Biography
Walter Anthony Murphy Jr. (born December 19, 1952) is an American composer, keyboardist, 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", "Toccata and Funk in 'D' Minor" "Bolero", and "Mostly Mozart", but were not as successful. In a career spanning over five decades, Murphy has written music for numerous films and TV shows, including The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, The Savage Bees, Stingray, Wiseguy, The Commish, Profit, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Looney Tunes, and How Murray Saved Christmas. He has had a long-running partnership with Seth MacFarlane, composing music for his films and TV shows such as Family Guy, American Dad, The Cleveland Show, Ted, Ted 2 and the Ted television series.
Bio from Wikipedia
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Saturday Night Fever (The Original Movie Sound Track)
1977
The Marshall Mathers LP 2
2013
Austin Powers In Goldmember
2002
Themes From E.T. The Extra Terrestrial And More
1982
A Fifth Of Beethoven
1976
Ultimate Breaks & Beats
1986
Phantom Of The Opera
1978
Fighting Temptation
2003
Uncle Louie's Here
1979
Hit Machine
1976
Credited work
906 releases · 114 albums · active 1974–2026
- Performance · 2,261
- Production · 225
- Other credits · 194
Studios: Le Château D'Hérouville · The Burbank Studios · Criteria Recording Studios · Mom & Pop's Company Store
Frequent collaborators
- Various
- Pia Zadora
- Uncle Louie
- The Walter Murphy Band
- A+
- Unknown Artist
- Walter Murphy Orchestra
- Madison Avenue