What's on Cillian's Playlist?
"Aside from acting, I'm most passionate about music."—Cillian Murphy in In Style
Over the years, Cillian's singled out quite a few bands and musicians in his interviews. See if you share his musical tastes.
- The Beatles (Liverpool, England)
- Ingenue, In Style, Blender, GQ, Wonderland
- The Books (New York, U.S.A.)
- Entertainment Weekly, Teen Hollywood, Blag
- Broken Social Scene (Toronto, Canada)
- Cillian to band leader Kevin Drew in Under the Radar: "...you guys are my favorite band. Like, properly favorite band." Also mentioned in SX News, Nemone show on BBC 6 Music, Wonderland
- Gavin Bryars (Yorkshire, England)
- Cillian mentions Gavin's powerful version of "Jesus Blood Never Failed Me Yet" in his interview with Dave Fanning on the Gerry Ryan show (RTE, 27 July 2004)
- Jeff Buckley (California/New York, U.S.A.)
- GQ, Blender
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- Cartoon (Cork, Ireland)
- Dave Fanning interview on the Gerry Ryan show
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- Vic Chesnutt (Athens, Georgia)
- Wonderland
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- Jarvis Cocker (Sheffield, England)
- Although it didn't make it into the interview, we got this scoop from Under the Radar Senior Editor Mark Redfern: "When we were doing the photoshoot a few songs by Cocker came on the iPod ... Cillian said that he wasn't a huge Pulp fan, but really liked Cocker's solo record."
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- Miles Davis (East St. Louis, U.S.A.)
- Teen Hollywood
- Bob Dylan (Minnesota, U.S.A.)
- Harper's Bazaar U.K.
- Feist (Toronto, Canada)
- Under the Radar
- Field Music (Sunderland, England)
- Blag
- The Frames (Dublin, Ireland)
- Dave Fanning interview on the Gerry Ryan show: "I think Glen Hansard is one of the best lyricists and singers around."
- Rory Gallagher (Cork, Ireland)
- Dave Fanning interview on the Gerry Ryan show
- The Hours London, England)
- Cillian tells Nemone that the last gig he attended was to see this band.
- Nina Hynes (Dublin, Ireland)
- Dave Fanning interview on the Gerry Ryan show
- Kings of Leon (Tennessee, U.S.A.)
- Ingenue, Rolling Stone, Entertainment Weekly, Blender
- John Lennon (Liverpool, England)
- In Style: "He's one of my heroes, and I think he was the most articulate and intelligent rock star we've ever had."
- Paul McCartney (Liverpool, England)
- Dave Fanning interview on the Gerry Ryan show: "There was this track, 'Calico Skies,' which is off Flaming Pie ... it's one of the most beautiful songs ... one of the most romantic tunes. And it reminds me of 'Blackbird,' the guitar playing..."
- MGMT (Connecticut, U.S.A.)
- Harper's Bazaar U.K.
- Midlake (Denton, Texas)
- Under the Radar
- Van Morrison (Belfast, Northern Ireland)
- Ingenue, In Style, Rolling Stone, Blender
- Art Neville (New Orleans, Louisiana)
- Wonderland
- Republic of Loose (Dublin, Ireland)
- Under the Radar
- Gruff Rhys Haverford West, Wales)
- Cillian picks the title track off former Super Furry Animals lead man's Candylion to play on Nemone's show; also Wonderland
- Damien Rice (Dublin, Ireland)
- Ingenue
- The Rolling Stones (London, England)
- Ingenue, Blender
- Sigur Rós (Reykjavik, Iceland)
- "...that last scene in Sunshine for example, I used music that kind of builds, like that Sigur Rós album, it's that kind of epic stuff that you want to be into." Total Film
- Simple Kid (Cork, Ireland)
- Cillian plays "Serotonin" (what he calls "a modern classic") for Nemone. Also mentioned in Ingenue.
- Sufjan Stevens (Holland, Michigan)
- Wonderland
- The Strokes (New York, U.S.A.)
- In Style
- The Thrills (Dublin, Ireland)
- Ingenue, In Style
- TV on the Radio (Brooklyn, U.S.A.)
- SX News
- Rufus Wainwright (Montreal, Canada)
- Entertainment Weekly
- White Stripes (Detroit, U.S.A.)
- Ingenue, In Style
- Under the Radar
- Wilco (Chicago, U.S.A.)
- Entertainment Weekly, Teen Hollywood
- Stevie Wonder (Detroit, U.S.A.)
- Ingenue, In Style, Rolling Stone, GQ, Blender
- Frank Zappa (Los Angeles, U.S.A.)
- Blender, In Style, The Observer, Gerry Ryan and Nemone's shows, and many others.
