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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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