Walker (Shirley) music scores, 1986-2006

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Summary

Title:
Shirley Walker music scores
Dates:
1986-2006
Creators:
Walker, Shirley, 1945-2006
Abstract:
This collection consists of music scores from American film and television composer Shirley Walker.
Extent:
86.6 Linear Feet 49 boxes
Language:
English .
Preferred citation:

[Box/folder no. or item name], Shirley Walker music scores, Collection no. 2657, Cinematic Arts Library, USC Libraries, University of Southern California.

Background

Scope and content:

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).

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.

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About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Sarah Jardini for History Associates Incorporated
Date Encoded:
This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2023-03-13 17:11:19 -0700 .

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Preferred citation:

[Box/folder no. or item name], Shirley Walker music scores, Collection no. 2657, Cinematic Arts Library, USC Libraries, University of Southern California.

Location of this collection:
Cinematic Arts Library
Doheny Memorial Library, Room G4
Los Angeles, CA 90089-0185, US
Contact:
(213) 740-8383
ctlibarc@usc.edu
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