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. Walker was one of the first female composers to earn a solo score credit on a major Hollywood motion picture (preceded by Suzanne Ciani who wrote the complete score to the Universal Film "The Incredible Shrinking Woman" in 1980, released January 1981) and according to the Los Angeles Times, will be remembered as a pioneer for women in the film industry.She wrote her film scores entirely by hand. She always orchestrated and conducted her own scores by herself.
November 30, 2006, Los Angeles, California, United States
Place Of Birth
Napa, California, USA
Profession
Music Department, Composer, Soundtrack
Spouse
Don Walker (m. 1967–2006)
Children
Ian Walker, Colin Walker
Albums
Escape From L.A., Batman
Star Sign
Aries
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Fact
1
She is buried at Oak Hill Cemetery in Ballard, California.
2
Shortly after graduating from Pleasant Hill High School, Shirley composed the score for a full length musical adaptation of Moliere's "The Imaginary Invalid" called "Make Way For Love", with Book & Lyrics by W. Grant Gray, which had its world premiere at the high school, with Shirley playing keyboards with a quartet at all performances.
Music Department
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Dungeonmaster
1984
conductor
Touched
1983
conductor
Metalstorm: The Destruction of Jared-Syn
1983
conductor
The Plague Dogs
1982
orchestrator
The End of August
1982
musical director
The Fox and the Hound
1981
composer: additional music - uncredited
The Black Stallion
1979
composer: additional music
Apocalypse Now
1979
musician: synthesizer
Effloresce
2015
Short music supervisor
The Gray Ghost: Sweating Bullets
2014
Short stock music
Final Destination 5
2011
composer: original themes
What If...?
2010
TV Series music by - 1 episode
The Final Destination
2009
composer: original themes
Black Christmas
2006
synthesizer programmer
Final Destination 3
2006
conductor / score orchestrator
Willard
2003
conductor / orchestrator
Final Destination 2
2003
musician: synthesist
The Zeta Project
2001
TV Series supervising composer - 12 episodes
Batman Beyond
1999-2000
TV Series supervising composer - 27 episodes
Final Destination
2000
music conductor / orchestrator - uncredited
Superman
1996-2000
TV Series composer - 45 episodes
Mystery Men
1999
composer: additional music
Spawn
1999
TV Series main title theme by - 6 episodes
The New Batman Adventures
1997-1999
TV Series composer - 24 episodes
The Batman Superman Movie: World's Finest
1997
TV Movie composer: theme and end credits
Turbulence
1997
conductor
Superman: The Last Son of Krypton
1996
TV Movie composer: theme music
Escape from L.A.
1996
conductor
Fear
1996
conductor / orchestrator
Rasputin
1996
TV Movie conductor
Eden
1996
conductor
Batman: The Animated Series
TV Series supervising composer - 57 episodes, 1992 - 1995 composer - 10 episodes, 1994
$3 Million
