#shirleywalker

Just rewatched “Mask of The Phantasm”. Shirley Walker’s score is so astoundingly beautiful. What a talent she was! Apparently, the choral arrangement for the opening Batman suite, uses the names of the producers, sung backwards. #batman #maskofthephantasm #shirleywalker #art #composer #womencomposers #music #score #womeninmusic (at Vista, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/CCO-gf3jH2H/?igshid=1nof9vjdj3nw6

@realgonemusic presents the Score Carpenter and Shirley Walker Composed for Escape from L.A.—the 1996 sequel to Escape from New York—Features the Creeping Tension So Loved by Carpenter Fans with a Little Rock and Roll Edge. This first-ever vinyl release includes a whole album's worth of additional material not presented on the original CD release. Also, the double LP set is housed in a newly designed gatefold jacket featuring production stills. The album is pressed on Limited Edition Test Tube Clear with Plutoxin Virus Green Splatter Vinyl - only 1500 copies to be pressed. Up for preorder!!! #soundtrack #filmscore #johncarpenter #shirleywalker #escapefromla #cultclassic #vinyl

In December 1993, Warner Bros. released in theaters the film “Batman: Mask of the Phantasm. Directed by Bruce Timm and Eric Radomski with screenplay by Paul Dini, Alan Burnett, Michael Reaves and martin Pasko,the movie was placed within the DC Animated Universe of the current television show, Batman: The Animated Series. With Burnett wanting to bring in a major love interest for Bruce Wayne in continuity, we are introduced to Andrea Beaumont, the daughter of wealthy businessman Carl Beaumont and his deceased wife, Victoria. In a series of flashbacks, we witness Andrea’s college days at Gotham University, where she meets Bruce Wayne and they fall in love. The two had planned to marry, but Andrea returned the ring Bruce had given her and went away with her father, resulting in Bruce transforming into Batman. After a series of events which led to the death of her father by the mafia, Andrea adopted the disguise of the Phantasm, seeking revenge on her father’s killers. In the end, as Batman tries to stop this spree, he and Andrea discover their secret identities, which is a hard revelation for Bruce, them both disappearing into the night and their love not fulfilled. Shirley Walker composes the soundtrack to Mask of the Phantasm, capturing the progression of Bruce Wayne evolution to becoming the Dark Knight. From the dramatic Latin chants in the 'Main Title’ to the whimsical chimes in Bruce and Andrea’s 'First Love’ to the bellowing choirs and horns that come together as Bruce puts on the cowl for the first time in 'Birth of the Batman’ (audio presented). Every chilling note brings exuberance and awe to the audience as we travel through the trials and ultimate heartache that Bruce faces, realizing his destiny to be the Caped Crusader of Gotham City. ✌🏻️💙🎶🎥

Shirley Walker’s episode compositions in “Batman: The Animated Series” were the driving forces of the plots and revealed to the audience the layers of every alias and rogue with their special theme songs. One of the most memorable episodes, Paul Dini and Bruce Timm’s “Heart of Ice” from September 7, 1992, reinvented the Silver Age Batman character Mr. Freeze for a new generation. We are reintroduced to scientist Victor Fries who has a vendetta against Gothcorp’s CEO Ferris Boyle (Mark Hamill’s first voice appearance in the DCAU) who mutated Fries to now ‘Freeze’ and made his wife Nora terminally ill. Seeking revenge, Mr. Freeze has been piecing together a secret weapon by committing crimes throughout Gotham to take out Boyle. Batman has to not only bring Boyle to justice for his crimes, but stop Mr. Freeze from making a much more vengeful one. Its melodies, audio presented created by Todd Hayden and Walker, coupled with Timm’s chilling dark deco spoke to the tragedy and sympathetic vibes of Victor Fries, making him one of the most popular Batman villains for the next two decades. Throughout its initial run BTAS was nominated for many Emmy Awards. Dini won the 1993 Emmy for Outstanding Writing in an Animated Program for “Heart of Ice” but the show’s musical scores were also celebrated. In 1993 Shirley Walker was nominated for Outstanding Music Direction and Composition for 'Feat of Clay, Part Two’, composer Harvey Cohen was nominated for 'Cat Scratch Fever’ and both Walker and Cohen won the accolade for “A Bullet for Bullock” in 1996. While the Caped Crusader’s adventures on the small screen presented an epic saga with each episode, the trials of Bruce Wayne’s heart and inevitably realizing his destiny as the Batman happen in 1993’s Mask of the Phantasm film, which we will discuss next in our session. ✌🏻️💙❄️🎶📺

Bored #piano #Batman #animatedseries #shirleywalker #maskofthephantasm bad quality but oh well.