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Basil Poledouris

Highest Rated: 92% RoboCop (1987)

Lowest Rated: 4% Wired (1989)

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.

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Highest-Rated Movies

92% 84% RoboCop
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88% 56% Lassie
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88% 88% The Hunt for Red October
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88% Hollywood 90028
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83% 69% Breakdown
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82% 63% Flesh & Blood
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75% 83% Les Miserables Watchlist
72% 70% Starship Troopers
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71% 50% Free Willy
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67% 74% Conan the Barbarian
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Filmography

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The Touch 31% 2002 Original Music Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles 11% 25% 2001 Original Music Cecil B. Demented 52% 67% 2000 Original Music Kimberly 14% 1999 Original Music For Love of the Game 47% 75% 1999 Original Music Mickey Blue Eyes 45% 42% 1999 Original Music Les Miserables 75% 83% 1998 Original Music Switchback 31% 46% 1997 Original Music Breakdown 83% 69% 1997 Original Music Starship Troopers 72% 70% 1997 Original Music The War at Home 60% 75% 1996 Original Music Under Siege 2 35% 38% 1995 Original Music Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home 50% 42% 1995 Original Music On Deadly Ground 14% 34% 1994 Original Music Lassie 88% 56% 1994 Original Music Serial Mom 63% 72% 1994 Original Music RoboCop 3 9% 15% 1993 Original Music Hot Shots! Part Deux 59% 63% 1993 Original Music Free Willy 71% 50% 1993 Original Music Wind 46% 81% 1992 Original Music Flight of the Intruder 25% 51% 1991 Original Music White Fang 67% 63% 1991 Original Music Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man 29% 65% 1991 Original Music The Hunt for Red October 88% 88% 1990 Original Music Quigley Down Under 52% 74% 1990 Original Music
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