s Fag Box – George Fenton
9. Attack on the Barracks, Pt. 1 – George Fenton
10. Attack on the Barracks, Pt. 2 – George Fenton
11. British Attack Street – George Fenton
12. Dawn Raid – George Fenton
13. He’s My Brother – George Fenton
14. Damien in Cell With Dan – George Fenton
15. Gogan Releases Lads – George Fenton
16. Chris Arrested – George Fenton
17. Chris Executed – George Fenton
18. Damien & Sinead In The Wood – George Fenton
19. Ambush – George Fenton
20. Sinead And Damien Kiss – George Fenton
21. Training – Sick Child – George Fenton
22. Attack on Free Staters – George Fenton
23. Damien Walks Away From Teddy – George Fenton
24. Dan is Shot – George Fenton
25. Damien Writes To Sinead – George Fenton
26. Teddy Gives Order To Fire – George Fenton
27. The Wind That Shakes The Barley – George Fenton
28. Closing Titles – George Fenton

SUNSHINE: Music from the Motion Picture is the soundtrack album for the 2007 Danny Boyle film Sunshine. It is a joint composition by the electronic band Underworld and film score composer John Murphy. Underworld has a long history of collaboration with Boyle, having been featured on the soundtracks of Boyle's Trainspotting, A Life Less Ordinary, and The Beach. Murphy composed the scores to Boyle's 28 Days Later and Millions.The Sunshine soundtrack also includes "Avenue of Hope", a song released by I Am Kloot two years before its inclusion in the film, and "Peggy Sussed" by Underworld. These tracks are featured during the film's end credits.If you like art covers and Sunshine, check out HQ Covers' take on Sunshine, before and after the official soundtrack album was released.

Sunshine (2007)

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1. Welcome to Icarus II – John Murphy, Cillian Murphy
2. Avenue Of Hope – I Am Kloot
3. Capa's Last Transmission Home – Underworld
4. Kanada's Death, Pt. 2 (Adagio in D Minor) – John Murphy
5. Mercury – Underworld, John Murphy
6. Kanada's Death, Pt. 1 – John Murphy
7. Searle Finds the Crew of Icarus I / Floating Free / Searle's Last Blast – Underworld, John Murphy
8. Freezing Outside: Harvey – John Murphy, Underworld
9. Trey’s Fate – Underworld
10. Pinbacker Slashes Capa – John Murphy, Underworld, Cillian Murphy, Mark Strong
11. Corazón Finds the Seedling – Underworld
12. Cassie Searches / Dead Corazón – John Murphy, Underworld
13. Freezing Inside: Mace – John Murphy
14. Capa Suits Up – John Murphy
15. Sunshine (Adagio in D Minor) – John Murphy, Rose Byrne
16. Capa’s Jump – John Murphy
17. Distortions – Underworld
18. Capa Meets the Sun (To Heal) – Underworld, Cillian Murphy
19. Peggy Sussed – Underworld

Compiled by: CDSWATCHING THE DETECTIVES is a film released in 2007. Unfortunately this movie did not get an official soundtrack released. But one thing for sure is that throughout the scenes we hear non-mainstream rock bands from NZ, Canada, and the US, creating the indie music phase from those years (mid 2000s) which aligns with Soter's concept idea of Neil (Cillian) and Violet's (Lucy Liu) romantic and entertaining adventures being located in New York, where a lot of amazing indie and underground artists can be found, whether live or inside an album freshly bought from the record store."I'm from Denver, and there's a great area of Denver where it's all kind of mom-and-pop CD stores and movie rental places. And I always liked that atmosphere; it just seemed to me that a guy like this (Neil) would be in one of those sort of hipster enclaves. In terms of translating it to New York, I wanted something that would still be provincial about the setting, so it was really a matter of, 'All right, where can you still shoot very close to the city and try to have a college town somewhere?' It was cool to travel around a lot, some of it ended up taking place in this video store that we shot in Bayonne, N.J. It could be a part of Denver, it could be Pittsburgh." (Paul Soter for The Reeler, 2007).

