Motion Picture Recording
Jim Walker in the Studio
Having performed on well over 600 motion picture soundracks during his career, Jim Walker is perhaps the most widely-recorded flutist of all time. If you hear a flute in a motion picture, 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.
A typical day in Los Angeles finds 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. Occassionally 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, unchallenging 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!
List of Motion Pictures Jim Walker has played on 1988 - 2005
| 2010: The Year We Make Contact A.I. Adam Sandler's 8 Crazy Nights Agent Cody Banks Alex And Emma Along Came A Spider America's Sweethearts America-Heart & Soul Analyze This Anastasia Angela's Ashes Anger Management Animal, The Anna & the King Annapolis Ant Bully Apollo 13 Arachnophobia As Good As It Gets Atlantis Austin Powers III: Goldmember Avalon Awakenings Back to the Future I, II & III Bad News Bears Balto Barbershop Batman Forever Beautiful Beautiful Mind, A Beauty & The Beast Beethoven's 2nd Beetlejuice Beginning, The Benji the Hunted 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 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 Bodyguard, The Bogus Bonfire of the Vanities Bourne Identity Brain Donors AKA: Lame Ducks Breakdown Breakup, The Broadcast News Brother Beat Bruce Almighty Bug's Life, A Bugs Bunny's Bustin... Bulletproff Monk Burbs, The Burglar Cable Guy, The Cars Casper Cast a Deadly Spell Cast Away Catch Me If You Can Cat in the Hat, The Cats and Dogs Cats Don't Dance Celtic Pride Center Stage Chances Are Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle Charlile's Angels Chicken Little China Moon China Syndrome Chronicals of Narnia Cinderella Story, A City Slickers City Slickers II Clara's AHeart Clean Slate Clear and Present Danger Click Cloak and Dagger, The Clockstoppers Clue Cocoon Cocoon 2 Cold Creek Manor Color Purple Congo Conspiracy Theory Constantine Contact Cops & Robbers Core, The Country Bears Courage Under Fire Cradle 2 the Grave Cupid & Cate Cure, The Dante's Peak Dave Day After Tomorrow, The Daylight Dead Again Dead Poets Society Dear God Death Becomes Her Decieved AKA the Mrs. Deep Impact Dennis The Menace Despicable Me Devil's Advocate Devil's Own, The Devil Wears Prada, The Diabolique Dinner for Schmucks Dinosaur 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 Dracula Dracula: Dead and Loving It Dragon Dragonfly Dragonheart Dreamcatcher Dry White Season Duck Tales Dutch E.T. Edward Scissorhands Eight Below Eight Crazy Nights Elektra Elf Emperor's New Groove Empire of the Sun End of Days Endless Love Envy Evening Star Evolution Executive Decision Exposed Eye for and Eye, An Falling Down 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 Foxfire Frankie & Johnny Free Willy Freedomland French Kiss Frequency Fugitive, The Funny Farm Game of Their Lives Game, The Garfield: A Tale of Two Kitties Gattaca General's Daughter, The George of the Jungle Getting Even with Dad Ghost in the Machine, The |
Ghostbusters I & II Ghosts of Mississippi Gigli Gladiator Glass House, The Glory Glory Road Goddess of Love Going Under Good Boy! Good Son, The Goofy Movie, A Gotcha Grace Quigley Grand Canyon Great Outdoors, The Greatest Game Ever Played, The Greedy Gremlins II Groundhog Day Grumpier Old Men Grumpy Old Men Guarding Tess Hammett Hard Target Hard Way, The Hardball Harry and the Hendersons Haunted Mansion, The Havana He said She Said Head of State Heart and Souls Heartsounds Heaven Help Us Heavens Fall Heffalump Movie, The Herbie: Fully Loaded Here on Earth Hidalgo High School Holes Hollywood Homicide Home Alone Home Alone II Home Alone III Home on the Range Homeward Bound Honky "Tonk Freeway Hook Hope Floats Hot Chick, The Hot Shots II How I got into College Hulk, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, The Hunted, The Hush I Know What You did Last Summer I Love Trouble I Love You to Death I Spy I'll Be Home For Christmas I, Robot Ice Age I, II Ice Princess Identity If These Walls Could Talk 2 Impulse Indian in the Cupboard Indiana Jones & The Temple of