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Apr 10, 2015 - 7:18 PM
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Wedge
(Member)
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This is something I've been thinking about posting for a while, and today -- when Shirley Walker would have celebrated her 70th birthday -- seemed like an appropriate time to do so. This is intended as a guide to the Walker collector who would like to own as much of her original music on CD as is commercially available. I expect many long-time fans will already be aware of most or all of these releases, but perhaps some of the more obscure entries will be of interest.
For the time being, this list does NOT include:
* Bootlegs or promos
* Vinyl, cassette or online releases
* Isolated scores or DVD features
* Re-recorded cues from compilation albums
* Albums with ONLY arrangement, orchestration or conducting credits by Walker
* Albums that quote Walker, but which she did not actually work on
Bearing that in mind, here is the discography:
1979 - THE BLACK STALLION (with Carmine Coppola, et al.)
Prometheus PCD 151 (paired with THE BLACK STALLION RETURNS by Georges Delerue)
Intrada Special Collection Volume 107 (Expanded Album, 3 CDs)
NOTES: Walker received an "Additional Music" credit for this score. She began as Coppola's assistant, but was asked by the director to rework and replace some of Coppola's original music. The final film had several additional contributors, but Walker was the most prominent of these, and the only one to get a cover credit alongside Coppola on the LP.
1985 - THE DUNGEONMASTER (with Richard Band)
Intrada Signature Edition 1021
NOTES: Although Band receives a solo credit on the official Intrada release, Walker has a shared screen credit with Band.
1985 - GHOULIES (with Richard Band)
Intrada Signature Edition 1030 (paired with Band's RE-ANIMATOR)
NOTES: As with THE DUNGEONMASTER, Band is the sole composer on the Intrada packaging, but Walker and Band are credited jointly onscreen.
1986 - GHOST WARRIOR (main score by Richard Band)
Intrada Signature Edition 1025
NOTES: While Band is the sole composer in the film's opening credits this time around, Walker is given an "additional music" credit during the end credits.
1989 - BLACK RAIN (main score by Hans Zimmer)
La-La Land Records LLLCD 1229 (Expanded Album, 2 CDs)
NOTES: Contains a source cue by Walker, "Airplane Muzak." Only the expanded LLL release includes this cue.
1990 - DICK TRACY (main score by Danny Elfman)
Intrada Special Collection Volume 363 (2 CDs)
NOTES: Includes two cues, "Boiler Go Boom!" and "Peach Juice II," jointly credited to Walker and Danny Elfman.
1990 - THE FLASH (main theme by Danny Elfman)
La-La Land Records LLLCD 1101 (2 CDs)
NOTES: Contains selections from 8 of the show's 22 episodes, scored by Walker incorporating Elfman's main theme.
1991 - WHITE FANG (main score by Basil Poledouris)
Intrada Special Collection Volume 189 (2 CDs)
NOTES: Contains revised material by several additional composers, including one cue, "The Bear Attack," jointly credited to Walker and Hans Zimmer.
1992 - MEMOIRS OF AN INVISIBLE MAN
Varese Sarabande VSD-5355
1992 - BATMAN: THE ANIMATED SERIES (with various composers)
La-La Land Records LLLCD 1082 (Vol. 1, 1st Ed., 2 CDs)
La-La Land Records LLLCD 1217 (Vol. 1, 2nd Ed., 2 CDs)
La-La Land Records LLLCD 1218 (Vol. 2, 4 CDs)
La-La Land Records LLLCD 1322 (Vol. 3, 4 CDs)
La-La Land Records LLLCD 1389 (Vol. 4, 2 CDs)
WaterTower Music WTM39793 (The Music of DC Comics: Volume 2)
NOTES: Walker was the supervising composer for this series, wrote most of the major recurring themes, and composed numerous solo episode scores. The Vol. 1 set also includes Walker's main title music for the show's 1994 re-branding THE ADVENTURES OF BATMAN & ROBIN. (The first edition of Vol. 1 is distinguished by the inclusion of a promo medley and Walker's original piano demo for the series.) The Vol. 4 set also includes two unused logo cues Walker composed for Warner Bros. Family Entertainment. The WaterTower CD includes Walker's title card and arrangement of "Jingle Bells Batman Smells" from the episode "Christmas With the Joker" with the addition of Mark Hamill's vocal (the version without vocal is on LLL's Vol. 1).
1993 - BATMAN: MASK OF THE PHANTASM
Reprise 9 45484-2 (Original Album)
La-La Land Records LLLCD 1089 (Expanded Album)
1995 - SPACE: ABOVE AND BEYOND
La-La Land Records LLLCD 1192 (3 CDs)
NOTES: Contains selections from 18 of the show's 23 episodes.
1996 - ESCAPE FROM L.A. (with John Carpenter)
Milan 7313835773-2 (Original Album)
La-La Land Records LLLCD 1285 (Expanded Album)
NOTES: Some cues are entirely credited to Carpenter, some entirely to Walker, others to both composers.
1996 - SUPERMAN: THE ANIMATED SERIES (with Kristopher Carter, Harvey R. Cohen, Michael McCuistion and Lolita Ritmanis)
La-La Land Records LLLCD 1276 (4 CDs)
NOTES: Walker was supervising composer for this series, contributed most of the primary themes, and wrote 6 solo episode scores (3 of which are on this release).