Watching The Detectives (2007)

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1. Buck It Up – Goodshirt
2. She's A Femme Fatale – Various Artists
3. Main Theme – Various Artists
4. Look Away – The Apples in Stereo
5. Beer Can Pyramid – The Orangu-Tones
6. Neil Follows Violet – Various Artists
7. I (F*ck) Mountains – Pink Mountaintops
8. Slow Parade – Cosmopolis
9. Speaking in Tongues – Eagles of Death Metal
10. Our Swords – Band of Horses
11. Bees – Caribou
12. End Credits – Various Artists

"Zimmer described the music of INCEPTION as 'a very electronic, dense score, filled with nostalgia and sadness'. What I love best about the score is how it changes as the characters move deeper and deeper into the 'dream within a dream.' The deeper they go, the more “unreal' the music becomes." (Film Music Central, 2017)."All the music in the score is subdivisions and multiplications of the tempo of the Édith Piaf track. So I could slip into half-time; I could slip into a third of a time. Anything could go anywhere. At any moment I could drop into a different level of time. [...] Everybody thinks the dream is the important part. For me, the time was the important part: the idea that, in a peculiar way, Chris (Nolan) had made a time-travel movie that actually worked.”- Hans Zimmer on the music for Inception.(Itzkoff, 2010)

Inception (2010)

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1. Half Remembered Dream – Hans Zimmer
2. We Built Our Own World – Hans Zimmer
3. Dream Is Collapsing – Hans Zimmer
4. Radical Notion – Hans Zimmer
5. Old Souls – Hans Zimmer
6. 528491 – Hans Zimmer
7. Mombasa – Hans Zimmer
8. One Simple Idea – Hans Zimmer
9. Dream Within a Dream – Hans Zimmer
10. Waiting for a Train – Hans Zimmer
11. Paradox – Hans Zimmer
12. Time – Hans Zimmer

"ANTHROPOID (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)" is an album by Robin Foster, released 1st January 2016 via Lakeshore Records.The classical music by Robin Foster, provides the soundtrack for much of the heavy artillery fire and preserves the message behind the dense cargo narrative. (Hoban, 2016)."With 'Valkyrie' we had a very good idea of things would turn out, but with 'Anthropoid' we don’t. Bullets fly all over the place and emotions are shattered to where we can’t look away, and this is aided by a pounding music score composed by Guy Farley and Robin Foster." (The Ultimate Rabbit, 2016).

Anthropoid (2016)

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1. The Drop – Robin Foster
2. Arriving in Prague – Robin Foster
3. Flasinetar – Václav Marek & Blue Star
4. Café Moravia – Robin Foster
5. The Repairman – Robin Foster
6. The Darkroom – Robin Foster
7. Stardust – Django Reinhardt
8. A Decoded Message – Robin Foster
9. Panic Attack – Robin Foster
10. Lenka’s Theme – Robin Foster
11. The Assassination – Robin Foster
12. The Reward – Robin Foster
13. A Death in the Family – Robin Foster
14. The Last Stand – Robin Foster
15. The Crypt – Robin Foster
16. End Titles – Robin Foster
17. Dulce et Decorum – Guy Farley

Soundtrack for A QUIET PLACE: PART II."It all started with the first one. All the musical material was an extension of things I had done in the first movie.So I guess you could say the process began about four years ago when I first met John and started talking about the music for it. There are some new musical themes in this one, but for the most part, it’s the same world—the picture itself is the same world.He (John Krasinski) really wanted to keep the world of the first movie alive in the second movie. It wasn’t really a question of reinventing the wheel for this movie but more extending the sonorities and the harmonies and the melodies and the themes that we’d already established.As I was working on it, I met him once when we first screened the movie, he came out to Paramount. After that, he was really busy working in New York so I’d send the music through the music editor to play for him. At one point he wanted to hear more options on certain things—the new thematic stuff, a new character. For the most part that was pretty minor in terms of what I did. It was pretty straightforward."- Marco Beltrami, on the music for A Quiet Place: Part II.(Marco Beltrami. The Unofficial website of the composer, 2021)

A Quiet Place (2021)

