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3 | Basil Poledouris (August 21, 1945 – November 8, 2006) was an American composer of Greek descent. |
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5 | He was noted for producing scores for some of the most popular movies of the late 20th century, including ''Film/TheBlueLagoon1980'', ''Film/RedDawn1984'', ''Film/ConanTheBarbarian1982'', ''Film/FreeWilly'', ''Film/StarshipTroopers'' and ''Film/TheHuntForRedOctober''. Known for his [[SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic epic, symphonic scores]], he is frequently regarded as one of the best film composers of all time. Many of his work is famous in its own right, with his scores for ''Conan'' and ''[=RoboCop=]'' (which featured men banging on ''anvils'') being particularly noteworthy. |
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7 | [[HeAlsoDid He also had a very small number]] of [[TheCameo acting credits]], most notably as a Klingon, a {{Redshirt}}, and [[ANaziByAnyOtherName an Ekosian trooper]] on various episodes of ''[[Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries Star Trek]]'' (the original series). |
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9 | !! List of scores composed by Basil Poledouris include: |
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11 | * ''Big Wednesday'' (1978) |
12 | * ''Literature/TheBlueLagoon'' and its sequel (1980, 1991) |
13 | * ''Film/{{Conan the Barbarian|1982}}'' (1982) and ''Film/ConanTheDestroyer'' (1984) |
14 | * ''Film/{{Red Dawn|1984}}'' - this was the very first soundtrack album to be released by Intrada[[note]]and Poledouris's ''Switchback'' was the first album to be released on the label's Special Collection imprint[[/note]]. |
15 | * ''Film/FleshAndBlood1985'' |
16 | * ''Series/TheTwilightZone1985'' (four episodes) |
17 | * ''Series/MisfitsOfScience'' (1985-86) theme, the pilot score and first regular episode score. |
18 | * ''Film/IronEagle'' (1986) |
19 | * ''Series/{{Amerika}}'' (1987) |
20 | * ''Film/{{RoboCop|1987}}'' and ''Film/RoboCop3'' (1987, 1993) |
21 | * ''Film/{{Cherry 2000}}'' (1987) - this was the first CD Club release from Creator/VareseSarabande (later reissued in expanded form by Prometheus and twinned with Poledouris's ''No Man's Land''). |
22 | * ''Literature/LonesomeDove'' (1989) |
23 | * ''Film/TheHuntForRedOctober'' (1990) |
24 | * ''Film/QuigleyDownUnder'' (1990) |
25 | * ''Film/HarleyDavidsonAndTheMarlboroMan'' (1991) |
26 | * ''Film/FreeWilly'' and its first sequel (1993, 1995) |
27 | * ''Film/HotShotsPartDeux'' (1993) |
28 | * ''Film/OnDeadlyGround'' (1994) |
29 | * ''Film/SerialMom'' (1994) |
30 | * ''Film/{{The Jungle Book|1994}}'' (1994) |
31 | * ''[[Film/UnderSiege Under Siege 2: Dark Territory]]'' (1995) |
32 | * ''Film/CelticPride'' (1996) |
33 | * ''Film/{{Breakdown}}'' (1997) |
34 | * ''Film/StarshipTroopers'' (1997) |
35 | * ''Film/{{Les Miserables|1998}}'' (1998) |
36 | * ''For Love Of The Game'' (1999) |
37 | * ''Film/MickeyBlueEyes'' (1999) |
38 | * ''Film/CecilBDemented'' (2000) with his daughter Zoe Poledouris |
39 | * ''[[Film/CrocodileDundee Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles]]'' (2001) |
40 | * ''Film/TheTouch'' (2002) |
41 | * ''The Legend Of Butch And Sundance'' (2004) - MadeForTVMovie and pilot for an unsold series; his final score.[[note]]This was shelved for two years, and received its first TV screening just a few months before he passed away.[[/note]] |
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43 | !!Tropes in his works: |
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45 | * AssociatedComposer: For Creator/JohnMilius, Creator/PaulVerhoeven, and Simon Wincer. |
46 | * CultSoundtrack: |
47 | ** His music for ''Film/ConanTheBarbarian1982'' is famously known for causing hair to grow on listeners in previously unknown places, along with causing heavy metal fans to develop a hankering for classical music. It's also considered one of the all-time great soundtracks, despite the film itself being a total [[{{Camp}} Camp Classic]]. Creator/{{Intrada}} issued the complete score in 2012. |
48 | ** His score to ''Film/Cherry2000'' was so popular among film scoring fans that the album used to go for over $1,000 in online auditions (the score was so rare that Poledouris didn't even have a copy until Creator/JohnWaters gave him his personal copy when they did ''Film/SerialMom'' together). A pair of reissues have since remedied this problem but it's still one of Poledouris' more popular scores. |
49 | * EverythingIsAnInstrument: The main theme from ''Film/RoboCop1987'' features the sounds of people banging on anvils. |
50 | * RatedMForManly: If you wanted someone to do the music for a bloody, meat-headed action flick, Poledouris was the man. |
51 | * RecycledSoundtrack: ''Film/TheHuntForRedOctober'' used a track from Poledouris' score for the 1987 film ''No Man's Land''. |
52 | * ThemeMusicAbandonment: His ''Franchise/RoboCop'' theme is absent in ''Film/RoboCop2'', but returns in ''Film/RoboCop3''. |
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