Israel Baker
Biography
Israel Baker (February 11, 1919 – December 25, 2011) was an American violinist and concertmaster. Through a long and varied career, he played with many of the greatest figures in the worlds of classical music, jazz and pop. He appeared on hundreds of recordings by artists as diverse as Igor Stravinsky, Ella Fitzgerald, and Tom Waits, and appeared on many film scores including Psycho and Jonathan Livingstone Seagull. Baker was the concertmaster on The Dameans' Beginning Today album from 1973.
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Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Pet Sounds
1966
Can't Slow Down
1983
Harvest Moon
1992
Small Change
1976
The Monkees
1966
Portrait Of A Legend 1951-1964
2003
Close Encounters Of The Third Kind (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
1977
Frank Sinatra Sings For Only The Lonely
1958
E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial (Music From The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
1982
Breakfast At Tiffany's (Music From The Motion Picture Score)
1961
Sounds...And Stuff Like That!!
1978
Jonathan Livingston Seagull (Original Motion Picture Sound Track)
1973
The Broadway Album
1985
It Might As Well Be Swing
1964
Indiana Jones And The Temple Of Doom (The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
1984
Country, My Way
1967
Trilogy: Past, Present & Future
1980
Ghostbusters (Original Motion Picture Score)
2006
Back To Front
1992
Indiana Jones And The Last Crusade (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
1989
Stay Awake (Various Interpretations Of Music From Vintage Disney Films)
1988
Serenade
1974
Jaws (Anniversary Collector's Edition)
2000
Back To Mono (1958-1969)
1991
Credited work
2,374 releases · 372 albums · active 1950–2025
- Performance · 1,799
- Other credits · 588
- Mastering · 433
Studios: Ocean Way Recording · Capitol Studios · Sunset Sound · Wally Heider Recording Studio, Los Angeles