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Basil Poledouris
Highest Rated: 92% RoboCop (1987)
Lowest Rated: 11% Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles (2001)
Birthday: Aug 21, 1945
Birthplace: Kansas City, Missouri, USA
With his sweeping, powerful scores, composer Basil Poledouris brought a sense of epic passion and melancholy grandeur to "Conan: the Barbarian" (1982), "Robocop" (1987) and the beloved miniseries, "Lonesome Dove" (CBS, 1989). Poledouris also set the tone for many subsequent military thrillers, with his haunting Russian-influenced score for "The Hunt for Red October" (1990). Though Poledouris never gained widespread public attention like John Williams or Danny Elfman, nor received a single Academy Award nomination, his rich melodies nonetheless remained popular and influential within the filmmaking community.
Filmography
Movies
| Credit | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No Score Yet | 31% | The Touch | Original Music | - | 2002 |
| 11% | 25% | Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles | Original Music | - | 2001 |
| 52% | 67% | Cecil B. Demented | Original Music | $1.3M | 2000 |
| No Score Yet | 0% | Kimberly | Original Music | - | 1999 |
| 46% | 75% | For Love of the Game | Original Music | $35.2M | 1999 |
| 45% | 42% | Mickey Blue Eyes | Original Music | $33.9M | 1999 |
| 75% | 83% | Les Miserables | Original Music | $13.9M | 1998 |
| 31% | 46% | Switchback | Original Music | $6.5M | 1997 |
| 71% | 70% | Starship Troopers | Original Music | $54.7M | 1997 |
| 60% | 75% | The War at Home | Original Music | $43.9K | 1996 |
| 34% | 38% | Under Siege 2: Dark Territory | Original Music | $46.9M | 1995 |
| 50% | 42% | Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home | Original Music | $28.0M | 1995 |
| 12% | 34% | On Deadly Ground | Original Music | $36.0M | 1994 |
| 88% | 56% | Lassie | Original Music | $8.3M | 1994 |
| 65% | 72% | Serial Mom | Original Music | $6.8M | 1994 |
| 59% | 63% | Hot Shots! Part Deux | Original Music | $38.6M | 1993 |
| 71% | 50% | Free Willy | Original Music | $76.3M | 1993 |
| 46% | 81% | Wind | Original Music | $4.9M | 1992 |
| 67% | 63% | White Fang | Original Music | $34.6M | 1991 |
| 29% | 65% | Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man | Original Music | $7.0M | 1991 |
| 88% | 88% | The Hunt for Red October | Original Music | $119.1M | 1990 |
| 55% | 74% | Quigley Down Under | Original Music | $20.1M | 1990 |
| 55% | 55% | Farewell to the King | Original Music | $2.0M | 1989 |
| 38% | 41% | Cherry 2000 | Original Music | - | 1988 |
| 92% | 84% | RoboCop | Original Music | $49.7M | 1987 |
| 52% | 65% | Red Dawn | Original Music | - | 1984 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Single Bars, Single Women | Original Music | - | 1984 |
| 26% | 38% | Conan the Destroyer | Original Music | - | 1984 |
| 25% | 53% | Summer Lovers | Original Music | - | 1982 |
| 67% | 74% | Conan the Barbarian | Original Music | - | 1982 |
| 12% | 53% | The Blue Lagoon |
Original Music, Conductor |
- | 1980 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Hollywood 90028 | Music | - | 1973 |