Motion Picture Recording
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.
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!
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
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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 |
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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 |
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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 Zoom |