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1. From the Beginning – Marco Beltrami
2. Leaving the Farm – Marco Beltrami
3. Watch Us Run – Marco Beltrami
4. Moving In – Marco Beltrami
5. Show Me Your Face – Marco Beltrami
6. Regan on Her Own – Marco Beltrami
7. Training Day – Marco Beltrami
8. Mother and Child – Marco Beltrami
9. Family Ties – Marco Beltrami
10. You Scream You Die – Marco Beltrami
11. Dive – Marco Beltrami
12. Emmet's Realizations – Marco Beltrami
13. Entering the Station – Marco Beltrami
14. Encouraging Feedback – Marco Beltrami
15. A Grateful Family – Marco Beltrami

Soundtrack for OPPENHEIMER.“We embarked on a mission to create a score that could authentically convey the intricate inner world and journey of Oppenheimer,” Goransson said. “With the violin serving as the emotional core of the music alongside string ensembles, an impressive display of brass and nuclear synths underpinning the impending doom that was to come, the score swiftly transcends from a personal journey to a grandiose and almost operatic spectacle, oscillating between realms of hope and despair. Working with an exceptionally talented group of musicians, we were able to capture nuanced performances that would add another dimension to the breathtaking visual world and performances of Oppenheimer, forging what we hope will be a transportive experience for the audience."- Ludwig Goransson, on the music for Oppenheimer.(Jackson, 2023).

Oppenheimer (2023)

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1. Fission – Ludwig Göransson
2. Can You Hear The Music – Ludwig Göransson
3. A Lowly Shoe Salesman – Ludwig Göransson
4. Quantum Mechanics – Ludwig Göransson
5. Gravity Swallows Light – Ludwig Göransson
6. Meeting Kitty – Ludwig Göransson
7. Groves – Ludwig Göransson
8. Manhattan Project – Ludwig Göransson
9. American Prometheus – Ludwig Göransson
10. Atmospheric Ignition – Ludwig Göransson
11. Los Alamos – Ludwig Göransson
12. Fusion – Ludwig Göransson
13. Colonel Pash – Ludwig Göransson
14. Theorists – Ludwig Göransson
15. Ground Zero – Ludwig Göransson
16. Trinity – Ludwig Göransson
17. What We Have Done – Ludwig Göransson
18. Power Stays In The Shadows – Ludwig Göransson
19. The Trial – Ludwig Göransson
20. Dr. Hill – Ludwig Göransson
21. Kitty Comes To Testify – Ludwig Göransson
22. Something More Important – Ludwig Göransson
23. Destroyer Of Worlds – Ludwig Göransson
24. Oppenheimer – Ludwig Göransson

"STEVE (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)" is an album by Ben Salisbury & Geoff Barrow, released October 3, 2025 via Netflix Music.The album features the movie’s original score composed by Ben Salisbury & Geoff Barrow. Also included is Little Simz’s original song Don’t Leave Too Soon, as well as the song Break the Beats by Slipmatt.

Steve (2025)

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1. Don't Leave Too Soon – Little Simz
2. Oxycodone – Ben Salisbury, Geoff Barrow
3. You Weirdo – Ben Salisbury, Geoff Barrow
4. Backpack (Strings Version) – Ben Salisbury, Geoff Barrow
5. It's Over Anyway – Ben Salisbury, Geoff Barrow
6. In Agony – Ben Salisbury, Geoff Barrow
7. Backpack – Ben Salisbury, Geoff Barrow
8. Tomorrow's Joy – Ben Salisbury, Geoff Barrow
9. Shy – Ben Salisbury, Geoff Barrow
10. Break The Beats – Slipmatt

Milan Records released the soundtrack on 16 January 2026, the same day as the film 28 YEARS LATER: THE BONE TEMPLE.Hildur Guðnadóttir went full balistic with 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple. Besides playing a mammoth horn on the score, the kind prepped and ready for a battle cry, the Hildur played bone instruments for film. She tried to extrapolate each emotion beautifully. For the evil characters, Guðnadóttir opted for strings of terror. As for the film’s hero characters, such as Dr. Kelson, she wanted sounds of beauty for the hopeless, infected world. The score clashes and roars, as if the audience is in the belly of the beast. (Giroux, 2026)."I was keen on having the texture of the bones in the music. There’s such a specific texture to bones when you make any sound with them. Actually, most instruments that are not strings or metal are made from bones. All the percussion is played on actual bones. I did all these bone flutes. One of the main instruments is this horn"- - Hildur Guðnadóttir, on the music for 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple.(Giroux, 2026).

