Shirley WALKER‘s death


1945-2006

Composer, arranger & conductor Shirley Walker has passed away after suffering a brain aneurism. As a composer, she started scoring in the early 80, and worked on movies like “Memoirs of an invisible man”, “Escape from LA”, “Final Destination” & “Willard”.
She worked with many composers as orchestrator, arranger & conductor, like Danny Elfman(Edward’s scissorhands, Batman & Dick Tracy).

What’s more, her talent served Hans ZIMMER on the amazing scores : CHICAGO JOE & THE SHOWGIRL (Co-composer), BLACK RAIN (Conductor, Orchestrator), BIRD ON A WIRE (Conductor, Orchestrator), DAYS OF THUNDER (Conductor, Orchestrator), PACIFIC HEIGHTS (Conductor, Orchestrator), BACKDRAFT (Conductor, Orchestrator), A LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN (Conductor), RADIO FLYER (Conductor, Orchestrator), TOYS (Conductor, Orchestrator)

A really great talent has gone, Hans-ZIMMER.com‘s team would like to present its gratitude for her great work on film Music, and her precious help on scores we really love. All our thoughts go to her family and friends.