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Les Baxter (I) (1922–1996)

Composer | Soundtrack | Music Department

Born March 14, 1922, at Mexia, Texas. He learned to play the piano at five years of age and studied at the Detroit Conservatory and at Pepperdine College in Los Angeles, California (his uncle was the college's first president). He began his career as a concert pianist but later joined Mel Tormé's "Meltones" in 1945... See full bio »

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in Mexia, Texas, USA

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(age 73) in Newport Beach, California, USA
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1993 L'Oeil Du Cyclone (TV series documentary short)
– Yma Sumac: La Castafiore Inca (1993)
 
1993 Lightning in a Bottle
 
1991 Yma Sumac - Hollywoods Inkaprinzessin (documentary)
 
1989 Reflection of Evil
 
1982 The Beast Within
 
1979 Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (TV series)
– Vegas in Space (1979)
 
1979 The Secret Empire (TV series)
 
1979 The Curse of Dracula (TV series)
 
1979 The Girl Who Saved the World (TV movie)
 
1978 Born Again
 
1975 The Jezebels
 
1974 Savage Sisters (as Bax)
 
1973 I Escaped from Devil's Island
 
1973 The Devil and Leroy Bassett
 
1972 Frogs
 
1972 Baron Blood (US version)
 
1972 One Minute Before Death
 
1972 Blood Sabbath (as Bax)
 
1971 Dagmar's Hot Pants, Inc.
 
1971 El ogro
 
1971 Trampa para una niña
 
1970 Cry of the Banshee
 
1970 The Dunwich Horror
 
1970 An Evening of Edgar Allan Poe
 
1969 Flareup
 
1969 Target: Harry
 
1969 Hell's Belles
 
1969 All the Loving Couples (as Casanova)
 
1968 Terror in the Jungle
 
1968 Bora Bora (music by: US version)
 
1968 The Young Animals
 
1968 Wild in the Streets
 
1968 The Mini-Skirt Mob
 
1968 Annabelle Lee (short)
 
1967 Young Rebel (US version)
 
1967 The Glass Sphinx (international version)
 
1967 Sadismo (documentary)
 
1966 Dr. Goldfoot and the Girl Bombs (US version)
 
1966 Fireball 500
 
1966 The Ghost in the Invisible Bikini
 
1965 Dr. Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine
 
1965 Sergeant Dead Head
 
1965 How to Stuff a Wild Bikini
 
1964-1965 The Tycoon (TV series)
– Honest Man (1965)
– A Slight Case of Merger (1965)
– Mr. Wilson in Retirement Land (1965)
– Kitchen Caper (1965)
– It's All Relative (1965)
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1965 Beach Blanket Bingo
 
