Simon Walker (composer)

For other people named Simon Walker, see Simon Walker (disambiguation).

Simon Walker
Simon Walker (Photo by Philip Powers)
Background information
Born1961
Sydney, Australia
Died2010(2010-00-00) (aged 48–49)[1]
GenresFilm score
OccupationComposer

Simon Walker (born in Sydney 1961; died June 2010) was an Australian composer of many notable film and television scores such as For the Term of His Natural Life, The Wild Duck, Annie's Coming Out, It Is of Eden I Was Dreaming,[2] Around the World in 80 Days, The Pickwick Papers, Run Rebecca, Run, and the theme as well as incidental music for the long-running ABC TV drama series G.P..[1][3] Annie's Coming Out won multiple awards including Best Film at the 1984 Australian Film Institute (AFI) Awards (now known as AACTA Awards),[4] and G.P. won the 1992 Logie Award for Most Outstanding Series[5]

Several of Walker's screen scores and one classical composition have been released on music albums, mostly being various titles on the Australian 1M1 Records soundtrack label.[1][6]

  1. ^ a b c "Simon Walker at Discogs". Retrieved 5 September 2024.
  2. ^ "NFSA - Search the Collection". www.collection.nfsa.gov.au. Retrieved 2 October 2024.
  3. ^ "Simon Walker | Composer, Music Department, Soundtrack". IMDb. Retrieved 5 September 2024.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference AACTA was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ "Logie Awards (1992)". IMDb. Retrieved 6 September 2024.
  6. ^ "Binary : chamber ensemble by Simon Walker : Work : Australian Music Centre". www.australianmusiccentre.com.au. Retrieved 5 September 2024.