Eóin Murphy

Sound DesignerMusic ProducerComposerLive Sound Engineer

music · theatre · dance

Working across Ireland and internationally, he produces records, tours with productions and creates music and sound for theatre, dance and film. He produces albums and songs with bands and musicians across genres, including punk, folk, traditional music, metal and contemporary orchestral music.

He ran Big Garden Recording for fourteen years and has collaborated with artists including Roger Doyle, Niwel Tsumbu and Mel Mercier. His theatre and dance work includes productions with Dead Centre, Luail, CoisCéim, Brokentalkers, The Ark, Gate Theatre, Mermaid Arts Centre and Project Arts Centre, among many others.

Whether shaping a recording or mixing a live performance, he listens for what gives the music its character. His approach combines creative curiosity and technical precision with an instinctive feel for the performers and the room.

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Ray Scannell performing The Lost Tapes of Lydia Howell at a keyboard, microphone and laptop under blue and amber light
The Lost Tapes of Lydia HowellChief Sound · Live Sound MixPhoto: Ros Kavanagh
The Haircut ensemble performing among clarinets, percussion, harp and cello under theatrical light
The HaircutSound Engineer · Live MixPhoto: Ros Kavanagh
Good Sex performers speaking into microphones across an intimate mirrored performance space
Good SexHead of SoundPhoto: Ste Murray
Caitríona Finnegan performing Disintegration on solo cello beneath a tight bank of white stage lights
DisintegrationSound Recordist · Mix EngineerPhoto: Ros Kavanagh
Mary Coughlan singing with keyboard, double bass and drums during a live outdoor broadcast
Mary Coughlan & BandLivestream Producer · Sound MixStill: Big Garden Recording
A masked performer beside a draped figure in The Circus Animals’ Desertion
The Circus Animals’ DesertionLive Sound Engineer · Associate Sound DesignerCourtesy Brokentalkers
Luail dancers spanning the large Chora stage with the Irish Chamber Orchestra raised behind them
ChoraLive Sound Engineer · Orchestral Mix
Photo: Luca Truffarelli
Caoimhe Ní Fhlatharta singing into a stage microphone during Earth Sonnet
Earth SonnetProduction Manager · Sound Engineer
Photo: Olga Kuzmenko
A digital mixing console and stage cabling during a live performance
Live SoundLive Sound Engineer
From Eóin’s archive
The Big Garden Control Room with keyboards, mixing equipment, monitors and recording gear arranged around the desk
Big Garden Control RoomRecording · Mixing · Production
Eóin Murphy archive
Two vocalists recording at microphones in the Big Garden live room
Big Garden Live RoomRecording Session
Eóin Murphy archive
Synthesizers, drum machines and effects pedals arranged for a production session
Studio ProductionSound Design · Music Production
Eóin Murphy archive
An engineer working at the Big Garden Control Room desk between studio monitors and keyboards
At the ControlsRecording · Mixing
Eóin Murphy archive
The Big Garden mixing console, computer display and studio monitors during a session
Big Garden Control RoomMixing · Production
Eóin Murphy archive
The Lost in Flames cast and crew with sound equipment in a fire-damaged coastal landscape
NoWIFI: Lost in FlamesOn location
Photo: Artur Janowsky
Good Sex performers and audience under saturated red stage light
Good SexHead of Sound
Photo: Ste Murray
Irish Chamber Orchestra musicians and music stands silhouetted across the Chora stage
ChoraLive Sound Engineer · Orchestral Mix
Photo: Luca Truffarelli
The Woman Undone ensemble performing beside a red car
Woman UndoneLive Mix Engineer · Chief Sound
Courtesy Brokentalkers
Kelly Boyle, Dylan Gully, Mikel Murfi and Claudia Schwab performing Earth Sonnet with instruments and microphones
Earth SonnetProduction Manager · Sound Engineer
Photo: Olga Kuzmenko
A performance on the main stage at Electric Picnic, seen from the side of the stage
Electric PicnicSound Engineer / Production Manager · Leviathan II Stage
From Eóin’s archive
A performer crossing a blue-lit stage in Everything Falls
Everything FallsChief Sound · Live Sound Mix
Photo: Ste Murray
The Love Songs ensemble silhouetted in saturated red light
Love SongsLive Sound Engineer · QLab Programmer
Photo: Pato Cassinoni
The Good Sex ensemble seated amid pink petals under stage lighting
Good SexHead of Sound
Photo: Ste Murray
A performer in red framed by amber light in Trojans
TrojansSound Engineer
Photo: Pato Cassinoni
Two performers beside a red car in Woman Undone
Woman UndoneLive Mix Engineer · Chief Sound
Courtesy Brokentalkers
A Chora dancer gestures before the Irish Chamber Orchestra under a single shaft of light
ChoraLive Sound Engineer · Orchestral Mix
Photo: Luca Truffarelli
REVERB dancers moving between the live violinist and drummer under red and white stage lighting
REVERBChief Sound · Live Sound Mix
Photo: Pato Cassinoni