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Les Baxter

Composer / Pianist / Record Producer | * 03/14/1922 († 73, 01/15/1996) | Mexia, Texas (United States of America (USA))
Leslie Thompson Baxter (March 14, 1922 – January 15, 1996) was an American musician, composer and conductor. After working as an arranger and composer for swing bands, he developed his own style of easy listening music, known as exotica and scored over 250 radio, television and motion pictures numbers. ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Horror | Drama | Thriller

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After serving prison time for a self-defense killing, Sailor Ripley reunites with girlfriend Lula Fortune. Lula's mother, Marietta, desperate to keep them apart, hires a hitman to kill Sailor. But he ...

Wild at Heart

R

1990 | 3.5/5 | 2h 4min
Crime, Thriller, Romance / Love
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American car designer Carroll Shelby and the British-born driver Ken Miles work together to battle corporate interference, the laws of physics, and their own personal demons to build a revolutionary r ...

Ford v Ferrari

PG-13

2019 | 4.0/5 | 2h 33min
Drama, Action, History
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An assassin teams up with a woman to help her find her father and uncover the mysteries of her ancestry. ...

Hitman: Agent 47

R

2015 | 2.9/5 | 1h 36min
Action, Crime, Thriller
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In Los Angeles at the turn of the 1970s, drug-fueled detective Larry "Doc" Sportello investigates the disappearance of an ex-girlfriend. ...

Inherent Vice

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2014 | 3.3/5 | 2h 29min
Drama, Mystery, Comedy
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Awards & Nominations for Les Baxter

Star On Hollywood Walk of Fame
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Movies with Les Baxter as Crew(68)

Sound/Original Music Composer1993 Lightning in a Bottle
Sound/Original Music Composer1982 The Beast Within
Sound/Original Music Composer1978 Born Again
Sound/Original Music Composer1975 The Switchblade Sisters
Sound/Original Music Composer1974 Savage Sisters
Sound/Original Music Composer1973 I Escaped from Devil's Island
Sound/Original Music Composer1972 Blood Sabbath
Sound/Music1972 One Minute Before Death
Sound/Original Music Composer1972 Frogs
Sound/Original Music Composer1971 Dagmar's Hot Pants, Inc.
Sound/Original Music Composer1970 The Dunwich Horror
Sound/Original Music Composer1970 Cry of the Banshee
Sound/Conductor1970 Cry of the Banshee
Sound/Music1970 An Evening of Edgar Allan Poe
Sound/Music1969 Flareup
Sound/Conductor1969 Flareup
Sound/Music1969 Target: Harry
Sound/Original Music Composer1968 The Mini-Skirt Mob
Sound/Music1968 Wild in the Streets
Sound/Music1968 Bora Bora
Sound/Original Music Composer1968 Terror in the Jungle
Sound/Original Music Composer1967 Sadismo
Sound/Original Music Composer1966 The Ghost in the Invisible Bikini
Sound/Original Music Composer1966 Dr. Goldfoot and the Girl Bombs
Sound/Original Music Composer1966 Fireball 500
Sound/Music Director1965 The Wild Weird World of Dr. Goldfoot
Sound/Original Music Composer1965 Dr. Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine
Sound/Original Music Composer1964 The Comedy of Terrors
Sound/Original Music Composer1964 Muscle Beach Party
Sound/Music1964 Muscle Beach Party
Sound/Music1964 The Mighty Jungle
Sound/Original Music Composer1963 X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes
Sound/Music1963 The Terror
Sound/Original Music Composer1963 Beach Party
Sound/Music1963 Dementia 13
Sound/Music1963 The Young Racers
Sound/Original Music Composer1963 The Raven
Sound/Original Music Composer1962 Panic in Year Zero!
Sound/Original Music Composer1962 Lost Battalion
Crew/Additional Music1962 The Premature Burial
Sound/Original Music Composer1962 Tales of Terror
Sound/Original Music Composer1961 Reptilicus
Sound/Original Music Composer1961 The Pit and the Pendulum
Sound/Music1961 Master of the World
Sound/Original Music Composer1961 White Slave Ship
Sound/Original Music Composer1960 Goliath and the Dragon
Sound/Music1960 Alakazam the Great!
Sound/Original Music Composer1960 House of Usher
Sound/Original Music Composer1958 Macabre
Sound/Music1958 The Lone Ranger and the Lost City of Gold
Sound/Original Music Composer1958 The Bride and the Beast
Sound/Original Music Composer1957 Voodoo Island
Sound/Music Director1957 Voodoo Island
Sound/Original Music Composer1957 Hell Bound
Sound/Music1957 The Storm Rider
Sound/Original Music Composer1957 The Girl in Black Stockings
Sound/Original Music Composer1957 Untamed Youth
Sound/Original Music Composer1957 The Invisible Boy
Sound/Music1957 Pharaoh's Curse
Sound/Original Music Composer1957 War Drums
Sound/Music1957 Revolt at Fort Laramie
Sound/Music1956 Rebel in Town
Sound/Music1956 Hot Blood
Sound/Music1956 Hot Cars
Sound/Original Music Composer1956 The Black Sleep
Sound/Music1956 A Woman's Devotion
Sound/Original Music Composer1955 A Life at Stake
Sound/Music1954 It's Everybody's Business

Born: Tuesday, 03/14 1922 (March) in Mexia, Texas (United States of America (USA))
Died: Monday, 01/15 1996 (January) in Newport Beach (aged: 73)
Zodiac sign: Pisces (Chinese zodiac sign: Dog)
Languages: English (EN, native language)
Educated at: Pepperdine University
Member of: The Mel-Tones, Les Baxter and His Orchestra, Les Baxter, His Chorus and Orchestra, Les Baxter's Drums
Record Label: Capitol Records
Other names for Les Baxter (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Leslie Thompson Baxter"
Les Baxter frequently works together with these people:
Daniel Haller (22x, Crew)
Samuel Z. Arkoff (21x, Crew)
James H. Nicholson (21x, Crew)
Roger Corman (20x, Crew)
Vincent Price (12x, Actor)
Aubrey Schenck (12x, Crew)
Ted Coodley (12x, Crew)
Al Simms (12x, Crew)
Harry Reif (11x, Crew)
Eve Newman (11x, Crew)
Marjorie Corso (10x, Crew)
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