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Shirley Walker (I) (1945–2006)

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Shirley Walker was born in Napa, California in 1945. She was educated at Pleasant Hill High School; attended San Francisco State College on piano scholarship; studied composition with Dr. Roger Nixon; and piano with Harald Logan of Berkeley, California. She was soloist with San Francisco Symphony while in high school; performed with various hotel, jazz & art bands in San Francisco, 1964 - 1967... See full bio »

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(age 61) in Reno, Nevada, USA
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2011 Final Destination 5 (composer: original themes)
 
2009 The Final Destination (composer: original themes)
 
2006 Black Christmas (synthesizer programmer)
 
2006 Final Destination 3 (conductor, score orchestrator)
 
2003 Willard (conductor, orchestrator)
 
2003 Final Destination 2 (musician: synthesist)
 
1999-2000 Batman Beyond (TV series) (supervising composer - 27 episodes)
– Where's Terry? (2000) (supervising composer)
– Payback (2000) (supervising composer)
– Sentries of the Last Cosmos (2000) (supervising composer)
– April Moon (2000) (supervising composer)
– Plague (2000) (supervising composer)
See all 27 episodes »
 
2000 Final Destination (music conductor)
 
1996-2000 Superman (TV series) (composer: Superman theme - 42 episodes)
– Legacy: Part II (2000) (composer: Superman theme)
– Legacy: Part I (2000) (composer: Superman theme)
– The Demon Reborn (1999) (composer: Superman theme)
– A Fish Story (1999) (composer: Superman theme)
– Superman's Pal (1999) (composer: Superman theme)
See all 42 episodes »
 
1999 Mystery Men (composer: additional music)
 
1997-1999 The New Batman Adventures (TV series) (composer: theme music - 24 episodes)
– Mad Love (1999) (composer: theme music)
– Beware the Creeper (1998) (composer: theme music)
– Judgment Day (1998) (composer: theme music)
– Chemistry (1998) (composer: theme music)
– Girls' Nite Out (1998) (composer: theme music)
See all 24 episodes »
 
1997 The Batman Superman Movie: World's Finest (TV movie) (composer: theme and end credits)
 
1997 Turbulence (conductor)
 
1996 Superman: The Last Son of Krypton (TV movie) (composer: theme music)
 
1996 Escape from L.A. (conductor)
 
1996 Fear (conductor, orchestrator)
 
1996 Rasputin (TV movie) (conductor)
 
Batman (TV series) (supervising composer - 57 episodes, 1992-1995) (composer: theme music - 10 episodes, 1994)
– The Lion and the Unicorn (1995) (supervising composer)
– A Bullet for Bullock (1995) (supervising composer)
– Catwalk (1995) (supervising composer)
– Showdown (1995) (supervising composer)
– Deep Freeze (1994) (composer: theme music)
See all 59 episodes »
 
1995 Batman Forever (additional orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1995 Johnny Mnemonic (conductor - uncredited, orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1995 A Goofy Movie (conductor, orchestrator)
 
1995 Bad Company (orchestrator)
 
1994 True Lies (conductor, orchestrator)
 
1993 Striking Distance (conductor, orchestrator)
 
1993 The Real McCoy (conductor)
 
1992 Toys (conductor, orchestrator)
 
1992 A League of Their Own (conductor)
 
1992 Straight Talk (conductor)
 
1992 Article 99 (conductor)
 
1992 Gladiator (conductor)
 
1991 The Butcher's Wife (conductor, orchestrator)
 
1991 True Identity (conductor)
 
1991 Backdraft (conductor, orchestrator)
 
1991 Defending Your Life (conductor - uncredited, orchestrator)
 
1990-1991 The Flash (TV series) (musician - 11 episodes)
– Tina, Is That You? (1991) (musician)
– The Trickster (1991) (musician)
– Beat the Clock (1991) (musician)
– Sight Unseen (1991) (musician)
– Ghost in the Machine (1990) (musician)
See all 11 episodes »
 
1991/I White Fang (composer: cue "The Bear", orchestrator)
 
1990 Edward Scissorhands (conductor)
 
1990 Child's Play 2 (conductor, orchestrator)
 
1990 Pacific Heights (composer: additional music - uncredited, conductor, orchestrator)
 
1990 Darkman (conductor, orchestrator)
 
1990 Arachnophobia (conductor, orchestrator)
 
1990 Days of Thunder (conductor, orchestrator)
 
1990 Dick Tracy (additional orchestrator, composer: additional music - uncredited, score conductor)
 
1990 Bird on a Wire (conductor, orchestrator)
 
1990 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1990 Nightbreed (conductor, orchestrator)
 
1990 Strike It Rich (conductor, orchestrator)
 
1989 Christmas Vacation (conductor - uncredited)
 
1989 Kill Me Again (conductor)
 
1989 Immediate Family (conductor)
 
1989 Black Rain (conductor, orchestrator)
 
1989 Batman (conductor)
 
1989 Fletch Lives (conductor)
 
1989 Mother, Mother (short) (music recordist)
 
1988 Scrooged (conductor)
 
1988 The Accused (conductor)
 
1987 Malone (orchestration)
 
1986 Children of a Lesser God (additional orchestrator, conductor)
 
1984 Ragewar (conductor)
 
1982 The End of August (musical director)
 
1979 The Black Stallion (composer: additional music)
 
1979 Apocalypse Now (musician: synthesizer)
 
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2012 Designs for a Future War (video documentary short)
 
