Shirley Walker

Shirley Anne Walker April 10 1945 November 30 2006 was an American film and television composer and conductor She was one of the few female film score composers working in Hollywood during her career Walker was one of the first female composers to earn a solo score credit on a major Hollywood motion picture preceded by Suzanne Ciani for 1981s The Incredible Shrinking Woman and according to the Los Angeles Times is remembered as a pioneer for women in the film industry