Composer Shirley Walker died of a brain aneurysm at the age of 61.
I first heard of her, while fellow composer Danny Elfman was being interviewed about his score on 1989's Batman...He had mentioned that she had conducted the orchestra during the scoring sessions of the film--Walker had made a career out of doing that job on many films. Films like True Lies (1994), A League of Their Own (1992), and Days of Thunder (1990), just to name a few... Talk about unsung hero.
Walker's skill at conducting and orchestrating music written by others, of course, led to a prolific solo career in both film and TV. She would return to the superhero genre, composing music for the popular animated series "Batman" (1992), its feature length sequel, Batman: Mask of the Phantasm ('93), the live action film Memoirs of an Invisible Man and Escape from L.A. for director John Carpenter. She had also scored all three Final Destination films and the 2003 Willard remake. Her last film is the 2006 version of Black Christmas (the original movie is a classic)
For more on Walker, read the Hollywood Reporter obituary by Chris Morris.
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