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Contributing Institution:
USC Libraries Cinematic Arts Library
Title: Shirley Walker music scores
Creator:
Walker, Shirley, 1945-2006
Identifier/Call Number: 2657
Physical Description:
86.6 Linear Feet
49 boxes
Date (inclusive): 1986-2006
Abstract: This collection consists of music scores from American film and television composer Shirley Walker.
Language of Material:
English.
Shirley Walker (1945-2006) was an American film and television composer and conductor and was a pioneer for women in the film
industry. Walker was a piano soloist with the San Francisco Symphony while in high school and went on to attend San Francisco
State University on a piano scholarship. She studied composition with Roger Nixon and piano studies with Harold Logan. Walker
began her career composing industrial films and commercial jingles then broke into the film business by playing synthesizer
on Francis Ford Coppola's
Apocalypse Now (1979).
She went on to score nearly 20 films and won her first Emmy as the music director of the animated series
The Adventures of Batman and Robin in 1996, and her compositions for
Batman Beyond in 2001 brought her a second. Walker brought a bold and innovative orchestral style to contemporary film and television scores.
This collection consists of music scores from American film and television composer Shirley Walker. Scores include
Batman: The Animated Series (1992-1995),
Final Destination (2000), and
Space: Above & Beyond (1995-1996).
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at ctlibarc@usc.edu. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Cinematic Arts Library as the owner of the physical
items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.
[Box/folder no. or item name], Shirley Walker music scores, Collection no. 2657, Cinematic Arts Library, USC Libraries, University
of Southern California.
Collection is unprocessed.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Animated television music -- Archival resources
Composers
Composers -- California -- Los Angeles -- 20th century -- Archival resources
Composition (Music) -- Archival resources
Conductors (Music) -- California -- 20th century -- Archival resources
Film composers -- Archival resources
Sheet music
Television music -- Archival resources
Women musicians -- United States
Walker, Shirley, 1945-2006 -- Archives