Basil Poledouris

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Basil Poledouris was an American composer best known for his powerful, symphonic film scores for movies such as Conan the Barbarian, RoboCop, and The Hunt for Red October.

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Basil Poledouris canonical 13

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American composer
film composer
human
orchestral composer
activeYearsEnd 2000s
activeYearsStart 1970
awardReceived Primetime Emmy Awards
surface form: Primetime Emmy Award
causeOfDeath cancer
child Bobbie Poledouris
surface form: Zoë Poledouris
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1945-08-21
dateOfDeath 2006-11-08
educatedAt USC Thornton School of Music
University of Southern California
ethnicGroup Greek American
familyName Poledouris
fieldOfWork film music
television music
genre film score
orchestral music
symphonic music
givenName Basil
influencedBy Greek musical heritage
classical music
instrument piano
languageOfWorkOrName English
notableAward Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Composition for a Limited Series, Movie or Special
surface form: Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Composition for a Limited Series or a Special
notableWork Conan the Barbarian (film score)
Conan the Destroyer (film score)
Free Willy (film score)
Iron Eagle (film score)
Lonesome Dove
surface form: Lonesome Dove (for which he won an Emmy)

Lonesome Dove (miniseries score)
Red Dawn (film score)
RoboCop (film score)
Starship Troopers (film score)
The Blue Lagoon (film score)
The Hunt for Red October (film score)
occupation composer
film score composer
placeOfBirth Kansas City, Missouri, United States
placeOfDeath Los Angeles, California, United States of America
surface form: Los Angeles, California, United States
sexOrGender male
spouse Bobbie Poledouris
style lush orchestration
powerful symphonic writing
workedOn Conan the Barbarian
film "RoboCop"
surface form: RoboCop

Starship Troopers
The Hunt for Red October

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Les Misérables (1998 film) composer Basil Poledouris
Starship Troopers musicBy Basil Poledouris
Conan the Destroyer musicBy Basil Poledouris
Basil hasNotableBearer Basil Poledouris
Conan the Barbarian musicBy Basil Poledouris
subject surface form: Conan the Barbarian (1982 film)
The Hunt for Red October musicBy Basil Poledouris
Iron Eagle musicBy Basil Poledouris
Lonesome Dove composer Basil Poledouris
Free Willy musicBy Basil Poledouris
film "RoboCop" musicBy Basil Poledouris
subject surface form: RoboCop
Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home musicBy Basil Poledouris
Breakdown musicBy Basil Poledouris
On Deadly Ground musicBy Basil Poledouris