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.

Most Famous Work

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Knots Landing

(1979) Music

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Cagney & Lacey

(1982) Music

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Batman

(1989) Conductor

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The New Batman Adventures

(1997) Original Music Composer

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Final Destination

(2000) Original Music Composer

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True Lies

(1994) Conductor

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Space: Above and Beyond

(1995) Music

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Final Destination 2

(2003) Original Music Composer

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Acting

Year	Character	Movie/Tv
2018	Self (archive footage)	Heart of Batman 2018-10-30 Movie
2006	Self - Music Composer	Kill Shot: The Making of 'FD3' 2006-07-25 Movie
2004	Self	John Carpenter: The Man and His Movies 2004-03-23 Movie
Year	Character	Movie/Tv

Sound

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
2006	Original Music Composer	Black Christmas 2006-12-15 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Final Destination 3 2006-02-09 Movie
	Conductor	Final Destination 3 2006-02-09 Movie
2003	Original Music Composer	Cheating Death: Beyond and Back 2003-11-20 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Willard 2003-03-14 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Final Destination 2 2003-01-31 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Bits and Pieces: Bringing Death to Life 2003-01-01 Movie
2002	Music	Ritual 2002-09-18 Movie
	Music	Disappearance 2002-04-21 Movie
2000	Music	Premonitions 2000-09-19 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Final Destination 2000-03-17 Movie
1998	Music	The Garbage Picking Field Goal Kicking Philadelphia Phenomenon 1998-02-15 Movie
	Music	Baby Monitor: Sound of Fear 1998-01-27 Movie
1997	Music	The Love Bug 1997-11-29 Movie
	Theme Song Performance	The Batman/Superman Movie: World's Finest 1997-10-04 Movie
	Main Title Theme Composer	The New Batman Adventures 1997-09-13 TV Show
	Original Music Composer	The New Batman Adventures 1997-09-13 TV Show
	Original Music Composer	Todd McFarlane's Spawn 1997-05-15 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Asteroid 1997-02-16 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Turbulence 1997-01-09 Movie
1996	Theme Song Performance	Superman: The Last Son of Krypton 1996-09-10 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Escape from L.A. 1996-08-09 Movie
	Orchestrator	Fear 1996-04-12 Movie
	Conductor	Fear 1996-04-12 Movie
1995	Original Music Composer	It Came from Outer Space II 1995-12-31 Movie
	Music	The Adventures of Captain Zoom in Outer Space 1995-12-01 Movie
	Music	Space: Above and Beyond 1995-09-24 TV Show
	Orchestrator	A Goofy Movie 1995-04-07 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Prelude to Eden 1995-01-01 Movie
1994	Original Music Composer	The Haunting of Seacliff Inn 1994-09-22 Movie
	Conductor	True Lies 1994-07-15 Movie
1993	Original Music Composer	Batman: Mask of the Phantasm 1993-12-25 Movie
1992	Music	The Flash III: Deadly Nightshade 1992-12-31 Movie
	Music	Majority Rule 1992-10-27 Movie
	Music	Sexual Advances 1992-05-10 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Memoirs of an Invisible Man 1992-02-28 Movie
1991	Original Music Composer	The Flash II: Revenge of the Trickster 1991-09-18 Movie
	Orchestrator	Backdraft 1991-05-24 Movie
	Conductor	Backdraft 1991-05-24 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Born to Ride 1991-05-03 Movie
	Orchestrator	Defending Your Life 1991-03-22 Movie
	Conductor	Defending Your Life 1991-03-22 Movie
1990	Original Music Composer	The Flash 1990-11-04 Movie
	Orchestrator	Bird on a Wire 1990-05-18 Movie
	Conductor	Bird on a Wire 1990-05-18 Movie
	Music	Chicago Joe and the Showgirl 1990-05-16 Movie
	Orchestrator	Nightbreed 1990-02-16 Movie
	Conductor	Nightbreed 1990-02-16 Movie
	Music	Strike It Rich 1990-01-26 Movie
1989	Conductor	National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation 1989-11-30 Movie
	Conductor	Kill Me Again 1989-10-27 Movie
	Conductor	Immediate Family 1989-10-27 Movie
	Orchestrator	Black Rain 1989-09-22 Movie
	Conductor	Black Rain 1989-09-22 Movie
	Conductor	Batman 1989-06-21 Movie
	Recording Supervision	Mother, Mother 1989-01-06 Movie
1988	Conductor	The Accused 1988-10-14 Movie
1986	Music	Fluppy Dogs 1986-11-27 Movie
1985	Original Music Composer	Ghoulies 1985-01-18 Movie
1984	Original Music Composer	The Dungeonmaster 1984-08-24 Movie
1982	Music	Cagney & Lacey 1982-03-25 TV Show
1981	Music Director	The End of August 1981-11-19 Movie
	Original Music Composer	The End of August 1981-11-19 Movie
1980	Conductor	Amber Waves 1980-03-09 Movie
1979	Music	Knots Landing 1979-12-27 TV Show
Year	Role	Movie/Tv

Crew

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
2006	In Memory Of	Final Destination 3 2006-02-09 Movie
2000	Thanks	The Perfect Souffle: Testing "Final Destination" 2000-09-19 Movie
1990	Additional Music	Nightbreed 1990-02-16 Movie
1981	Additional Music	The Fox and the Hound 1981-07-10 Movie
Year	Role	Movie/Tv