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Motion Picture Recording

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Having performed on well over 750 motion picture soundtracks during his career, Jim Walker is certainly one of  the most widely-recorded flutists of all time. If you hear a flute in a major motion picture made between 1988 and 2010, there is a good chance it is Jim Walker playing. Unfortunately, if you watch the credits at the end of that movie, you will NOT find any musician listed. 

Jim  retired from the studio business in June, 2010 to focus on his teaching career, performing (Free Flight & Solo spots) and other musical projects. The list will grow NO more - time to move on.

Life of a Studio Musician

A typical day in Los Angeles would have found Jim heading for one of the major motion picture lots around 9:30 am, with his car trunk bulging with all of his flutes, recorders, pipes and whistles.

By 5:00 pm a double session with 40-90 musicians performing will have been completed.

Fifteen to twenty minutes of underscoring will have been recorded, most of which contains no exposed or challenging flute parts. Ocassionally the score will contain a few prominent flute solos. All of the music will have been sight-read and recorded within minutes.

In general, a day of recording for soundtracks includes lots of time sitting around waiting for directors to make decisions about often very simple, un-challenging music to sight read and record.

Occasionally, however, you are given the hardest thing you can imagine playing to record on the spot - that's the terrorizing part. And, if you consistently don't play it well, you don't get called back!

        A List of Motion Pictures Jim has played on 1988 - 2010

2010: The Year We Make Contact
A.I.
Adam Sandler's 8 Crazy Nights
Addams Family Values
Addams Family, The
Agatha Christie's Dead Man's Folly
Agent Cody Banks
Airplane II
Aladdin
Alex And Emma
Alice in Wonderland
Alien 3
Alien 4: Resurrection
Aliens in the Attic
Alive
All About Steve
Along Came A Spider
Alvin and the Chipmunks
Always
America Me
America-Heart & Soul
America's Sweethearts
American Flyers
American Gangster
American Pie
American Tail II: Fievel Goes West
Amistad
Amos and Andrew
Analyze This
Anastasia
Anchorman: Legend of Ron Burgundy
Angela's Ashes
Anger Management
Animal, The
Anna & the King
Annapolis
Annie
Ant Bully 
Apollo 13
Arachnophobia
Armageddon
As Good As It Gets
Ask Max
Aspen Extreme
August Rush
Austin Powers III: Goldmember
Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery
Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me
Avalon
Awakenings
Babe, The
Back to the Future I, II & III
Bad News Bears
Balto
Barbershop
Bartok the Magnificent
Batman Forever
Beautiful
Beautiful Mind, A
Beauty & The Beast
Bedtime Stories
Beethoven's 2nd
Beetlejuice
