Shirley Walker
- Sound
- April 10, 1945 · Napa, California, USA
- 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.
Known for
Filmography
- Heart of Batman · Self
- Black Christmas · Music
- Kill Shot: The Making of 'FD3' · Self
- Final Destination 3 · Music, Conductor
- John Carpenter: The Man and His Movies · Self
- Cheating Death: Beyond and Back · Music
- Willard · Music
- Final Destination 2 · Music
- Bits and Pieces: Bringing Death to Life · Music
- Ritual · Music
- Disappearance · Music
- The Perfect Souffle: Testing "Final Destination" · Thanks
- Premonitions · Music
- Final Destination · Music
- The Garbage Picking Field Goal Kicking Philadelphia Phenomenon · Music
- Baby Monitor: Sound of Fear · Music
- The Love Bug · Music
- The Batman/Superman Movie: World's Finest · Theme Song Performance
- The New Batman Adventures · Main Title Theme Composer, Music
- Asteroid · Music
- Turbulence · Music
- Superman: The Last Son of Krypton · Theme Song Performance
- Escape from L.A. · Music
- The Crying Child · Music
- Fear · Orchestrator, Conductor
- It Came from Outer Space II · Music
- The Adventures of Captain Zoom in Outer Space · Music
- Space: Above and Beyond · Music
- A Goofy Movie · Orchestrator
- Prelude to Eden · Music
- The Haunting of Seacliff Inn · Music
- True Lies · Conductor
- Batman: Mask of the Phantasm · Music
- The Flash III: Deadly Nightshade · Music
- Majority Rule · Music
- Batman: The Animated Series · Music
- Promise Not to Tell · Music
- Sexual Advances · Music
- Memoirs of an Invisible Man · Music
- The Flash II: Revenge of the Trickster · Music
- Backdraft · Orchestrator, Conductor
- Born to Ride · Music
- Defending Your Life · Orchestrator, Conductor
- The Flash · Music
- Bird on a Wire · Orchestrator, Conductor
- Chicago Joe and the Showgirl · Music
- Nightbreed · Additional Music, Orchestrator
- Strike It Rich · Music
- National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation · Conductor
- Kill Me Again · Conductor
- Immediate Family · Conductor
- Black Rain · Orchestrator, Conductor
- Batman · Conductor
- Mother, Mother · Recording Supervision
- The Accused · Conductor
- Fluppy Dogs · Music
- Ghoulies · Music
- The Dungeonmaster · Music
- Cagney & Lacey · Music
- The End of August · Music Director, Music
- The Fox and the Hound · Additional Music
- Amber Waves · Conductor
- Knots Landing · Music