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Shirley Walker is a Orchestrator and In Memory Of American born on 10 april 1945 at Napa (USA)

Shirley Walker

Shirley Walker
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Nationality USA
Birth 10 april 1945 at Napa (USA)
Death 29 november 2006 (at 61 years) at Reno (USA)

Shirley 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 the first female composer to earn a solo score credit on a major Hollywood motion picture 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.

Best films

Batman (1989)
(Conductor)
True Lies (1994)
(Conductor)
Backdraft (1991)
(Conductor)
Bird on a Wire (1990)
(Conductor)
Black Rain (1989)
(Conductor)
Final Destination 3 (2006)
(Conductor)

Usually with

Glen Morgan
Glen Morgan
(4 films)
James Wong
James Wong
(4 films)
Kurt Russell
Kurt Russell
(3 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Shirley Walker (37 films)

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Sound

Final Destination 3, 1h30
Directed by James Wong
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Horror
Themes Serial killer films
Actors Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Ryan Merriman, Amanda Crew, Alexz Johnson, Kris Lemche, Crystal Lowe
Roles Conductor
Rating58% 2.90352.90352.90352.90352.9035
High school student Wendy Christensen visits an amusement park with her boyfriend Jason Wise, best friend Carrie Dreyer, and Carrie's boyfriend
Black Christmas, 1h24
Directed by Glen Morgan
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Horror, Slasher
Themes Films about families, Christmas films, Films about sexuality, Serial killer films
Actors Katie Cassidy Rodgers, Michelle Trachtenberg, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Oliver Hudson, Lacey Chabert, Kristen Cloke
Roles Original Music Composer
Rating47% 2.354542.354542.354542.354542.35454
William Edward "Billy" Lenz, a boy born with severe jaundice due to a liver disease, is constantly abused by his hateful mother. After murdering Billy's father and burying his body in the underground crawlspace with the help of her boyfriend, Mrs. Lenz locks Billy in the attic to prevent him from talking. Years later, she attempts to conceive a new baby but realizes that her new man is impotent. She goes up to the attic and rapes 12-year-old Billy. Nine months later, a daughter named Agnes is born and treated like a princess by Mrs. Lenz. When Agnes is eight and Christmas comes around, Billy escapes from the attic and disfigures Agnes by gouging out her eye and taunts his mother, saying "she's my family now." Billy then gruesomely kills his mother and her lover. He is caught by the police eating pieces of his mother's flesh, and sent to a mental asylum.
Willard
Willard (2003)
, 1h40
Directed by Glen Morgan
Origin Canada
Genres Drama, Thriller, Horror
Themes Films about animals, Natural horror films
Actors Crispin Glover, R. Lee Ermey, Laura Harring, Jackie Burroughs, Ashlyn Gere, Ty Olsson
Roles Original Music Composer
Rating60% 3.049993.049993.049993.049993.04999
Willard Stiles (Crispin Glover) is a social misfit taking care of his ill and fragile but verbally abusive mother Henrietta (Jackie Burroughs) in a musty old mansion that is also home to a colony of rats. Willard finds himself constantly humiliated in front of his co-workers by his cruel boss, Frank Martin (R. Lee Ermey), a vicious man who assumed control of the company from Willard's father upon his death, and whose professional interest in Willard extends to a personal financial one. A co-worker, Cathryn (Laura Elena Harring), has sympathy for the quirky Willard. Cathryn becomes Willard's friend and love interest.
Final Destination 2, 1h28
Directed by David Richard Ellis
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Horror
Themes Serial killer films
Actors Ali Larter, A.J. Cook, Michael Landes, David Paetkau, Keegan Connor Tracy, Lynda Boyd
Roles Original Music Composer
Rating62% 3.1003553.1003553.1003553.1003553.100355
One year after the explosion of Flight 180, college student Kimberly Corman is headed to Daytona Beach, Florida for spring break with her friends, Shaina McKlank, Dano Estevez, and Frankie Whitman. En route, Kimberly has a premonition of wooden logs falling off a semi, causing a massive car crash that kills everyone involved. She stalls her car on the entrance ramp, preventing lottery winner Evan Lewis; widow Nora Carpenter and her fifteen-year-old son Tim; businesswoman Kat Jennings; stoner Rory Peters; pregnant Isabella Hudson; high school teacher Eugene Dix; and Deputy Marshal Thomas Burke from entering the highway. While Thomas questions Kimberly, the pileup occurs. Shaina, Dano, and Frankie are killed by a speeding truck, but Kimberly is saved by Thomas at the last second.