Beginning, The 
Benji the Hunted
Beowulf
Best Friends
Best of Times
Beyong Borders
Bicentennial Man
Big Bounce, The 
Big Daddy
Big Green, The
Big Mama's House
Big Top Pee-Wee
Big Trouble (1985 & 2001)
Billy Madison
Bingo
Black Cauldron, The
Black Knight
Black Stallion, The 
Blade II
Blankman, The
Blessings
Blossom
Blown Away
Blue and the Gray, The
Blue Streak
Bobby
Bodyguard, The
Bogus
Bonfire of the Vanities
Bound by Honor
Bourne Identity 
Brain Donors AKA: Lame Ducks
Breakdown
Breakdown
Breakup, The 
Bride Wars
Bridge Across time
Bridge to Terabithia
Broadcast News
Brother Bear (& BBII)
Bruce Almighty
Buck rogers in the 25th Century
Bug's Life, A
Bugs Bunny's Bustin...
Bulletproff Monk
Burbs, The
Burglar
Cable Guy, The
Cars
Casper
Cast a Deadly Spell
Cast Away
Cat in the Hat, The 
Catch Me If You Can
Cats and Dogs
Cats and Dogs 2: Revenge of Kitty G.
Cats Don't Dance
Celtic Pride
Center Stage
Chances Are
Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle
Charlile's Angels
Chicken Little
China Moon
China Syndrome
Christmas Carol, A
Christmas With The Kranks
Chronicals of Narnia 
Cinderalla III: A Twist in Time
Cinderella Story, A
City Slickers
City Slickers II
Clara's Heart
Clean Slate
Clear and Present Danger
Click
Cloak and Dagger, The
Clockstoppers
Clue
Coach Carter
Cocoon
Cocoon 2
Cold Creek Manor
College Road Trip
Color Purple
Congo
Conspiracy Theory
Constantine
Contact
Cops & Robbers
Core, The
Country Bears
Couples Retreat
Courage Under Fire
Cradle 2 the Grave
Cupid & Cate
Cure, The
Curious Case of Benjamin Button, The
Dad
Dante's Peak
Dark Angel
Dark Holiday
Dark Shadows
Date Night
Dave
Day After Tomorrow, The
Daylight
Dead Again
Dead Poets Society
Dear God
Death Becomes Her
Decieved AKA the Mrs.
Deck the Halls
Deep Impact
Dennis The Menace
Despicable Me
Devil Wears Prada, The 
Devil's Advocate
Devil's Own, The
Diabolique
Dinner for Schmucks
Dinosaur
Disney's Adventures of The Gummi Bears
Disney's The Kid
Distinguished Gentleman
Divine Secrets of the Ya Ya Sisterhood
Dodgeball
Don't Say a Word
Double Jeopardy
Down to Earth
Down to You
Down With Love
Dr. Doolittle
Dr. Seuss' The Cat in the Hat
Dracula (92)
Dracula: Dead and Loving It
Dragon (The Bruce Lee Story)
Dragonfly
Dragonheart
Dreamcatcher
Drillbit Taylor
Dry White Season
Duck Tales
Dutch
E.T. 
Eagle Eye
Edward Scissorhands
Eight Below 
Eight Crazy Nights
Elektra
Elf
Emperor's New Groove
Empire of the Sun
Enchanted
End of Days
Endless Love
Envy
Eraser
Eurotrip
Evan Almighty
Evening Star
Everyone's Hero
Evolution
Executive Decision
Exposed
Eye for and Eye, An
Falling Down
Family Matters
Fantasia
Far & Away
Far Off Place
Farfield: The Movie
Father Murphy I
Father of the Bride
Father's Day
Fear
Fear no Evil
Few Good Men, A
Field of Dreams
Fifty First Dates
Final Analysis
Final Destination
Finding Nemo
Fire in the Sky
Firewall

