Basil Poledouris

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American composer film composer human orchestral composer

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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Label Occurrences
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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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

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 ⓘ