Disappearance, 1h32
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Horror
Themes Transport films, Films about automobiles, Road movies
Actors Harry Hamlin, Susan Dey, Jer Adrianne Lelliott, Jamie Croft, Basia A'Hern, Jeremy Kewley
Roles Music
Rating53% 2.6529252.6529252.6529252.6529252.652925
Une famille américaine est piégée dans une ville fantôme en plein cœur du Nevada, pendant toute une nuit. Les manifestations surnaturelles se multiplient
Ritual
Ritual (2002)
, 1h39
Directed by Avi Nesher
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Horror
Actors Jennifer Grey, Craig Sheffer, Tim Curry, John Kassir, Daniel Lapaine, Kristen Wilson
Roles Music
Rating48% 2.4021052.4021052.4021052.4021052.402105
Dr. Alice Dodgson (Jennifer Grey) is a failed physician that travels to Jamaica to care for Wesley Claybourne (Daniel Lapaine), a young man apparently suffering from encephalitis. Because she had been fired due to her actions resulting in the death of a patient, Alice has few options left and decides that she is willing to serve as Wesley's nurse. While in Jamaica Alice begins to fall for Wesley and starts to suspect that she and Wesley are the targets of a voodoo cult. She manages to befriend Caro (Kristen Wilson), a local girl that recommends that Alice not get overly involved with the rumors of voodoo and to overly mind her own business, since it's likely that if anyone is after Alice then it's because she is interfering. As things grow more tense, the viewers learn that Caro is behind all of the strange things going on and that she was seeking revenge due to Wesley's father killing her mother and denying that he fathered Caro, thus leaving her unable to inherit anything from him. Ultimately Caro managed to paralyze Alice and is about to turn her into a zombie, only for Alice to reveal that she was not completely paralyzed and causes Caro's plan to backfire, turning Caro into a zombie instead. Alice and Wesley then move back to the US and find jobs, whilst the local Police Chief takes the now zombie Caro home and puts her in his bed.
Disappearance, 1h32
Directed by Walter Klenhard
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Horror
Actors Harry Hamlin, Susan Dey, Basia A'Hern, Jer Adrianne Lelliott, Jamie Croft, Jeremy Kewley
Roles Music
Rating53% 2.6529252.6529252.6529252.6529252.652925
While driving through New Mexico, the Henley family – Jim, his wife Patty, their daughter Kate, son Matt, along with Matt's friend Ethan – discover the whereabouts of Weaver, a ghost town, and decide to take a detour to it to take pictures. Stopping at a diner in ther neighboring town of Two Wells, the family asks about Weaver but the patrons, all seeming dazed, claim not to have heard of the town, although a gas station attendant warns Jim to "stay on the pavement". The Henleys make their way to Weaver, where they find a wall with a mysterious symbol and a human-sized dried skin. They discover a videotape which shows previous visitors being taken by an unseen force, ending with a girl running from the unknown threat. Unnerved, the family try to leave but the SUV battery is dead and they are forced to spend the night in one of the abandoned buildings.
Final Destination, 1h38
Directed by James Wong
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Fantastic, Horror
Themes Transport films, Aviation films, Serial killer films
Actors Devon Sawa, Ali Larter, Kerr Smith, Seann William Scott, Tony Todd, Kristen Cloke
Roles Original Music Composer
Rating66% 3.3489753.3489753.3489753.3489753.348975
High school student Alex Browning boards Volée Airlines Flight 180 with his classmates for their senior trip to Paris, France. Before take-off, Alex has a premonition that the plane will suffer a catastrophic engine failure, causing the plane to explode in mid-air, and killing everyone on board. When the events from his vision begin to repeat themselves in reality, he panics and a fight breaks out between Alex and his rival, Carter Horton. This leads to several passengers being removed from the plane, including Alex; Carter; Alex's best friend, Tod Waggner; Carter's girlfriend, Terry Chaney; teacher Valerie Lewton; and students Billy Hitchcock and Clear Rivers. None of the passengers, except for Clear, believe Alex about his vision until the plane explodes on take-off, killing the remaining passengers on board. Afterwards, the survivors are interrogated by two FBI agents, who believe that Alex had something to do with the explosion.
The Batman/Superman Movie: World's Finest, 1h4
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Action, Animation
Themes Batman films, Superman films, Superhero films, Super-héros inspiré de comics, Films about extraterrestrial life