First Knight
First Wives Club, The
Flash, The
Flatliners
Flight of the Phoenix
Flinstones, In Viva Rock Vegas
Flubber
Fly Away Home
Folks
Follow the Stars Home
Fools Rush In
For Keeps
For Love of the Game
For Love or Money
For Richer or Poorer
For the Boys
For the Love of the Game
Forget Paris
Forgotten, The
Forrest Gump
Fox and the Hound 2, The
Foxfire
Frankie & Johnny
Free Willy
Freedomland
French Kiss
Frequency
Fugitive, The
Funny Farm
G-Force
G.I. Joe: Rise of Cobra
Game of Their Lives
Game, The
Garfield: A Tale of Two Kitties 
Gattaca
General's Daughter, The
George of the Jungle
Get Smart
Getting Even with Dad
Ghost in the Machine, The
Ghostbusters I & II
Ghosts of Mississippi
Gigli 
Gladiator
Glass House, The
Glengarry Glen ross
Glory
Glory Road
Goddess of Love
Godfather III
Going Under
Good Boy!
Good Son, The
Goods: The Don Ready Story, The
Goofy Movie, A
Gotcha
Grace Quigley
Grand Canyon
Great Outdoors, The
Greatest Game Ever Played, The 
Greedy
Gremlins II
Groundhog Day
Grown Ups
Grumpier Old Men
Grumpy Old Men
Guardian, The
Guarding Tess
Guilty by Suspicion aka Fear No Evil
Hairspray The Musical
Hammett
Hannah Montana: The Movie
Happening, The
Hard Target
Hard Way, The
Hardball
Harry and the Hendersons
Haunted Mansion, The
Haunted, The
Havana
He said She Said
He's Just Not that Into You
Head Above Water
Head of State
Heart and Souls
Heartsounds
Heaven Help Us
Heavens Fall
Heffalump Movie, The 
Herbie: Fully Loaded
Here on Earth
Hidalgo
High School High
High School Musical 3: Senior Year
Holes
Holiday, The 
Hollywood Homicide
Holy Man
Home Alone
Home Alone II
Home Alone III
Home on the Range
Homeward Bound
Honky "Tonk Freeway
Hook
Hope Floats
Hot Chick, The
Hot Rod
Hot Shots II
Hotel for Dogs
How I got into College
Hulk, The
Hunchback of Notre Dame, The
Hush
I am Legend
I Heart Huckabees
I Know What You did Last Summer
I Love Trouble
I Love You to Death
I Spy
I Want To Live
I, Robot
I'll Be Home For Christmas
Ice Age I, II 
Ice Princess
Identity 
Idocracy
If These Walls Could Talk 2
Imagine That
Impulse
In Good Company
Indian in the Cupboard
Indiana Jones & The Kingdom of Crystal Skull
Indiana Jones & The Temple of Doom
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
Innerspace
Inside Man 
Interpreter, The 
Intersection
Invincible
Iron Eagle
Iron Will
Isn't it Great
It Could Happen to You
It's Complicated
Jack Frost
Jack the Bear
Jackal, The
Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back
Jeepers Creepers
Jingle All the Way
JKF
Joe Somebody
Josie and the Pussy Cats
Journey of Natty Gann, The
Joy Luck Club, The
Judge Dredd
Jumanji
Jungle Book 2, The
Jungle2Jungle
Junior
Jurassic Park
Just Cause
Just Married
Just My Luck
K-PAX
Karate Kid, The I, II &III
Kid, The 
Kill Bill (volume )
Killer Instinct
Kindergarten Cop
King Kong 
King of the Hill
King Ralph
Kiss the Girls
Kiterunner, The
Krippendorf's Tribe
Lady in the Water 
Larger Than Life
Last Airbender, The
Last Castle, The
Last of the Mohicans
Leatherheads
Legal Eagles
Lethal Weapon I & II
Liar, Liar
License to Wed
Life as a House
Lilo & Stitch II
Lilo and Stitch
Lion King 1 1/2,The
Lion, the Witch, & the Wardrobe, The 
Little Giants
Little Man 
Little Nicky
Little Nikita
Little Rascals
Live Free or Die Hard
Live Wire
Lizzie McGuire Movie, The
Lock Up
Lonesome Dove
Long Kiss Goodnight, The
Longest Yard, The 
Looney Tunes Back in Action
Loser, The 
Losing Isaiah
Lost World: Jurassic Park, The
Love Bug, The
Love Field
Love Guru, The
Mac and Me
Made in America
Mafia!
Maid in Manhattan
Majestic, The
Major Payne
Making Love
Man Trouble
Man with one Red Shoe
Marci X
Marilyn Hotchkiss Ballroom Dancing School
Marley & Me
Martian Child
Master and Commander
Master of Disguise
Mastk of Zorro, The
Matchstick Men
Maverick
Meet Dave
Meet the Fockers II
Meet the Robinsons
Memoirs of a Geisha 
Memories of Me
Men of Honor
Mermoirs of an Invisible Man
Metro
Mexican, The
Michael
Micky, Donald and Goofy: The Three Musketeers
Mighty Joe Young
MIles from Home
Milk Money
Milo & Otis
2012
2010: A Space Odyssey
50 First Dates
Perfect Murder

