Walter Murphy

Aliases: The Walter Murphy Band
Walter Murphy & The Big Apple Band
Real name: Walter Anthony Murphy, Jr.
Born: December 19, 1952
Country: United States
IPI: 00072218985 13 works
00072219198 10 works
00269512251 1 work
Affiliation: PRS, GMR
Comments: Composer, arranger, pianist, musician, and songwriter

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Originals

Title	Performer	Release date	Covered by
Family Guy REL	Family Guy with Walter Murphy and His Orchestra	April 26, 2005	Melbourne Ska Orchestra Originally by Seth MacFarlane - Walter Murphy and His Orchestra BRD
Family Guy BRD	Seth MacFarlane - Walter Murphy and His Orchestra		Melbourne Ska Orchestra Originally by Family Guy with Walter Murphy and His Orchestra REL
Just a Love Song	The Walter Murphy Band	August 1976	The CompanY [PH]
(You've Got To) Be Your Own Best Friend	The Walter Murphy Band	August 1976	Teresa Carpio

Covers by Walter Murphy

	Title	Performer	Release date	Originally by
i	A Fifth of Beethoven	Walter Murphy & The Big Apple Band	April 1976	Ludwig van Beethoven Covered by (8 artists) Sampled by (2 artists)
i	Bolero	Walter Murphy	1979	Orchestre des concerts Straram PRF, Grand Orchestre Symphonique sous la direction de M. Piero Coppola REC
i	Flight '76	The Walter Murphy Band	August 1976	Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov
	It Ain't Necessarily So	Walter Murphy & The Big Apple Band	1977	John W. Bubbles PRF, Lawrence Tibbett REC,REL
i	Malagueña	Walter Murphy	1979	(unknown)
i	Mostly Mozart	Walter Murphy	1979	(unknown)
i	Night at the Opera	Walter Murphy	1978	(unknown), Neues Symphonie-Orchester
i	Night Fall	The Walter Murphy Band	August 1976	(unknown)
i	Rhapsody in Blue	Walter Murphy & The Big Apple Band	1977	George Gershwin - Paul Whiteman & His Orchestra REL, George Gershwin - Paul Whiteman and The Palais Royal Orchestra PRF
i	Romeo and Juliet	Walter Murphy	1979	(unknown)
i	Russian Dressing	The Walter Murphy Band	August 1976	(unknown)
i	Slaughter On Tenth Avenue	Walter Murphy & The Big Apple Band	1977	Paul Whiteman and His Concert Orchestra REC, Ray Bolger, Tamara Geva and George Church PRF
i	Theme from "Close Encounters of the Third Kind"	Walter Murphy	1982	John Williams [US1]
i	Theme from "E.T" the Extra-Terrestrial	Walter Murphy	1982	John Williams [US1]
i	Theme from "Jaws"	Walter Murphy	1982	John Williams [US1]
i	Theme from "Poltergeist"	Walter Murphy	1982	Jerry Goldsmith
i	Theme from "Star Trek"	Walter Murphy	1982	Leonard Nimoy
i	Theme from "Superman"	Walter Murphy	1982	John Williams - The London Symphony Orchestra
i	Themes from "Raiders of the Lost Ark"	Walter Murphy	1982	John Williams - The London Symphony Orchestra
	The Music Will Not End	Walter Murphy	1978	(unknown) Covered by Springbok
i	Toccata and Funk in D Minor	Walter Murphy	1978	(unknown)

Sampled songs

		Title	Performer	Release date	Info
	i	A Fifth of Beethoven	Walter Murphy & The Big Apple Band	April 1976	Covered by (8 artists) Originally by Ludwig van Beethoven Sampled by (2 artists)

Songs written by Walter Murphy

Original songs

Title	Written by	Originally by	Original date	Covered by
Enjoy Yourself	Walter Murphy, Ty Fyffe, Canibus	A+ [US]	1998
Family Guy	Walter Murphy, Seth MacFarlane, David Zuckerman	Seth MacFarlane - Walter Murphy and His Orchestra BRD, Family Guy with Walter Murphy and His Orchestra REL	April 26, 2005	Covered by Melbourne Ska Orchestra
I Like Funky Music	Walter Murphy, Gene Pistilli	Uncle Louie	1978
Just a Love Song	Walter Murphy	The Walter Murphy Band	August 1976	Covered by The CompanY [PH]
(You've Got To) Be Your Own Best Friend	Walter Murphy	The Walter Murphy Band	August 1976	Covered by Teresa Carpio

Adapted songs

Title	Written by	Originals	Originally by	Covered by
A Fifth of Beethoven	Walter Murphy	Sinfonie in c-Moll, erster Satz	Walter Murphy & The Big Apple Band	Covered by (8 artists)
Flight '76	Walter Murphy	Полёт шмеля {Polot shmelya}	The Walter Murphy Band
Mostly Mozart	Walter Murphy	40. Sinfonie (Sinfonie g-Moll KV 550) - Molto allegro	Walter Murphy
Night at the Opera	Walter Murphy	Sinfonie Nr. 9 in D-Moll, IV. Satz	Walter Murphy
Night Fall	Walter Murphy	Prelude Op. 28, No. 4	The Walter Murphy Band
Romeo and Juliet	Walter Murphy	Ромео и Джульетта {Romeo and Juliet}	Walter Murphy
Russian Dressing	Walter Murphy	Концерт для фортепиано с оркестром N° 1 {Piano Concerto N° 1}	The Walter Murphy Band
The Music Will Not End	Walter Murphy, Gene Pistilli	Piano Sonata No. 16 in C Major, "Sonata facile"	Walter Murphy	Covered by Springbok
Toccata and Funk in D Minor	Walter Murphy	Toccata und Fuge in D-Moll	Walter Murphy

Releases

Albums

Title	Performer	Release date	Label
A Fifth of Beethoven	The Walter Murphy Band	August 1976	Private Stock Records
Family Guy Live in Vegas	Family Guy with Walter Murphy and His Orchestra	April 26, 2005	Geffen
Phantom of the Opera	Walter Murphy	1978	Private Stock Records
Rhapsody in Blue	Walter Murphy & The Big Apple Band	1977	Private Stock Records
Themes from "E. T." The Extra-Terrestrial and More	Walter Murphy	1982	MCA Records
Walter Murphy's Discosymphony	Walter Murphy	1979	New York International

Singles

	Title	Performer	Release date	Label
	A Fifth of Beethoven	Walter Murphy & The Big Apple Band	April 1976	Private Stock Records
	Toccata and Funk in D Minor	Walter Murphy	August 1978	Private Stock Records

Reported errors

#	Reported by	Reported on	Status	Last update
#31198	Filip	2005-08-19 10:56:34 UTC	processed	2005-11-08 20:13:13 UTC by Bastien

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