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Shirley Walker

Sound

Born April 10, 1945 · Napa, California, USA

Died November 29, 2006

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.

Filmography33 titles

Batman: The Animated Series

1992Original Music Composer

Batman: Mask of the Phantasm

1993Original Music Composer

The Batman/Superman Movie: World's Finest

1997Theme Song Performance

National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation

1989Conductor

Batman

1989Conductor

True Lies

1994Conductor

The Accused

1988Conductor

The Fox and the Hound

1981Additional Music

A Goofy Movie

1995Orchestrator

Cagney & Lacey

1982Music

Defending Your Life

1991Conductor, Orchestrator

Knots Landing

1979Music

Backdraft

1991Conductor, Orchestrator

Final Destination

2000Original Music Composer

Fear

1996Conductor, Orchestrator

Black Rain

1989Conductor, Orchestrator

Strike It Rich

1990Original Music Composer

Nightbreed

1990Additional Music, Conductor, Orchestrator

Final Destination 2

2003Original Music Composer

Final Destination 3

2006Conductor, In Memory Of, Original Music Composer

Bird on a Wire

1990Conductor, Orchestrator

Willard

2003Original Music Composer

Kill Me Again

1989Conductor

Escape from L.A.

1996Original Music Composer

Memoirs of an Invisible Man

1992Original Music Composer

Immediate Family

1989Conductor

Disappearance

2002Music

Turbulence

1997Original Music Composer

Black Christmas

2006Original Music Composer

Ghoulies

1984Original Music Composer

Born to Ride

1991Original Music Composer

The Dungeonmaster

1984Original Music Composer

Ritual

2002Music