28 Years Later: The Bone Temple (2026)

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1. Bare Bones – Hildur Guðnadóttir
2. Pool Fight – Hildur Guðnadóttir
3. Meeting Station – Hildur Guðnadóttir
4. Building Temple – Hildur Guðnadóttir
5. Temple High – Hildur Guðnadóttir
6. Charity – Hildur Guðnadóttir
7. The Barn – Hildur Guðnadóttir
8. Roof Drop – Hildur Guðnadóttir
9. Really Old Nick – Hildur Guðnadóttir
10. Ropes – Hildur Guðnadóttir
11. Moon – Hildur Guðnadóttir
12. Jimmy in the Temple – Hildur Guðnadóttir
13. Bone Closure – Hildur Guðnadóttir
14. Obey Me – Hildur Guðnadóttir
15. All the Jimmys – Hildur Guðnadóttir
16. The Bone Temple – Hildur Guðnadóttir

The Seasonal Sessions began on June 21, 2024 with the first Summer Session and lasted until Summer Session of 2025.

On June 19, 2024 Big Things Films (Cill's film company) posted on instagram that they would be releasing a series of playlists during each season of the year, which they called "Seasonal Sessions".These playlist were all personally curated by Cillian Murphy, except for the Autums 2025 session where autor Max Porter (writer of "Shy", which BTF did a film adaptation "Steve") curated the playlist that time.The original instagram post said the following:"Introducing… Seasonal Sessions 🎧 Playlists curated by our very own resident music lover Cillian Murphy. Head over to the Big Things Spotify page and stay (very) tuned for the first drop. Link in story / highlights 🎵"

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Summer Session (2024)

"Our first Seasonal Session… SUMMER! It’s officially here at Big Things and here’s the playlist to prove it. And of course, selected by Cillian himself - enjoy ☀️"Release date: June 21, 2024

Tracklist

1. A Kissed Out Red Floatboat – Cocteau Twins
2. Swamp – Talking Heads
3. Make It Up – Tirzah
4. Crystalline – Björk
5. Favourite – Fontaines D.C.
6. Domodachi (feat. Little Simz) – RM ft Little Simz
7. Groove Holmes – Beastie Boys
8. The Things That I Used To Do – G. Love & Special Sauce
9. Imperial Motors – Lives Of Angels
10. Madrid – Ishmael Ensemble
11. Three Over Steel – SML
12. 007 (Shanty Town) – Desmond Dekker
13. Ain’t No Love – Lee “Scratch” Perry and The Upsetters
14. Blackbird Singing – Rosalyn Sweat and The Paragons
15. Every Night – Odetta
16. Deep Feeling – Chuck Berry
17. I’m Falling in Love Again – The Kelly Brothers
18. There’s A Light – Shirley Ann Lee
19. Do I Move You? – Nina Simone
20. Cause – Rodriguez
21. 17 – Youth Lagoon

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Autumn Session (2024)

"The temperature is dropping… and so is our Autumn playlist! Handpicked by Cillian Murphy, most likely in a cosy sweater 🍂"Release date: September 23, 2024

Tracklist

1. Autumn Leaves – Cannonball Adderley
2. Valse triste – Paul Misraki
3. Ladyfingers – Herb Alpert and The Tijuana Brass
4. pop* – en EETCHIS
5. Think About It – Saul
6. Fall Break – Aim
7. Excursions – A Tribe Called Quest
8. Dirtknock – Madlib
9. Ah Yeh – Beax
10. Spacelab – Kraftwerk
11. Loser – Beck
12. B + A – The Beta Band
13. Dogs Got a Bone – The Beta Band
14. Walkin' Down the Line – Bob Dylan
15. Anyway The Wind Blows – J.J. Cale
16. Save It for Later – The Beat
17. Simulation Swarm – Big Thief
18. The Barrel – Aldous Harding
19. Silver Soul – Beach House
20. Under Control – Joan as Police Woman
21. Dream A Little Dream Of Me – The Mamas & The Papas
22. When Do We Get Paid – The Staples Jr. Singers
23. Shame, Shame, Shame – Shirley & Company
24. Autopsie d'un complot – Ahmed Malek
25. Peach – Linton Kwesi Johnson
26. Indian Summer – The Doors
27. My Queen Is Nanny Of The Maroons – Sons Of Kemet
28. Dawn Chorus – Thom Yorke

