Shirley Walker

Shirley Walker

American composer
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SHIRLEY WALKER- MUSICIAN.COMPOSER-ORCHESTRATOR

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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 work in (Scrooged, Batman, Black Rain, Dick Tracy, Days of Thunder, Edward Scissorhands, True Lies, Final Destination) with composer collaborators [Brad Fiedel, Hans Zimmer, Danny Elfman]

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Shirley Walker was born on Tuesday, 10 April 1945 in Napa, California, USA. She was best known as a composer. Walker's country of citizenship (nationality) was American. She died on Wednesday, 29 November 2006 in Reno, Nevada, USA at the age of 61. She had dark brown hair (color). Her zodiac star sign was Aries.

You can find people similar to Shirley Walker by visiting our lists La-La Land Records artists and 20th-century women composers.

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Batman: The Mask of the Phantasm
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10 April 1945
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Napa, California, USA
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29 November 2006
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Reno, Nevada, USA
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Complications from stroke
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Composer, Conductor
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Shirley Walker is known for her role in the TV mini series documentary Superpowered: The DC Story (2023) as Self - Composer, Batman: The Animated Series.

She is also known for her role in the film The Bob's Burgers Movie (2022) as writer: "The Ride".

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