Scott Walker

The Profile

Scott Walker (Noel Scott Engel, 1943–2019) was an American‑born British singer, composer and producer. After 1960s fame with the Walker Brothers, he forged a singular solo path: baroque pop masterpieces (Scott 1–4) and later radical works like Tilt, The Drift and Bish Bosch, plus acclaimed film scores.

Member of the Walker Brothers; celebrated baritone voice; early solo albums blended orchestration and chanson influences; later albums embraced avant‑garde composition; collaborated with Sunn O))) on Soused (2014); composed scores for Brady Corbet’s films The Childhood of a Leader (2016) and Vox Lux (2018).

Nine DeBaser reviews chart Scott Walker’s journey from orchestral crooner to uncompromising experimentalist. Scott 4’s elegant songcraft meets the abyssal Tilt, The Drift, and Bish Bosch. Themes circle violence, dread, and black humor, carried by his singular baritone. Soundtracks like The Childhood of a Leader close the curtain in chilling silence.