1965 The Eye Creatures (TV movie) (uncredited)
 
1964 Pajama Party
 
1964 The Mighty Jungle
 
1964 Bikini Beach
 
1964 I tabù (documentary) (US version)
 
1964 Muscle Beach Party
 
1963 The Comedy of Terrors
 
1963 X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes
 
1963 Samson and the Slave Queen (US version)
 
1963 Black Sabbath (US version)
 
1963 Beach Party (music score by)
 
1963 Operation Bikini
 
1963 The Evil Eye (US version)
 
1963 The Raven
 
1963 The Young Racers
 
1962 La guerra continua (US version)
 
1962 Panic in Year Zero!
 
1962 Tales of Terror
 
1962 Lost Battalion
 
1962 Marco Polo (US version)
 
1962 Daughter of the Sun God
 
1961 Guns of the Black Witch (US version)
 
1961 Erik the Conqueror (US version)
 
1961 White Slave Ship (US version)
 
1961 Maciste alla corte del Gran Khan
 
1961 Goliath and the Vampires (US version)
 
1961 Pit and the Pendulum
 
1961 Master of the World
 
1961 Reptilicus (US version)
 
1961 Fall Girl
 
1960 The Magic Land of Alakazam
 
1960 Goliath and the Dragon (US version)
 
1960 Black Sunday (US version)
 
1960 House of Usher
 
1959 Goliath and the Barbarians (US version)
 
1959 La ciudad sagrada
 
1958 Macabre (music score)
 
1958 Lassie (TV series)
– The Storm (1958) (uncredited)
 
1958 The Fiend Who Walked the West
 
1958 The Lone Ranger and the Lost City of Gold
 
1958 The Bride and the Beast
 
1958 Fort Bowie
 
1957 Escape from Red Rock
 
1957 The Dalton Girls
 
1957 The Invisible Boy
 
1957 Hell Bound
 
1957 The Girl in Black Stockings
 
1957 Outlaw's Son
 
1957 Bop Girl Goes Calypso
 
1957 Jungle Heat
 
1957 Untamed Youth
 
1957 The Storm Rider
 
1957 Revolt at Fort Laramie
 
1957 War Drums
 
1957 Fury (TV series)
– My Horse Ajax (1957)
 
1957 Voodoo Island
 
1957 Pharaoh's Curse
 
1957 Tomahawk Trail
 
1956 A Woman's Devotion
 
1956 Hot Cars
 
1956 Rebel in Town
 
1956 The Black Sleep
 
1956 Quincannon, Frontier Scout
 
1956 Wetbacks
 
1956 Hot Blood
 
1954 No Time for Shame (US version)
 
1954 The Yellow Tomahawk
 
1954 It's Everybody's Business (short)
 
1954 A Life at Stake (uncredited)
 
1953 Tanga-Tika
 
1953 Summer with Monika (US version)
 
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2010 Mega64 (TV series)
– Project Whoosh (2010) (performer: "Wake the Town and Tell the People")
 
2008 The Ramen Girl (writer: "Tropicando Remix")
 
2008 Hell Ride (writer: "Hell's Belles", "Travelin' Man", "Hogin' Machine", "Hot Wind" / performer: "Hell's Belles", "Travelin' Man", "Hogin' Machine", "Hot Wind")
 
2008 What Just Happened (writer: "Quiet Village")
 
2007 Nancy Drew (writer: "Blue Jungle" / performer: "Blue Jungle")
 
2007 The L Word (TV series)
– Little Boy Blue (2007) (writer: "Tropicando" - uncredited, "Jungle Montuno 2" - uncredited)
 
2006 The Austrian Method ("Xtabay")
 
2004 Garfield (writer: "The Lassie Theme" 1990)
 
2004 The Machinist (performer: "Lunar Rhapsody" 1948)
 
2003 Elf (performer: "Santa Claus Party")
 
2002 Easy Listening (performer: "A Taste of Soul", "Night in Buenos Aires" / "A Taste of Soul", "Night in Buenos Aires")
 
1999/I Lost & Found (writer: "Lassie Theme")
 
1999 Sokkotanssi (performer: "Coimbra")
 
1999 Breakfast of Champions (writer: "Quiet Village", "Coronation")
 
1998 Playing by Heart (writer: "Voodoo Dreams" 1996 / performer: "Voodoo Dreams" 1996)
 
1998 Krippendorf's Tribe (writer: "Simba" / performer: "Simba", "Taboo")
 
1997 Jackie Brown (writer: "Long Time Woman" 1971)
 
1997/II Men with Guns (writer: "Xtabay")
 
1997 Clockwatchers (writer: "Azure Sands", "Jalaba", "Magenta Mountain" / performer: "Azure Sands", "Jalaba", "Magenta Mountain")
 
1997 Vegas Vacation (performer: "Sabre Dance")
 
1994 Theremin: An Electronic Odyssey (documentary) (writer: "Moon Moods", "Lunar Rhapsody", "Lunette", "This Room is My Castle of Quiet", "My Troubles Fall Away Like Fallen Leaves")
 
1993 Mystery Science Theater 3000 (TV series)
– The Painted Hills (1993) (music: "Lassie Main & End Title")
 
1993 Lipstick on Your Collar (TV mini-series)
– Episode #1.4 (1993) (performer: "Unchained Melody")
 
1992 I Don't Buy Kisses Anymore (writer: "Sing an Italian Song", "Italian Love", "Underneath an Italian Sky" / arranger: "O Sole Mio", "Funiculi, Funicula")
 
