Finding Aid for the Shirley Walker music scores 2657
Sarah Jardini for History Associates Incorporated
USC Libraries Cinematic Arts Library
2022 November
Doheny Memorial Library G4
3550 Trousdale Parkway
Los Angeles, California 90089-0185
ctlibarc@usc.edu
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.
Biographical / Historical
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.
Scope and Contents
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).
Conditions Governing Access
Advance notice required for access.
Rights Statement for Archival Description
Finding aid description and metadata are licensed under an Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license.
Conditions Governing Use
All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Cinematic Arts Library
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.
Preferred Citation
[Box/folder no. or item name], Shirley Walker music scores, Collection no. 2657, Cinematic Arts Library, USC Libraries, University
of Southern California.
Processing Information
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
Box 26, Box 27, Box 28, Box 29, Box 30, Box 31, Box 32, Box 33
Batman: The Animated Series
Box 33
The New Batman Superman Adventures
Box 8, Box 9, Box 10, Box 11
Box 22
Superman: The Animated Series
Box 7
Batman: Mask of the Phantasm
Box 18
Chicago Joe & The Showgirl
Box 15
Adventures of Captain Zoom in Outer Space
Box 34, Box 35, Box 36, Box 37, Box 38, Box 48
Box 21
Baby Monitor: Sound of Fear
Box 16
The Haunting of Seacliff Inn
Box 20, Box 39, Box 40, Box 41, Box 42
Box 43, Box 44, Box 45, Box 46, Box 47
Box 18
Warner Bros. 75th Anniversary (Chariots of Fire)
