Shirley Walker

Personal Info

Known For Sound

Gender Female

Birthday 1945-04-10

Deathday 2006-11-29 (61 years old)

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.

Known For

Sound

2006
Final Destination 3

as Original Music Composer

2006
Black Christmas

as Original Music Composer

2006
Final Destination 3

as Conductor

2003
Willard

as Original Music Composer

2003
Final Destination 2

as Original Music Composer

2003
Bits and Pieces: Bringing Death to Life

as Original Music Composer

2002
Disappearance

as Music

2002
Ritual

as Music

2000
Final Destination

as Original Music Composer

2000
Premonitions

as Music

1997
Todd McFarlane's Spawn

as Original Music Composer

1997
Turbulence

as Original Music Composer

1997
Asteroid

as Original Music Composer

1997
The Love Bug

as Music

1997
1997
The New Batman Adventures

as Main Title Theme Composer

1997
The New Batman Adventures

as Original Music Composer

1996
Escape from L.A.

as Original Music Composer

1996
Superman: The Last Son of Krypton

as Theme Song Performance

1996
Fear

as Orchestrator

1996
Fear

as Conductor

1995
Prelude to Eden

as Original Music Composer

1995
It Came from Outer Space II

as Original Music Composer

1995
A Goofy Movie

as Orchestrator

1994
The Haunting of Seacliff Inn

as Original Music Composer

1994
True Lies

as Conductor

1993
Batman: Mask of the Phantasm

as Original Music Composer

1992
Memoirs of an Invisible Man

as Original Music Composer

1992
Majority Rule

as Music

1992
1991
Defending Your Life

as Orchestrator

1991
Born to Ride

as Original Music Composer

1991
Backdraft

as Orchestrator

1991
Defending Your Life

as Conductor

1991
Backdraft

as Conductor

1991
The Flash II: Revenge of the Trickster

as Original Music Composer

1990
Bird on a Wire

as Conductor

1990
Bird on a Wire

as Orchestrator

1990
1990
The Flash

as Original Music Composer

1990
Nightbreed

as Orchestrator

1990
Nightbreed

as Conductor

1989
Mother, Mother

as Recording Supervision

1989
Black Rain

as Orchestrator

1989
Black Rain

as Conductor

1989
Kill Me Again

as Conductor

1989
Immediate Family

as Conductor

1989
Batman

as Conductor

1986
Fluppy Dogs

as Music

1985
Ghoulies

as Original Music Composer

1984
The Dungeonmaster

as Original Music Composer

1982
1981
The End of August

as Music Director

1981
The End of August

as Original Music Composer

1980
Amber Waves

as Conductor

1979
Knots Landing

as Music

Crew

2006
Final Destination 3

as In Memory Of

1990
Nightbreed

as Additional Music

1981
The Fox and the Hound

as Additional Music

Actor

2018
Heart of Batman

as Self (archive footage)

2006
Kill Shot: The Making of 'FD3'

as Self - Music Composer