Post #491706 by bigbrotiki on Tue, Nov 3, 2009 11:30 AM

On 2009-11-03 10:57, Kaiwaza wrote:

On 2009-11-03 05:11, nature boy wrote:
Les Baxter. Amazing music, often credited with creating exotica. Can someone point out to me a Les Baxter song that has a polynesian title/theme?

Just for informational purposes, Les Baxter's soundtrack LP to the film "Bora Bora" would be Polynesian themed...although in sound it is very similar to "Que Mango" and some of the pieces seem to be reworkings of one another, I'm not actually sure which of the two came out first.

True, that one certainly purports to be Polynesian...though Baxter always was more symphonic, film score like. But by the 60s he saw the success of his "student" Martin Denny, and did some pieces in clear Exotica style. The one track I chose is "Bird of Paradise".

Here is the cover of Bora Bora, my friend and BOT cover designer Moritz R. used the great "passionate islander" photo for Don Tiki's second CD design, and they made T-shirts of it:

I love the late 60s plot line: Swinging, island style! But still with the appropriate moral insight at the end, of course! :D :

[ Edited by: bigbrotiki 2009-11-03 12:27 ]