Walter Murphy

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.

For other people named Walter Murphy, see Walter Murphy (disambiguation).

Walter Murphy
Birth nameWalter Anthony Murphy Jr.
Born (1952-12-19) December 19, 1952
New York City, New York, U.S.
Genres
Occupation(s)
  • Keyboardist
  • arranger
  • songwriter
  • record producer
Instrument(s)
  • Keyboards
Years active1970–present
Labels
Websitewww.waltermurphy.com

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 (TV Series).

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