Basil Poledouris

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Basil Poledouris (August 21, 1945 – November 8, 2006) was an American music composer who concentrated on the scores for films and television shows. Poledouris won the Emmy Award for Best Musical Score for work on part four of the TV miniseries Lonesome Dove in 1989. He is best known for scores such as Conan the Barbarian (1982), RoboCop (1987), Spellbinder (1988), The Hunt for Red October (1990), RoboCop 3 and Starship Troopers (1997).

Most Famous Work

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RoboCop

(1987) Original Music Composer

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Return to the Blue Lagoon

(1991) Music

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Conan the Barbarian

(1982) Conductor

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Starship Troopers

(1997) Conductor

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The Hunt for Red October

(1990) Original Music Composer

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RoboCop 3

(1993) Original Music Composer

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The Blue Lagoon

(1980) Original Music Composer

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Breakdown

(1997) Original Music Composer

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Acting

Year	Character	Movie/Tv
2001	Himself	Flesh + Steel: The Making of 'RoboCop' 2001-10-02 Movie
2000	Self	Conan Unchained: The Making of 'Conan' 2000-05-30 Movie
1997	Himself	Basil Poledouris: His Life and Music 1997-01-01 Movie
Year	Character	Movie/Tv

Sound

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
2006	Original Music Composer	The Legend of Butch & Sundance 2006-09-19 Movie
2002	Music	The Touch 2002-08-01 Movie
2001	Original Music Composer	Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles 2001-04-12 Movie
	Music	Love and Treason 2001-03-07 Movie
2000	Original Music Composer	Conan Unchained: The Making of 'Conan' 2000-05-30 Movie
	Music	Cecil B. Demented 2000-05-17 Movie
	Original Music Composer	If These Walls Could Talk 2 2000-03-05 Movie
1999	Music	Kimberly 1999-10-28 Movie
	Original Music Composer	For Love of the Game 1999-09-17 Movie
	Conductor	For Love of the Game 1999-09-17 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Mickey Blue Eyes 1999-08-16 Movie
1998	Original Music Composer	Les Misérables 1998-05-01 Movie
1997	Original Music Composer	Starship Troopers 1997-11-07 Movie
	Conductor	Starship Troopers 1997-11-07 Movie
	Music	Switchback 1997-10-31 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Breakdown 1997-05-02 Movie
	Music	Basil Poledouris: His Life and Music 1997-01-01 Movie
1996	Music	The War at Home 1996-11-20 Movie
	Music	Celtic Pride 1996-04-19 Movie
	Music	It's My Party 1996-03-22 Movie
	Music	Amanda 1996-01-01 Movie
1995	Music	Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home 1995-07-19 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Under Siege 2: Dark Territory 1995-07-13 Movie
1994	Original Music Composer	The Jungle Book 1994-12-23 Movie
	Music	Lassie 1994-07-22 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Serial Mom 1994-04-13 Movie
	Original Music Composer	On Deadly Ground 1994-02-18 Movie
1993	Original Music Composer	Free Willy 1993-07-16 Movie
	Original Music Composer	RoboCop 3 1993-05-28 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Hot Shots! Part Deux 1993-05-21 Movie
1992	Original Music Composer	Wind 1992-09-11 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Ned Blessing: The True Story Of My Life 1992-04-14 Movie
1991	Original Music Composer	Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man 1991-08-23 Movie
	Music	Return to the Blue Lagoon 1991-08-02 Movie
	Original Music Composer	White Fang 1991-01-18 Movie
	Music	Flight of the Intruder 1991-01-18 Movie
1990	Original Music Composer	Quigley Down Under 1990-10-17 Movie
	Original Music Composer	The Hunt for Red October 1990-03-02 Movie
1989	Original Music Composer	Wired 1989-08-25 Movie
	Music	Farewell to the King 1989-03-03 Movie
1988	Music	Spellbinder 1988-09-23 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Intrigue 1988-09-11 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Split Decisions 1988-06-11 Movie
1987	Original Music Composer	Cherry 2000 1987-11-10 Movie
	Music	No Man's Land 1987-10-23 Movie
	Original Music Composer	RoboCop 1987-07-17 Movie
	Music	Island Sons 1987-05-15 Movie
	Music	Prison for Children 1987-03-14 Movie
1986	Original Music Composer	Iron Eagle 1986-01-17 Movie
1985	Original Music Composer	Flesh + Blood 1985-08-30 Movie
1984	Original Music Composer	Protocol 1984-12-21 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Single Bars, Single Women 1984-10-14 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Red Dawn 1984-08-10 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Conan the Destroyer 1984-06-29 Movie
	Conductor	Conan the Destroyer 1984-06-29 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Making the Grade 1984-05-18 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Amazons 1984-01-29 Movie
	Music	The House of God 1984-01-01 Movie
1983	Music	Flyers 1983-01-01 Movie
1982	Original Music Composer	Summer Lovers 1982-07-16 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Conan the Barbarian 1982-04-02 Movie
	Conductor	Conan the Barbarian 1982-04-02 Movie
1981	Music	Fire on the Mountain 1981-11-23 Movie
	Music	A Whale for the Killing 1981-02-01 Movie
1980	Original Music Composer	The Blue Lagoon 1980-07-05 Movie
1979	Music	Dolphin 1979-06-01 Movie
1978	Original Music Composer	Big Wednesday 1978-05-26 Movie
1977	Music	Tintorera: Killer Shark 1977-04-07 Movie
1975	Original Music Composer	Chick, Chick, Chick 1975-01-01 Movie
1973	Music	Extreme Close-Up 1973-05-16 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Hollywood 90028 1973-01-01 Movie
1971	Original Music Composer	Congratulations, It's a Boy! 1971-09-21 Movie
	Music Arranger	Congratulations, It's a Boy! 1971-09-21 Movie
	Music	Vrooom! Movie
Year	Role	Movie/Tv

Crew

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
2005	Thanks	Edison 2005-07-29 Movie
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