1997 - TURBULENCE
La-La Land Records LLLCD 1268
1999 - BATMAN BEYOND (with Kristopher Carter, Michael McCuistion and Lolita Ritmanis)
Kid Rhino R2 75925
NOTES: Contains 20 tracks from the series, including 6 by Walker.
2001 - TOKYO DISNEYSEA (with various composers)
Avex/Walt Disney Records AVCW-12233
NOTES: Walker composed the theme for the "Mysterious Island" attraction at the Tokyo DisneySea theme park. One track is available on this album. It may also appear on other DisneySea compilation albums, but this one seems to be the most common.
2003 - WILLARD
La-La Land Records LLLCD 1253
That's it for the time being. If anyone knows something I overlooked (bearing in mind the parameters of this list) don't hesitate to bring it to my attention! I will also try to come back and update this list as future albums are released.
EDIT 12/9/2016: Updated with Intrada's release of Danny Elfman's DICK TRACY, BTAS VOL. 4 from La-La Land and WaterTower's THE MUSIC OF DC COMICS, VOLUME 2.
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Thanks for doing that! Looking forward to whatever other Walker LLL sees fit to put out (and I wouldn't mind a DE of Invisible Man, Varese...)
But seriously, the way you and the folks at LLL have championed the meastra's music is amazing!
Bring on Batman TAS Vol. 4, The Adventures of Batman and Robin, The New Batman Adventures, Superman Vol. 2, The Flash Vols. 2 & 3 (optimistic maybe, but perhaps the popular new show with Hamill's The Trickster returnif with Shirley's theme might mean future volumes could be more popular?), and oh yeah, Space: Above and Beyond Vol. 2...I was bummed the first volume concentrated so much space to the complete so-so pilot score but some of the best scores in the series were only represented by a cue or two (or none!)
Yavar
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Nice. I like discographies.
She is credited as conductor on Fletch Lives on imdb. What on earth is that? I am sure Faltermeyer's score didn't need any conducting.
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Thanks for producing this list. For an amazing composer that was like a comet in the sky. Brilliant but all too brief.
Indeed. It always makes me sad to think of how we lost her too soon and what great work she could have gone on to produce.
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Great thoughts, Carl, thank you for sharing. Shirley is one of my favorites. So neat that you knew and worked with her. 
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Truer words have never been spoken.
But it goes double here, considering the back-handed bitching done by our lessers above your post.
Once again LeHah I am flabbergasted at your personal anger towards me. I try to get along with people in general. The last time I saw such consistent open hostility towards me was back in the 90s when I was on the FilmTracks Scoreboard foolishly getting in flame wars arguing over politics and Star Wars prequels. I was a teenager at the time so I hope I've been forgiven my internet sins by now.
But I don't believe I have ever attacked you so I'm not sure what brings it on, however passive-aggressively it may be disguised. "Our lessers"?? Since I was the ONLY person who remotely said anything negative about LLL's S:A&B release, clearly you are only referring to ME and no one else. So why not just refer to "the back-handed bitching done by Yavar above your post" instead of trying to be clever about it?
While you're at it though, please explain the "back-handed bitching" comment to me. First of all, I'm familiar with the term "back-handed compliment" which I believe refers to a comment which may seem complimentary at first, but which is in fact a veiled insult. But if my bitching is "back-handed" does that get turned around as well, and actually then become some sort of praise?
Yet I can't detect any bitching of any kind in my post, nor am I being disingenuous in any way in it. I GREATLY cherish my Space: Above and Beyond set from LaLaLand. It is a wonderful, indispensable set. I merely expressed my mild personal disappointment at the fact that the (in my opinion) less interesting but lengthy pilot score for the series was included in complete form, while other episodes with more interesting scores were represented by only a cue or two (or not at all). WHAT exactly is so objectionable about that to you, LeHah? It's my opinion and I did not express it rudely in any way. I did not attack the producer of the set personally, though I can understand much more his feeling defensive towards my comment than I can understand your aggressively rude behavior.
My MAIN point in my little comment that stirred up so much animosity was that there was a BUNCH more excellent unreleased Shirley Walker music from the show that deserved to be released on a Volume 2. Addressing Mike now: while I may have selected things differently on the album than you did, I certainly didn't mean to say you did a bad job on it; I think it's great and I thank you from the bottom of my heart. But I hope you'll agree with me that another hypothetical three disc S:A&B set (or even a four disc set like the Batman/Superman/Trek releases have been getting lately) would have no trouble getting filled up with superb Walker music that had to be left off the initial volume due to time constraints.
I doubt I would have been disappointed in the release at all, except that only months before it came out, I had watched the entire series for the first time, and so many of the pieces which I missed on the set were still pretty fresh in my mind at the time.
Yavar
P.S. Thanks to everyone besides LeHah for being patient while I got that off my chest!
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Carl, I'm confused: we're you saying Shirley was doing the music for the Mexicana Airlines commercial or playing on the music?
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Okay, you're right; this should just be about celebrating Shirley Walker's great music!
I'll delete my post if you like.
Yavar
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