Doom Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade Innerspace Inside Man Interpreter, The Intersection Iron Eagle Iron Will Isn't it Great Isn't She Great It Could Happen to You 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 II &III Karate Kid, The Kid, The Killer Instinct Kindergarten Cop King of the Hill King Kong King Ralph Kiss the Girls Krippendorf's Tribe Lady in the Water Larger Than Life Last Airbender, The Last Castle, The Last of the Mohicans Legal Eagles Lethal Weapon Lethal Weapon 2 Liar, Liar Life as a House Lilo & Stitch II Lilo and Stitch Lion, the Witch, & the Wardrobe, The Little Giants Little Man Little Nicky Little Nikita LittleRascals Live Wire Lizzie McGuire Movie, The Lock Up Lonesome Dove Longest Yard, The Loser, The Losing Isaiah Lost World: Jurassic Park, The Love Field 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 Master and Commander Master of Disguise Mastk of Zorro, The Matchstick Men Maverick Meet the Fockers II Memories of Me Men of Honor Memoirs of a Geisha Mermoirs of an Invisible Man Metro Mexican, The Michael Mighty Joe Young MIles from Home Milk Money Milo & Otis Minority Report Miracle Miracle on 34th St (1994) Mirrors has Two Faces, The Misery Monster House Monsters Inc. Moon Over Parador Moonlight and Valentino Mother Moving Mr. & Mrs. Smith Mr. Deeds Mr. Mom Mr. Wonderful Mrs. Doubtfire Mrs. Winterbourne Mulan Mulholland Falls Mumford Mummy Returns, The Muppet Christmas Carol Murder at 1600 Murder in Paradise Music Man, The (2003) Must Love Dogs My Boss's Daughter My Favorite Martian My Super Ex-Girlfriend Mystery Alaska National Treasure Notebook, The Out of Africa Out of Towners, The Outbreak Outrageous Fortune Overboard Package, The Pacifier, The Pale Rider Panic Room, The Parent Trap, The Passed Away Passionada Patch Adams Patriot Games Patriot, The Paulie Payback Pearl Harbor Perfect Man, The |
Perfect Storm, The Peter Pan Pickle, The Picture Bride Pink Panther, The Pirates of the Caribbean Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest Pleasantville Pluto Nash Pocahontas Polar Express, The Police Academy I,II,III,IV,V,VII Poltergeist I & II Postman, The Practical Magic Preacher's Wife, The Predator Pretty Woman Primal Fear Primary Colors Prince of Tides Princess Diaries Program, The Prophecy Psycho IV Public Eye, The Pyromanics: A Love Story Queen of the Damned Quest for Camelot Quick and thge Dead, The Radio Flyer Raising Helen Ready to Rumble Real Genius 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 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 Rosewood Rudy Rumor Has It Runaway Bride Sabrina Safe Passage Santa Clause, The Save The Last Dance Scary Move 2 & 3 Schindler's List Scorpion \King, The Seabiscuit See Spot Run Selana Seven Years in Tibet Sgt. Bilko Shadow, The Shaggy Dog, The Shipwrecked Showtime Signs Silk Stalkings Simon Birch Simple Plan, A 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 Squanto Star Trek IV, V, Generations Star Trek: Nemesis Starship Troopers Stepmom Stewardess School Stigmata Stop of My Mom Will Shoot Stranded Stranger is Watching, A Stripes Stuart Little I & II Stuart 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 Tarzan II Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2 & 3 Terminal Velocity Terminator 3 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 Timelline Titanic To BE or Not To BE To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday 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 Tuxedo, The Twilight Twins Twist of Fate Parts I & II Twister Two If By Sea Two Weeks Notice U-571 Unconditional Love Under the Tuswcan Sun Unfaithfully Yours Unforgetable Urban Legend Valentine's Day Varsity Blues Venom Vertical Limit Volcano Waiting to Exhale Waltons War of the Roses War of the Worlds Waterboy, The Waterworld Waxworks Wayne's World Welcome to Mooseport What Women Want What's Love Got to Do With it White Chicks White Fang I & II White Nights What Lies Beneath Wild, The Win A Date With Tad Hamilton Windtalkers Witches of Eastwick Woman in Red Wrestling Ernest Hemingway Wyatt Earp Yellowbeard Yes Giorgio Yours, Mine & Ours Zathura Zoolander |