For other people named Walter Murphy, see Walter Murphy (disambiguation).
Walter Murphy
Birth name
Walter Anthony Murphy Jr.
Born
(1952-12-19) December 19, 1952 (age 71) New York City, New York, U.S.
Genres
Film score
big band
swing
classical
disco
funk
jazz
pop
Occupation(s)
Keyboardist
arranger
songwriter
record producer
Instrument(s)
Keyboards
Years active
1970–present
Labels
Amour
Major
Private Stock
RSO
TK
RCA
MCA
Geffen
Website
www.waltermurphy.com
Musical artist
Walter Anthony Murphy Jr. (born December 19, 1952) is an American composer, keyboardist, songwriter, and record producer. He is best known for the instrumental "A Fifth of Beethoven", a disco adaptation of Beethoven's Fifth Symphony which topped the charts in 1976 and was featured on the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack in 1977. Further classical-disco fusions followed, such as "Flight '76", "Toccata and Funk in 'D' Minor" "Bolero", and "Mostly Mozart", but were not as successful.
In a career spanning over five decades, Murphy has written music for numerous films and TV shows, including The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, The Savage Bees, Stingray, Wiseguy, The Commish, Profit, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Looney Tunes, and How Murray Saved Christmas. He has had a long-running partnership with Seth MacFarlane, composing music for his films and TV shows such as Family Guy, American Dad, The Cleveland Show,Ted, Ted 2 and the Ted television series.
Walter Anthony Murphy Jr. (born December 19, 1952) is an American composer, keyboardist, songwriter, and record producer. He is best known for the instrumental...
"A Fifth of Beethoven" is a disco instrumental recorded by WalterMurphy and the Big Apple Band, adapted from the first movement of Ludwig van Beethoven's...
other ventures relating to the show. On April 26, 2005, he and composer WalterMurphy created Family Guy: Live in Vegas. The soundtrack features a Broadway...
featuring music from the show as well as music created by MacFarlane and WalterMurphy; a video game and pinball machine, released in 2006 and 2007, respectively;...
Thomas WalterMurphy VII (born September 27, 1979), also known as Tom 7 or by his YouTube handle of suckerpinch, is a computer scientist and YouTuber...
on the scoring of Buffy and Angel. Some of the main composers were: WalterMurphy was the main composer on the first season of Buffy. Christophe Beck...
on June 26, 2015. It features the score by WalterMurphy and songs co-written by Seth MacFarlane and Murphy, including "Mean Ol’ Moon", which is performed...
Sylvers, Starland Vocal Band, The Manhattans, Kiki Dee, Wild Cherry, WalterMurphy, Rick Dees, and Chicago. Paul Simon and John Sebastian, having already...
Audie Leon Murphy (20 June 1925 – 28 May 1971) was an American soldier, actor, and songwriter. He was widely celebrated as the most decorated American...
performed by Yvonne Elliman – 3:00 "A Fifth of Beethoven" performed by WalterMurphy – 3:03 "More Than a Woman" performed by Tavares – 3:17 "Manhattan Skyline"...
Door Productions, Family Guy producer Seth MacFarlane and composer WalterMurphy, claiming copyright infringement over "I Need a Jew", seeking unspecified...
Friend" is a song from the 2012 feature film Ted, with music composed by WalterMurphy and lyrics by Seth MacFarlane. Performed by Norah Jones during the film's...
1982 martial arts action horror film written and directed by Edward D. Murphy. An international co-production of the Philippines and the United States...
Voice-Over Performance award for his performance as Stewie, MacFarlane and WalterMurphy won the Outstanding Music and Lyrics award for the song "You Got a Lot...
is the last season to be secondarily composed by Ron Jones, leaving WalterMurphy in charge of the musical score for the rest of the series. At San Diego...
You Alone" contains a sample of "A Fifth of Beethoven", written by WalterMurphy. Credits adapted from liner notes and Allmusic. Robin Thicke - A Beautiful...
entitled "Down’s Syndrome Girl", at the 62nd Primetime Emmy Awards. Both WalterMurphy and MacFarlane were recognized for their work on the music and lyrics...
Gauci "Play That Funky Music" – Wild Cherry "A Fifth of Beethoven" - WalterMurphy and the Big Apple Band Universal delayed the film's release one week...
bass Walter Afanasieff – synthesized bass Walter Afanasieff, John Barnes, Eric Daniels, Merv De Peyer, David Allen Jones, Kevin Kendricks, Eddie Murphy, Aaron...
Moorer, Marie Wright, Jonathan Burks, LaShaun Owens, Karriem Mack, and WalterMurphy. An R&B-funk song, "Fighting Temptation" samples Uncle Louie's "I Like...
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