2012 Beyond and Back (documentary)
 
2006 Black Christmas
 
2006 Kill Shot: The Making of 'FD3' (video documentary) (uncredited)
 
2006 Final Destination 3
 
2006 Death's Design: Making 'Final Destination 3' (TV documentary short)
 
2003 Bits and Pieces: Bringing Death to Life (video documentary short)
 
2003 Willard
 
2003 Final Destination 2
 
2003 Rat People: Friends and Foes (video documentary short)
 
2003 Cheating Death: Beyond and Back (video documentary short)
 
2002 Ritual
 
2002 Disappearance (TV movie)
 
1999-2001 Batman Beyond (TV series)
– Countdown (2001)
– Out of the Past (2000)
– Untouchable (2000)
– King's Ransom (2000)
– Rats (1999)
See all 10 episodes »
 
2001 The Zeta Project (TV series)
 
2000 The Others (TV series)
– Mora (2000)
– Life Is for the Living (2000)
– $4.95 a Minute (2000)
– Till Then (2000)
– The Ones That Lie in Wait (2000)
See all 13 episodes »
 
2000 Final Destination
 
1997-2000 Superman (TV series)
– Legacy: Part II (2000)
– Legacy: Part I (2000)
– Absolute Power (1999)
– Obsession (1998)
– Father's Day (1997)
 
2000 Premonitions (video documentary short)
 
1997-1998 The New Batman Adventures (TV series)
– Torch Song (1998)
– Over the Edge (1998)
– Double Talk (1997)
– You Scratch My Back (1997)
– Cold Comfort (1997)
See all 7 episodes »
 
1998 The Garbage Picking Field Goal Kicking Philadelphia Phenomenon (TV movie)
 
1998 Baby Monitor: Sound of Fear (TV movie)
 
1997 The Love Bug (TV movie)
 
1997 Spawn (TV series)
 
1997 Asteroid (TV movie)
 
1997 Turbulence
 
1996 Escape from L.A.
 
1996 The Crying Child (TV movie)
 
1995-1996 Space: Above and Beyond (TV series)
– ...Tell Our Moms We Done Our Best (1996)
– And If They Lay Us Down to Rest... (1996)
– Sugar Dirt (1996)
– Stardust (1996)
– R & R (1996)
See all 23 episodes »
 
1996 It Came from Outer Space II (TV movie)
 
1995 The Adventures of Captain Zoom in Outer Space (TV movie)
 
1992-1995 Batman (TV series)
– The Terrible Trio (1995)
– Deep Freeze (1994)
– Baby-Doll (1994)
– Harlequinade (1994)
– House and Garden (1994)
See all 31 episodes »
 
1995 Prelude to Eden (short)
 
1994 The Haunting of Seacliff Inn (TV movie)
 
1993 Batman: Mask of the Phantasm
 
1992 Majority Rule (TV movie)
 
1992 Promise Not to Tell (TV documentary)
 
1992 Memoirs of an Invisible Man
 
1992 Flash III: Deadly Nightshade (video)
 
1991 Born to Ride
 
1990-1991 The Flash (TV series)
– Captain Cold (1991) (music)
– The Deadly Nightshade (1991) (music)
– Fast Forward (1991) (music)
– Be My Baby (1991) (music)
– Pilot (1990)
 
1990 Chicago Joe and the Showgirl
 
1989-1990 China Beach (TV series)
– F.N.G. (1990)
– Phoenix (1990)
– How to Stay Alive in Vietnam: Part 2 (1989)
 
1990 Strike It Rich
 
1984-1989 Falcon Crest (TV series)
– Suspicion (1989)
– Tuscany Venus (1988)
– Dangerous Ground (1986)
– Finders and Losers (1986)
– Shattered Dreams (1986)
See all 12 episodes »
 
1988 Knots Landing (TV series)
– The Blushing Bride (1988)
 
1986 Cagney & Lacey (TV series)
– The Rapist: Part 2 (1986)
 
1986 Fluppy Dogs (TV movie)
 
1985 Ghoulies
 
1984 Ragewar
 
1983 Touched
 
1982 The End of August
 
1980 Lou Grant (TV series)
– Hazard (1980)
– Guns (1980)
 
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2010 Scrat's Continental Crack-Up (short) (writer: "Big Chase")
 
2003 Batman: Mystery of the Batwoman (video) ("Batman: The Animated Series Theme")
 
1995 A Goofy Movie (arranger: "After Today")
 
1990 Dick Tracy (arranger: "Sooner Or Later I Always Get My Man", "What Can You Lose")
 
1990 Nightbreed (music: "Charge of the Berserkers")
 
Show ShowThanks (3 titles)
2005 Legends of the Dark Knight: The History of Batman (video documentary short) (special thanks)
 
2003 The Year of the Rat (video documentary) (very special thanks)
 
2000 The Perfect Souffle: Testing 'Final Destination' (video documentary short) (special thanks)
 
Show ShowSelf (4 titles)
2006 The Music of Apocalypse Now (video documentary short)
Herself
 
2006 Kill Shot: The Making of 'FD3' (video documentary)
Herself - Music Composer
 
2004 John Carpenter: Fear Is Just the Beginning... The Man and His Movies (video documentary)
Herself
 
2003 The Year of the Rat (video documentary)
Herself - Music Composer
 

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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. See more »

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