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Winter Session (2024)

"It may not technically be Winter but it certainly feels like it… so we’re dropping the Winter Session anyway. Call it an early Christmas gift from Cillian. This one’s not to be shuffled - enjoy! ⛄️"Release date: December 2, 2024

Tracklist

1. Belleville – Laurel Halo ft Coby Sey
2. TM – Fleet Foxes, Cole Pulice, Lynn Avery
3. Come In From The Cold – Joni Mitchell
4. I Am A Rock – Simon & Garfunkel
5. It's All In The Game – Four Tops
6. Getting Nasty – Ike Turner
7. I'd Rather Be A Blind Man – Fugi
8. People Get Ready – Aretha Franklin
9. Love The One You're With – Phyllis Dillon
10. Learning To Fly – Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
11. I'll Clean Your Sheets – Jerskin Fendrix
12. Climb – Laura Misch
13. Numbers On The Boards – Pusha T
14. Buggin' Out – A Tribe Called Quest
15. Uh-I Can't Get Your Lovin – Karl Blau
16. The Curse Of Ka' Zar – Lemon Jelly
17. Lonely Soul – UNKLE; Richard Ashcroft
18. Electric Fire – The Flaming Lips
19. When the Morning Comes – Daryl Hall & John Oates
20. Gotta Serve Somebody – Bob Dylan
21. I've Just Seen A Face – The Beatles
22. The Magnificent Seven – The Clash
23. My New House – The Fall
24. Ever Fallen in Love (With Someone You Shouldn't've?) – Buzzcocks
25. Bonnie And Clyde – Brigitte Bardot; Serge Gainsbourg
26. Fantastic Man – William Onyeabor
27. Thirty Incoming – The Books
28. All Apologies – Sinéad O'Connor
29. Polly – Nirvana
30. Working Class Hero – Cat Power; Iggy Pop
31. Bloom (Live at Le Trianon) – Pathway to Paris ft Thom Yorke
32. I Just Want To See His Face – The Rolling Stones
33. Cruiser – Red House Painters
34. Between The Bars – Elliott Smith
35. Boxing Day Sales – Richard Dawson
36. Wind – John Carroll Kirby

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Love & Heartbreak (2025)

"Happy Valentine’s Day! You didn’t think we’d make you wait till spring, did you? Cillian is sharing the love (and his new playlist). LOVE & HEARTBREAK is on Spotify now ♥️"Release date: February 14, 2025

Tracklist

1. Kissing My Love – Bill Withers
2. It Must Be Love – Labi Siffre
3. Dancing In The Moonlight (It's Caught Me In It's Spotlight) – Thin Lizzy
4. (You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman – Aretha Franklin
5. (Your Love Is A) Life Saver – Carla Thomas
6. I Love Every Little Thing About You – Stevie Wonder
7. You've Got To Hide Your Love Away – The Beatles
8. Jealous Guy – John Lennon
9. The Way Young Lovers Do – Van Morrison
10. My Moon My Man – Feist
11. Everything Is Peaceful Love – Bon Iver
12. How Can You Mend a Broken Heart – Al Green
13. Dearly Beloved – Jack Montgomery
14. A Case of You – Joni Mitchell
15. Firesmoke – Kate Tempest
16. Say you love me – Astrid Sonne
17. House Of Cards – Radiohead
18. Lighthouse – Anna B Savage
19. Not A Love Song – SASAMI
20. True Love Will Find You in the End – Daniel Johnston
21. I Love You – Willie Griffin
22. No Distance Left to Run – Blur
23. We Didn’t Know We Were Ready – Ólafur Arnalds, Talos, Niamh Regan, Ye Vagabonds

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Spring Session (2025)

"We made it - it’s officially spring!
It’s beginning to bloom here at Big Things, so here’s a fresh new playlist from Cillian to bring in the brighter days. Enjoy 🌷"Release date: March 31, 2025