1990 Wild at Heart (writer: "Boomada" / performer: "Boomada")
 
1988 The Charmings (TV series)
– The Charmings Get Robbed (1988) (writer: "Theme from Lassie")
 
1973 The Devil and Leroy Bassett (music: "Let Me Live on the Mountain", "Indian on the Mountain", "Hey Leroy", "Phone Call" / lyrics: "Let Me Live on the Mountain", "Indian on the Mountain", "Hey Leroy")
 
1969 Flareup (music: "Flareup")
 
1968 Wild in the Streets (writer: "Wild In the Streets", "Psychedelic Senate", "Shelley In Camp")
 
1961 Master of the World (music: "Master of the World")
 
1958 The Lone Ranger and the Lost City of Gold (writer: "Hi Yo Silver")
 
1957 The Dalton Girls (writer: "A Gun Is My True Love")
 
1957 Untamed Youth (writer: "COTTONPICKER", "SALAMANDER", "GO, GO, CALYPSO", "ROLLING STONE", "OOBALA BABY")
 
1956 A Woman's Devotion (music: "A Woman's Devotion")
 
1954 Secret of the Incas (performer: "Virgin of the Sun God", "Earthquake", "High Andes" / arranger: "Virgin of the Sun God", "Earthquake", "High Andes")
 
1954 College Capers (short) (music: "Sambabamba", "Quiet Village" / performer: "I Can't Believe That You're in Love With Me", "Lover", "Sambabamba", "Quiet Village", "Mambolero")
 
1954 A Life at Stake ("Summer Interlude")
 
Show ShowMusic Department (19 titles)
1997-1999 Lassie (TV series) (composer: theme music - 16 episodes, 1997-1999) (composer: theme - 1 episode)
– Breakout (1999) (composer: theme music)
– The Graduation: Part 1 (1999) (composer: theme music)
– The Graduation: Part 2 (1999) (composer: theme music)
– A Day in the Life (1997) (composer: theme music)
– Bone of Contention (composer: theme music)
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The New Lassie (TV series) (musician: whistle - 2 episodes, 1989) (composer: theme music - 1 episode, 1990)
– I'm Still Alive (1990) (composer: theme music)
– A Dog and His Boy (1989) (musician: whistle)
– Tinker (1989) (musician: whistle)
 
1972 Frogs (music player)
 
1972 Blood Sabbath (conductor - as Bax)
 
1970 Cry of the Banshee (conductor)
 
1970 An Evening of Edgar Allan Poe (conductor)
 
1965 The Wild Weird World of Dr. Goldfoot (TV short) (musical director)
 
1965 Space Probe Taurus (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1964 Pajama Party (musical director)
 
1963 Dementia 13 (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1963 The Terror (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1962 Premature Burial (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1962 A House of Sand (composer: theme music)
 
1962 Battle Beyond the Sun (composer: stock music (US Version - uncredited)
 
1961 Master of the World (conductor)
 
1957 The Invisible Boy (conductor)
 
1957 Bop Girl Goes Calypso (composer: song "Rovin' Gal, " "Calypso Boogie, " "Way Back in San Francisco, " "De Rain, " "Oo Ba Lo" and "Hard Rock Candy Baby")
 
1957 The Storm Rider (conductor)
 
1954 A Life at Stake (musical director)
 
Show ShowActor (2 titles)
1957 Untamed Youth (uncredited)
 
1956 Hot Blood
Gas Station Attendant (uncredited)
 
Show ShowSelf (3 titles)
1956 Shower of Stars (TV series)
Himself
– Bombshells (1956) … Himself
 
1954 College Capers (short)
Himself - music teacher
 
1953 The Saturday Night Revue (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 27 June 1953 (1953) … Himself
 

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Personal Details

Other Works:

(????) He sang with the Mel-Tones, the vocal group formed by Mel Tormé, and later with the NBC vocal quartet that did the Pepsodent commercials on Bob Hope's radio program. See more »

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Alternate Names:

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Personal Quote:

Regarding his first album ("Music Out of the Moon"), which featured one cello, one French horn, a choir, rhythm section, and a theremin: "No one had ever heard of a combination like that. It was a little weird. I didn't know what popular records were. I didn't know what I was doing." See more »

Trivia:

Interviewed in "It Came from Horrorwood: Interviews with Moviemakers in the SF and Horror Tradition" by Tom Weaver (McFarland, 1996). See more »

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