Shirley Walker

Personal Info

Know For

Sound

Gender

Female

Birthday

1945-04-10 (61 years old)

Deathday

2006-11-29

Place of Birth

Napa, California, USA

Shirley Walker

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.

Acting

2006

Kill Shot: The Making of 'FD3'

as Self - Music Composer

2018

Heart of Batman

as Self (archive footage)

Production

1996

Escape from L.A.

as Original Music Composer

1992

Memoirs of an Invisible Man

as Original Music Composer

1989

Mother, Mother

as Recording Supervision

2003

Willard

as Original Music Composer

2006

Final Destination 3

as Original Music Composer

1989

Black Rain

as Orchestrator

1989

Black Rain

as Conductor

2003

Final Destination 2

as Original Music Composer

1984

The Dungeonmaster

as Original Music Composer

2000

Final Destination

as Original Music Composer

2006

Black Christmas

as Original Music Composer

1991

Defending Your Life

as Orchestrator

1986

Fluppy Dogs

as Music

1980

Amber Waves

as Conductor

1981

The Fox and the Hound

as Additional Music

1981

The End of August

as Music Director

1994

The Haunting of Seacliff Inn

as Original Music Composer

1995

Prelude to Eden

as Original Music Composer

1981

The End of August

as Original Music Composer

1989

Kill Me Again

as Conductor

1992

1990

Bird on a Wire

as Orchestrator

1990

Bird on a Wire

as Conductor

1993

Batman: Mask of the Phantasm

as Original Music Composer

1989

Immediate Family

as Conductor

1991

Born to Ride

as Original Music Composer

1996

Superman: The Last Son of Krypton

as Theme Song Performance

1995

It Came from Outer Space II

as Original Music Composer

1991

Backdraft

as Orchestrator

1997

Turbulence

as Original Music Composer

1997

Asteroid

as Original Music Composer

2002

1991

2000

Premonitions

as Music

1992

1995

A Goofy Movie

as Orchestrator

2002

Ritual

as Music

1990

1991

Backdraft

as Conductor

1994

True Lies

as Conductor

2006

2006

Final Destination 3

as In Memory Of

1989

Batman

as Conductor

1997

The Love Bug

as Music

1990

The Flash

as Original Music Composer

1991

The Flash II: Revenge of the Trickster

as Original Music Composer

1997

1985

Ghoulies

as Original Music Composer

1990

Nightbreed

as Additional Music

1990

Nightbreed

as Conductor

1990

Nightbreed

as Orchestrator

1996

Fear

as Orchestrator

1996

Fear

as Conductor

2003

Bits and Pieces: Bringing Death to Life

as Original Music Composer

2003

Cheating Death: Beyond and Back

as Original Music Composer

1988

The Accused

as Conductor

1996

1995

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