Tracklist

1. Brother – The Durutti Column
2. Bless The Weather – John Martyn
3. Waiting – Alice Boman
4. Wuthering Heights (Kassa Overall Remix) – Cecile McLorin Salvant
5. People Watching – Sam Fender
6. Limelight – Tune-Yards
7. Going to the River – Fats Domino
8. Trouble of the World – Mahalia Jackson
9. Love Don’t Live Here Any More – Sharon Forrester
10. Run Run Run – The Velvet Underground; Nico
11. ARTHUR MCBRIDE ON THE LOWER EAST SIDE VAR. X – Frog
12. Love Of Country – The Murder Capital
13. Flood – Little Simz, Obongjayar, Moonchild Sanelly
14. Tarantella Of Paganini–Sensual Dance of the Moors – Recorded Live By Alan Lomax
15. Cold Cold Ground – Tom Waits
16. Our Prayer – The Beach Boys
17. Chest Fever – The Band
18. Feel Flows – The Beach Boys
19. Lay Lady Lay – Kevin Ayers
20. Yamar – Dry Bread
21. Bad Card – Bob Marley & The Wailers
22. Sad Song – Lou Reed
23. Nocturne No. 2 in E-Flat Major Op. 9 No. 2 – Daniel Barenboim, Chopin

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Summer Session (2025)

"It’s officially one whole year of Seasonal Sessions as we bring to you the 2025 Summer Session! Selected by Cillian for you to enjoy in the sunshine 🌞"Release date: June 20, 2025

Tracklist

1. Sun King – The Beatles
2. Nausicaä (Love Will Be Revealed) – Cameron Winter
3. Voices Inside My Head – The Police
4. Do Nothing – The Specials
5. Teenage Kicks – Taggy Matcher, Wolfgang Valbrun
6. Didn’t I (feat. Hollie Cook) – Night Owls; Hollie Cook
7. So Much Trouble In The World – Bob Marley & The Wailers
8. On Melancholy Hill – Gorillaz
9. Paper Planes – M.I.A.
10. Lion – Little Simz, Obongjayar
11. Can You Get To That – Funkadelic
12. Everyday People – Sly & The Family Stone
13. Dear Prudence – The Five Stairsteps
14. Saturday Sun – Nick Drake
15. Don’t Be Shy – Yusuf; Cat Stevens
16. Tomorrow Tomorrow (feat. Daniel Rossen) – Brad Mehldau, Daniel Rossen
17. All for the Best – Thom Yorke
18. Analogue Bubblebath – Aphex Twin
19. Running the World – Jarvis Cocker
20. Farmers Market – Pulp
21. Running/Planning – Cmat
22. Anthems For A Seventeen Year-Old Girl – Broken Social Scene
23. Perfect Day – Lou Reed

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FRACTURED AIR
"The universe is making music all the time"“Beautifully illustrated, beautifully written blog.”
—Cillian Murphy

Fractured Air was a music site based on independent music to feel passionate about. It was active from 2012 until 2020. One of its main contributors is irish artist Craig Carry.The importance of this blog is that it would usually feature incredible Irish musicians and artists who would get invited to make and share their own mixtapes, as well as offer interviews or tell anecdotes related to music, film, art and daily life.Cillian Murphy was featured in some blog entries throughout the years. Sometimes interviewing an artist for their recent album, other times narrating what he did all year, or which bands he was listening to in the moment. But ultimately? He shared a few mixtapes curated by him.HERE you will find all the Fractured Air blog entries featuring him.

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Seeing Things
(A Mixtape by Cillian Murphy)

"'Seeing Things' is a special mix made by Irish actor Cillian Murphy. At this summer’s Galway Arts Festival, Cillian Murphy will re-unite with playwright Enda Walsh for the production of ‘Ballyturk’, co-starring Mikel Murfi and Stephen Rea. Previously, Walsh and Murphy worked together on ‘Disco Pigs’ (1996) and ‘Misterman’ (2011)."Release date: March 31, 2014

