Shirley Walker has died.

[ThirdMarioBro]

The following is a post from Gamingforce Audio

Originally Posted by LeHah

Shirley Walker would probably be best remembered as the supervising composer on Batman The Animated Series - but she was also the woman behind what made Elfman's 1989 Batman score sound so good. The same thing with Apocalypse Now and the short lived Space: Above And Beyond.

To say this upsets me is a vast understatement.

I had been trading email with Shirley over the past year. It had been an especially tough year - her husband of many years passed away from cancer earlier in 2006. I had gotten one of my last email replies from her only days after the fact.

Shirley was probably the biggest reason I had gained an interest in this field of music, outside of John Williams. One of my first scores was Mask Of The Phantasm, which remains one of the best things I've ever heard.

I feel like I've lost a friend.

To also put this in perspective, Shirley Walker was co-composer for the priceless music from Amimaniacs as well. Her primary work is her music for Batman: The Animated Series. It was her soundtrack that contributed so much to making that show as timeless as it is. Her music is what made those two shows. She was last seen on the bonus features for the Animaniacs DVD.

This is a huge loss to the world of music, and she will be missed.