Actors Kevin Conroy, Timothy Daly, Dana Delany, Clancy Brown, Mark Hamill, Arleen Sorkin
Roles Theme Song Performance
Rating76% 3.8442653.8442653.8442653.8442653.844265
Un soir à Gotham City, le Joker et Harley Quinn dérobent une statue chez un antiquaire. Celle-ci, sans réelle grande valeur, est en fait un objet fait de kryptonite (le point faible de Superman). Le Joker se rend ensuite à Métropolis afin de conclure un marché avec le milliardiare Lex Luthor : éliminer Superman en l'échange d'un milliard de dollars. Batman et Superman vont ainsi devoir mettre leur force en commun afin de vaincre leurs deux plus redoutables ennemis respectifs...
The Garbage Picking Field Goal Kicking Philadelphia Phenomenon, 1h18
Directed by Tim Kelleher
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Sports films, American football films
Actors Tony Danza, Jessica Tuck, Art LaFleur, Jaime Cardriche, Gil Filar, Al Ruscio
Roles Music
Rating51% 2.5571752.5571752.5571752.5571752.557175
Barney Gorman (Tony Danza) works hard as a garbageman, but his career indirectly embarrasses his family. All the Philadelphia Eagles' coach wants to do is impress the football fans in Philadelphia, but having a team that lacks success makes that hard for them. But one day, when Barney and his friend are picking up garbage, Barney takes out his frustration and kicks a water jug at the city dump, which also happens to be a scouting location for the Eagles to buy land in order to build a new stadium, and the owner is present. The jug goes so far, that the Eagles' coach sees and asks Barney to be their new kicker, which the owner feels is an excellent publicity stunt in "giving an average Joe a shot at the NFL".
Asteroid
Asteroid (1997)
, 2h23
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Action
Themes La fin du monde, Films about religion, Films set in the future, Political films, Dystopian films, Impact events in fiction, Disaster films, American disaster films
Actors Michael Biehn, Annabella Sciorra, Don Franklin, Carlos Gómez, Jensen Daggett, Anne-Marie Johnson
Roles Original Music Composer
Rating47% 2.3647052.3647052.3647052.3647052.364705
Late one night, near Billings, Montana, a gas tanker is driving by when meteoroid suddenly hits in front of the truck. The driver attempts to swerve out of the way, but loses control and overturns and the tanker explodes, causing a massive fire.
The Love Bug, 1h28
Directed by Peyton Reed
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Fantasy, Adventure
Themes Sports films, Transport films, Films about automobiles, Auto racing films, Road movies, Children's films
Actors Bruce Campbell, John Hannah, Alexandra Wentworth, Jeff Garlin, Kevin J. O'Connor, Dana Gould
Roles Music
Rating52% 2.615632.615632.615632.615632.61563
La Coccinelle ne remporte plus aucune course. Abandonnée par son nouveau propriétaire, Simon Moore III, elle est sauvée par Hank Cooper, un pilote malchanceux devenu mécanicien. Pour aider ce dernier à retrouver la plus haute marche du podium et l'amour d'Alex, son ancienne fiancée, Choupette reprend la compétition. Elle va devoir affronter Horace, la nouvelle voiture de Simon...
Turbulence
Turbulence (1997)
, 1h40
Directed by Robert Butler
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Action, Crime
Themes La fin du monde, Films about terrorism, Transport films, Aviation films, Dans un avion, Disaster films, American disaster films, Films about aviation accidents or incidents, Films about hijackings
Actors Ray Liotta, Lauren Holly, Héctor Elizondo, Rachel Ticotin, Catherine Hicks, Jeffrey DeMunn
Roles Original Music Composer
Rating50% 2.503292.503292.503292.503292.50329
After Ryan Weaver is arrested for a murder that he says he did not commit, he must be transported to Los Angeles to face trial. He and another prisoner are escorted by four air marshals on a Boeing 747 on a commercial flight. Even though it is Christmas Eve, the 747 is nearly empty, with only 11 people on board. The entire cabin is highly decorated with Christmas trees and other decorations.
Escape from L.A., 1h41
Directed by John Carpenter
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Action, Adventure
Themes Post-apocalyptic films, Films about religion, Films set in the future, Political films, Dystopian films, Disaster films
Actors Kurt Russell, Stacy Keach, Steve Buscemi, Peter Fonda, Georges Corraface, Cliff Robertson
Roles Original Music Composer
Rating57% 2.8508652.8508652.8508652.8508652.850865
In 2000, an earthquake strikes Los Angeles, the San Fernando Valley floods, and California turns into an island from Malibu to Anaheim. An American presidential candidate who is also an outspoken theocrat has been saying that L.A. is sinful and has been punished by God.