Tracklist

1. So Long (God Is Dead) – MONEY
2. Out On The Weekend – Neil Young
3. Hard To Find – The National
4. Waitin’ for a Superman – The Flaming Lips
5. That’s Us/Wild Combination – Arthur Russell
6. Good Sex – Kevin Drew
7. Wait – Airhead
8. Deep River – Bobby Womack
9. Daddy’s Groove – Röyksopp
10. Call – Julianna Barwick
11. Small Hours – John Martyn
12. Peace Piece – Bill Evans
13. Yes I’m Lonely – Vincent Gallo

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A Far Cry
(A Mixtape by Cillian Murphy)

Release date: February 6, 2015

Tracklist

1. Goodbye Forever – Evenings
2. Smells Like Content – The Books
3. Look Away – SBTRKT (feat. Caroline Polachek)
4. 5ft7 – Tonstartssbandht
5. Une version améliorée de la tristesse – Peter Peter
6. You Can Count On Me – Panda Bear
7. If I’m Unworthy – Blake Mills
8. I Know Myself – Amen Dunes
9. Seven Months – Los Angeles Police Department
10. Fake Fur Coat – Tweedy
11. Motion Pictures – Neil Young
12. Hollywood – Tobias Jesso Jr.

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“Walking to town through Sunday’s Well
(Sounds From a Safe Harbour)”

"'Walking to town through Sunday’s Well (sounds from a safe harbour)' is a mixtape compiled by the Cork-born actor to coincide with the inaugural Sounds From A Safe Harbour Festival, curated by The National’s Bryce Dessner and programmed by Cork Opera House, which takes place across various venues in Cork City from 17–20 September 2015."“The tunes work vaguely chronologically and run from when I lived in Sunday’s Well in Cork in around 1996, what I was listening to and discovering around then and then develop into stuff I’m into at the moment. I also tried to make it feel like a journey from one destination to another. Tried, Ha! For example, my wife used to listen to this classic Laurie Anderson tune all the time back then and I thought it was completely bonkers – but now almost 20 years later I have grown to love it. It was such a time for dance music, DJ Shadow blew us all away when we heard him for the first time, but at the same time I discovered Jeff Buckley, was still in love with the Traveling Wilburys and was obsessed with Stevie wonder – it’s all in there. Some of the contemporary tunes are meant to reflect back on those times I suppose.
Plus now we have this incredible groundbreaking festival of music about to take place in Cork City. Sounds from a safe harbour. Good times. Enjoy…”—Cillian Murphy, September 2015Release date: September 8, 2015

Tracklist

1. O Superman (For Massenet) – Laurie Anderson
2. It’s All In Your Mind – Beck
3. Congratulations – Elvis Perkins
4. Everybody Here Wants You – Jeff Buckley
5. Balm In Gilead – Nina Simone
6. Power Flower – Stevie Wonder
7. Le long de la rivière tendre – Sébastien Tellier
8. Season Change – Ghostpoet (feat. Doucoura)
9. Frontier Psychiatrist – The Avalanches
10. Building Steam With a Grain of Salt – DJ Shadow
11. Waiting (PAL Remix) – Alice Boman
12. If I Sinned – Peter Broderick
13. Piano ABG – Brian McBride

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“Be Good To Them Always”
(Fractured Air, Nov. ’16)

"We’re delighted to present the latest in a series of guest mixtapes compiled by Irish actor Cillian Murphy. 2016 has been another very prolific year for Cork-born actor with the airing of the third season of 'Peaky Blinders'; the release of the WWII drama 'Anthropoid'; 'Free Fire'; 'Dunkirk' and 'The Party'".Compiled by Cillian Murphy. The copyright in these recordings is the property of the individual artists and/or record labels. If you like the music, please support the artist by buying their records.Release date: November 21, 2016

Tracklist

1. Delta Rain Dream – Brian Eno & Jon Hassell
2. Urdu – Matt Robertson
3. Locker Leak – Holly Herndon
4. Be Good To Them Always – The Books
5. Rings of Saturn – Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
6. I Am The Walrus – The Beatles
7. Gangsta – Tune-Yards
8. Dollar, Dollar – PJ Harvey
9. Is There Anybody Out There? – Laura Mvula
10. You Want It Darker – Leonard Cohen
11. This Is Not America – David Bowie & Pat Metheny Group

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