Shirley Walker
Born: 1945-04-10 in Napa, California, USA
Died: 2006-11-29
Known For: Sound
Biography
Shirley Anne Walker (April 10, 1945 – November 30, 2006) was an American film and television composer and conductor. She was one of the few female film score composers working in Hollywood during her career. Walker was one of the first female composers to earn a solo score credit on a major Hollywood motion picture (preceded by Suzanne Ciani for 1981's The Incredible Shrinking Woman) and according to the Los Angeles Times, is remembered as a pioneer for women in the film industry.
Filmography
2018
- Heart of Batman as Self (archive footage)
2006
- Final Destination 3 ... (Original Music Composer)
- Black Christmas ... (Original Music Composer)
- Kill Shot: The Making of 'FD3' as Self - Music Composer
2004
2003
- Final Destination 2 ... (Original Music Composer)
- Cheating Death: Beyond and Back ... (Original Music Composer)
- Willard ... (Original Music Composer)
- Bits and Pieces: Bringing Death to Life ... (Original Music Composer)
2002
- Disappearance ... (Music)
- Ritual ... (Music)
2000
- Final Destination ... (Original Music Composer)
- Premonitions ... (Music)
- The Perfect Souffle: Testing "Final Destination" ... (Thanks)
1998
- The Garbage Picking Field Goal Kicking Philadelphia Phenomenon ... (Original Music Composer)
- Baby Monitor: Sound of Fear ... (Music)
1997
- The New Batman Adventures ... (Main Title Theme Composer)
- Asteroid ... (Original Music Composer)
- Turbulence ... (Original Music Composer)
- The Love Bug ... (Music)
- The Batman/Superman Movie: World's Finest ... (Theme Song Performance)
1996
- Fear ... (Orchestrator)
- Escape from L.A. ... (Original Music Composer)
- Superman: The Last Son of Krypton ... (Theme Song Performance)
- The Crying Child ... (Music)
1995
- A Goofy Movie ... (Orchestrator)
- Space: Above and Beyond ... (Music)
- The Adventures of Captain Zoom in Outer Space ... (Original Music Composer)
- It Came from Outer Space II ... (Original Music Composer)
- Prelude to Eden ... (Original Music Composer)
1994
- True Lies ... (Conductor)
- The Haunting of Seacliff Inn ... (Original Music Composer)
1993
- Batman: Mask of the Phantasm ... (Original Music Composer)
1992
- Memoirs of an Invisible Man ... (Original Music Composer)
- The Flash III: Deadly Nightshade ... (Music)
- Majority Rule ... (Music)
- Sexual Advances ... (Music)
1991
- Backdraft ... (Orchestrator)
- The Flash II: Revenge of the Trickster ... (Original Music Composer)
- Defending Your Life ... (Orchestrator)
- Born to Ride ... (Original Music Composer)
1990
- Nightbreed ... (Orchestrator)
- Bird on a Wire ... (Conductor)
- Strike It Rich ... (Music)
- The Flash ... (Original Music Composer)
- Chicago Joe and the Showgirl ... (Music)
1989
- National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation ... (Conductor)
- Batman ... (Conductor)
- Immediate Family ... (Conductor)
- Black Rain ... (Orchestrator)
- Kill Me Again ... (Conductor)
- Mother, Mother ... (Recording Supervision)
1988
- The Accused ... (Conductor)
1986
- Fluppy Dogs ... (Music)
1985
- Ghoulies ... (Original Music Composer)
1984
- The Dungeonmaster ... (Original Music Composer)
1982
- Cagney & Lacey ... (Music)
1981
- The Fox and the Hound ... (Additional Music)
- The End of August ... (Music Director)
1980
- Amber Waves ... (Conductor)
1979
- Knots Landing ... (Music)