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Walter Murphy
Composer, Actor, Producer, Additional CreditsBorn December 19, 1952 (73 years)
Walter Anthony Murphy Jr. is an American composer, arranger, pianist, musician, 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", "Rhapsody in Blue", "Toccata and Funk in 'D' Minor", "Bolero", and "Mostly Mozart", but were not as successful.
Walter Murphy Filmography
| 2024 | ted (TV Series) · as Original Music Composer |
| 2021 | |
| 2016 | The Late Bloomer · as Original Music Composer |
| 2015 | Ted 2 · as Original Music Composer |
| 2012 | Family Guy: 200 Episodes Later · as Composer |
| 2012 | Ted · as Original Music Composer |
| 2012 | Foodfight! · as Original Music Composer |
| 2010 | Family Guy Presents: It's a Trap! · as Original Music Composer |
| 2009 | Family Guy Presents: Something, Something, Something, Dark Side · as Original Music Composer |
| 2009 | The Cleveland Show (TV Series) · as Composer |
| 2008 | Seth MacFarlane's Cavalcade of Cartoon Comedy (TV Series) · as Composer |
| 2008 | Family Guy Presents: Blue Harvest · as Original Music Composer |
| 2007 | Family Guy 100th Episode Special · as Composer |
| 2007 | The Winner (TV Series) · as Composer |
| 2006 | Family Guy: Happy Freakin' Christmas · as Composer |
| 2005 | American Dad! (TV Series) · as Composer |
| 2004 | Hare and Loathing in Las Vegas · as Original Music Composer |
| 2004 | |
| 2004 | Cock-a-Doodle-Duel · as Composer |
| 2004 | My Generation G... G... Gap · as Original Music Composer |
| 2003 | |
| 2003 | Museum Scream · as Original Music Composer |
| 2002 | Fillmore! (TV Series) · as Composer |
| 2002 | Changing Hearts · as Original Music Composer |
| 2001 | |
| 1999 | Family Guy (TV Series) |
| 1997 | Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV Series) · as Composer |
| 1996 | Wiseguy · as Composer |
| 1996 | Profit (TV Series) · as Original Music Composer |
| 1991 | The Commish (TV Series) · as Composer |
| 1989 | |
| 1988 | Tricks of the Trade · as Original Music Composer |
| 1987 | |
| 1986 | Stingray (1985) (TV Series) · as Composer |
| 1985 | |
| 1984 | |
| 1982 | |
| 1977 | The Night They Took Miss Beautiful · as Original Music Composer |
| 1977 | ABC Weekend Special (TV Series) · as Composer |
| 1976 | The Savage Bees · as Original Music Composer |
| 2022 | Reboot (2022) (TV Series) · as Conductor |
| 1961 | The Mike Douglas Show (TV Series) · as Composer |
| 2013 | The Oscars · as Self - Nominee |
| 2012 | Family Guy: 200 Episodes Later · as Self |
| 2009 | Seth & Alex's Almost Live Comedy Show · as Self (voice) |
| 1974 | Dinah! (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1974 | Tony Orlando And Dawn (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1973 | Don Kirshner's Rock Concert (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1952 | American Bandstand (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2014 | How Murray Saved Christmas · as Songs |
| 2007 | The Un-Told Truth of the Matter Twins · as Co-Executive Producer |
| 1977 | Saturday Night Fever · as Songs |