Walter Murphy

Walter Murphy
Birth name	Walter Anthony Murphy, Jr.
Born	(1952-12-19) December 19, 1952 (age 64) New York City, New York
Genres	Film score big band classical disco funk jazz pop soul soft rock swing
Occupation(s)	Composer arranger pianist musician songwriter record producer
Instruments	Piano organ keyboard backing vocals
Years active	1970–present
Labels	Amour Major RSO TK RCA MCA Geffen
Associated acts	The Tonight Show Band Doc Severinsen Peter Lemongello The Walter Murphy Band Thom Rotella Mike Post Alabama Seth MacFarlane Norah Jones
Notable instruments
Hammond organ Fender Rhodes Hohner Clavinet Allen Digital Computer Organ RMI Keyboard Computer

Walter Anthony Murphy, Jr. (born December 19, 1952) is an American composer, arranger, pianist, musician, 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. Further classical–disco fusions followed, such as "Flight '76", "Rhapsody in Blue", "", "Bolero", and "Mostly Mozart", but were not as successful.

In a career spanning nearly 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, The Cleveland Show, American Dad!, Ted, and Ted 2.

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