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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.
Filmography
Movies
Credit | |||||
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No Score Yet |
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The Touch | Original Music | - | 2002 |
11% |
|
Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles | Original Music | - | 2001 |
52% |
|
Cecil B. Demented | Original Music | $1.3M | 2000 |
No Score Yet |
|
Kimberly | Original Music | - | 1999 |
46% |
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For Love of the Game | Original Music | $35.2M | 1999 |
45% |
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Mickey Blue Eyes | Original Music | $33.9M | 1999 |
75% |
|
Les Miserables | Original Music | $13.9M | 1998 |
31% |
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Switchback | Original Music | $6.5M | 1997 |
72% |
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Starship Troopers | Original Music | $54.7M | 1997 |
60% |
|
The War at Home | Original Music | $43.9K | 1996 |
34% |
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Under Siege 2: Dark Territory | Original Music | $46.9M | 1995 |
50% |
|
Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home | Original Music | $28.0M | 1995 |
14% |
|
On Deadly Ground | Original Music | $36.0M | 1994 |
88% |
|
Lassie | Original Music | $8.3M | 1994 |
63% |
|
Serial Mom | Original Music | $6.8M | 1994 |
9% |
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RoboCop 3 | Original Music | $8.9M | 1993 |
59% |
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Hot Shots! Part Deux | Original Music | $38.6M | 1993 |
71% |
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Free Willy | Original Music | $76.3M | 1993 |
46% |
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Wind | Original Music | $4.9M | 1992 |
67% |
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White Fang | Original Music | $34.6M | 1991 |
29% |
|
Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man | Original Music | $7.0M | 1991 |
88% |
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The Hunt for Red October | Original Music | $119.1M | 1990 |
52% |
|
Quigley Down Under | Original Music | $20.1M | 1990 |
55% |
|
Farewell to the King | Original Music | $2.0M | 1989 |
4% |
|
Wired | Original Music | $681.1K | 1989 |
38% |
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Cherry 2000 | Original Music | - | 1988 |
No Score Yet |
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Spellbinder | Original Music | $1.3M | 1988 |
92% |
|
RoboCop | Original Music | $49.7M | 1987 |
50% |
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No Man's Land | Original Music | $1.1M | 1987 |
86% |
|
Flesh & Blood | Original Music | - | 1985 |
No Score Yet |
|
Making the Grade | Original Music | - | 1984 |
50% |
|
Red Dawn | Original Music | - | 1984 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Single Bars, Single Women | Original Music | - | 1984 |
29% |
|
Conan the Destroyer | Original Music | - | 1984 |
25% |
|
Summer Lovers | Original Music | - | 1982 |
67% |
|
Conan the Barbarian | Original Music | - | 1982 |
12% |
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The Blue Lagoon |
Original Music, Conductor |
- | 1980 |
80% | No Score Yet | Hollywood 90028 | Music | - | 1973 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Extreme Close-up | Original Music | - | 1972 |