I've never believed in cheapening music by going according to what some people think is public taste.

Koch recalled that Baxter composed orchestrated and recorded the entire score of The Yellow Tomahawk (1954) in a total of three hours for $5000. [citation needed] Baxter also wrote the "Whistle" theme from the TV show Lassie. "
Les Baxter has a motion picture star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6314 Hollywood Blvd.