Perfect Storm, The
Peter Pan 
Pickle, The
Picture Bride
Pink Panther, The 
Pirates of the Caribbean
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest 
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
Plastic Man
Pleasantville
Pluto Nash
Pocahontas
Polar Express, The 
Police Academy I,II,III,IV,V,VII
Polly
Polly Comin' Home
Poltergeist I & II
Postman, The
Practical Magic
Preacher's Wife, The
Predator
Prestige, The
Pretty Woman
Primal Fear
Primary Colors
Prince of Tides
Princess and the Frog, The
Princess Diaries
Program, The
Prophecy
Psycho IV
Public Enemies
Public Eye, The
Pyromanics: A Love Story
Queen of the Damned
Quest for Camelot
Quick and thge Dead, The
Race to Witch Mountain
Radio Flyer
Raising Helen
Ready to Rumble
Real Genius
Reaping, The
Rebound
Recess; Cshool
Red Eye
Red Heat
ReindeerGames
Relic
Remember the Titans
Renaissance Man
Return to Me
Return to the Blue Lagoon
Rich Man's Wife
Richie Rich
Right Stuff, The
Riptide
Rise Of The Machines
River Runs Through it, A
River Wild, The
River, The
Robocop II & III
Robots
Rock, The
Rocket Gilbraltar
Rocketeer, The
Rocky IV
Romeo Must Die
Room Upstairs, The
Rosewood
Rudy
Rumor Has It 
Runaway Bride
Sabrina
Safe Passage
Salt
Santa Clause III: The Escape Clause
Santa Clause, The
Save The Last Dance
Scary Move 2 & 3 
Schindler's List
Scorpion \King, The
Seabiscuit 
See Spot Run
Seeker: The Dark is Rising, The
Selana
Semi-Pro
September Dawy
Seven Pounds
Seven Years in Tibet
Sgt. Bilko
Shadow, The
Shaggy Dog, The 
She's Out of Control
Shipwrecked
Shooter
Showtime
Signs
Silk Stalkings
Simon Birch
Simple Plan, A
Simpsons Movie, The
Single White Female
Sister Act
Sisters
Six Days, Seven Nights
Sixth Man, The
Sixth Sense, The
Sleepers
Sliver
Small Soldiers
Snakes on a Plane 
Sneakers
Snow Dogs
Snow White
Solaris
Soldier
Someone Like You
Somethings Gotta Give
South Park: Bigger, Longer and Uncut
Space Cowboys
Space Jam
Spacehunter
Species I & II
Speechless
Speed I & II
Spider-Man 3
Splash II
Squanto: A Warrior's Talk
Star Trek 1986, 89,94, 96 2002
Starship Troopers
Stepmom
Stewardess School
Stigmata
Stop Loss
Stop of My Mom Will Shoot
Stranded
Stranger is Watching, A
Stripes
Stuart Little I & II & Saves His Family
Sudden Death
Sum of All Fears, The
Summer Catch
Super Mario Brothers
Surviving Christmas
Survivors, The
Sweating Bullets
Sweet Lliberty
Swing Kids
Swordfish
Taken
Tale of Despereaux, The
Tall Tale: The Unbelieveable Adv of Pecos Bill
Tangled
Tarzan II 
Teen America:  World Police
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2 & 3
Terminal Velocity
Terminal, The
Terminator 3
Thanksgiving Promise
That Darn Cat
That Old Feeling
Thin Red Line, The
Thing, The
Those Lips, Those Eyes
Three Amigos
Three Kings
Three Men and A Little Lady
Tigger Movie, The 
Time Cop
Time Traveler's Wife, The
Timeline
Tinker Bell
Tinker Bell and The Great Fairy Rescue
Tinker Bell and the Lost Treasure
Titanic
To Be or Not to Be
To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday
Tooth Fairy
Toy Story
Toy Story II
Toy Story III
Toys
Trade Winds
Trapped in Paradise
Treasure Planet
Tremors
Trial and Error
Trouble Shooter: Trapped Beneath the Earth
Truth About Cats and Dogs, The
Tuxedo, The
Twilight
Twins
Twist of Fate Parts I & II
Twister
Two If By Sea
Two Weeks Notice
U-571
Unconditional Love
Under the Tuscan Sun
Underdog
Unfaithful
Unfaithfully Yours
Unforgetable
Unsub
Urban Legend
Valentine's Day
Van Helsing
Varsity Blues
Venom
Vertical Limit
Very Long Engagement, A
Village, The
Volcano
Waiting to Exhale
Waltons
War of the Roses
War of the Worlds
Waterboy, The
Waterworld
Waxworks
Wayne's World
We Are Marshall
Welcome to Mooseport
What Happens in Vegas
What Lies Beneath
What Women Want
What's Love Got to Do With it 
When in Rome
White Chicks
White Fang I & II
White Nights
Wild Hogs
Wild, The 
Win A Date With Tad Hamilton
Windtalkers
Witches of Eastwick
Without a Paddle
Woman in Red
Wrestling Ernest Hemingway
Wyatt Earp
X-Men Origins: Wolverine
XXX 2: State of the Union
Year One
Yellowbeard
Yes Giorgio
You Again
You Don't Mess With the Zohan
Yours, Mine & Ours
Zathura
Zoolander
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  • About Jim
    • Jim Walker Biography
    • Videos
    • We Are One
    • Free Flight >
      • Free Flight Videos & Links
      • Free Flight Photos
    • Recordings
    • Motion Picture Recording
  • Events
    • Upcoming Events
    • Beyond the Masterclass
    • Past Events
  • Study with Jim
    • USC
    • Colburn
    • Online Lessons
    • Private Lessons
    • Former Students
  • Store
  • Contact
  • Articles
    • Harold Bennett - Amazing Teacher/Mentor
    • Why play the piccolo
    • Flute Playing for Woodwind Doublers
    • Sessions (Freelance business)
    • Improvisation (not just jazz)
    • Advice for Flutists (flute tips)
  • Gallery
    • BTMC Photos
    • Family Photos >
      • Brother Tom Walker
    • Flute Gallery