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Walter Murphy

American composer

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.

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Works

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  • Blind Ambition
  • Chitty Chitty Death Bang
  • Climbing the Tower / She’s Your Thunder Buddy Now
  • Da Boom
  • Dammit Janet!
  • End Titles
  • Enjoy Yourself
  • Everybody Needs a Best Friend
  • Family Guy End Titles (1999)
  • Family Guy End Titles (2001 rev 2005)
  • Family Guy Viewer Mail #1
  • Fast Times at Buddy Cianci Jr. High
  • Good, No Great Job
  • Hungunder
  • I Am Peter, Hear Me Roar
  • I Never Met the Dead Man
  • If I’m Dyin’, I’m Lyin’
  • John & Lori At Work / A Walk In The Park
  • Leaving for New York
  • Let’s Make a Baby
  • Magical Wish
  • Mail Song
  • Meighan’s Speech / Finale
  • Never Be Scared of Thunder Again
  • North by North Quahog
  • Ollie North
  • Out of Control
  • Rex’s Party (Everybody Needs a Best Friend)
  • Road to Europe
  • Road to Rhode Island
  • Saving Ted / Lori’s Wish
  • Screwed the Pooch
  • Stelio Kontos Theme
  • Ted Is Captured
  • Ted’s Court Case
  • The Breakup
  • The Car Chase / Fenway Pursuit
  • The Comic-Con Fight
  • The Kiss Seen Around the World
  • The Power of Wishes
  • The Proposal / The Wedding
  • The Thin White Line
  • The Wedding
  • Thunder Buddies for Life
  • Tom Brady’s House
  • Wake Up, Johnny / Code Blue / John Is Back
  • We’re Red & We’re Gay
  • When I Dress My Body
  • When I Was His Alien