Shirley Walker

Shirley Walker

  • Birthday: 1945-04-10
  • Deathday: 2006-11-29
  • Place of birth: Napa, California, USA

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

Heart of Batman

2018

As Herself (archive footage)

Kill Shot: The Making of 'FD3'

2006

As Self - Music Composer

Production

Escape from L.A.

1996

As Original Music Composer

Memoirs of an Invisible Man

1992

As Original Music Composer

Willard

2003

As Original Music Composer

Final Destination 3

2006

As Original Music Composer

Final Destination 2

2003

As Original Music Composer

Final Destination

2000

As Original Music Composer

Black Christmas

2006

As Original Music Composer

The Dungeonmaster

1984

As Original Music Composer

The Haunting of Seacliff Inn

1994

As Original Music Composer

Prelude to Eden

1995

As Original Music Composer

Born to Ride

1991

As Original Music Composer

Backdraft

1991

As Orchestrator

It Came from Outer Space II

1995

As Original Music Composer

Turbulence

1997

As Original Music Composer

Asteroid

1997

As Original Music Composer

Disappearance

2002

As Music

Ritual

2002

As Music

Strike It Rich

1990

As Music

Backdraft

1991

As Conductor

True Lies

1994

As Conductor

Batman

1989

As Conductor

Final Destination 3

2006

As Conductor

Final Destination 3

2006

As In Memory Of

The Love Bug

1997

As Music

The Flash II: Revenge of the Trickster

1991

As Original Music Composer

The Flash

1990

As Original Music Composer

The Batman/Superman Movie: World's Finest

1998

As Theme Song Performance

Ghoulies

1985

As Original Music Composer

Nightbreed

1990

As Conductor

Nightbreed

1990

As Orchestrator

Nightbreed

1990

As Additional Music

Mother, Mother

1989

As Recording Supervision

Batman: Mask of the Phantasm

1993

As Original Music Composer

Black Rain

1989

As Orchestrator

Black Rain

1989

As Conductor

Defending Your Life

1991

As Orchestrator

Fluppy Dogs

1986

As Music

Amber Waves

1980

As Conductor

The Fox and the Hound

1981

As Additional Music

The End of August

1981

As Music Director

Todd McFarlane's Spawn

1997

As Original Music Composer

The End of August

1981

As Original Music Composer

Kill Me Again

1989

As Conductor

Majority Rule

1992

As Music

Superman: The Last Son of Krypton

1996

As Theme Song Performance

Sexual Advances

1992

As Music

A Goofy Movie

1995

As Orchestrator

Bird on a Wire

1990

As Orchestrator

Bird on a Wire

1990

As Conductor

Immediate Family

1989

As Conductor

The Flash

1990

As Music

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