Basil Poledouris - wikipedia Basil Poledouris Basil Konstantine Poledouris Background information ( 1945 - 08 - 21 ) August 21, 1945 Kansas City, Missouri, U.S. November 8, 2006 ( 2006 - 11 - 08 ) ( aged 61 ) Los Angeles, California, U.S. Genres Film score Occupation ( s ) Composer, conductor Instruments Piano, orchestra Years active 1970 -- 2003 Website http://www.basil-poledouris.com/ Basil Konstantine Poledouris ( August 21, 1945 -- November 8, 2006 ) was a Greek - American music composer who concentrated on the scores for films and television shows. Poledouris won the Emmy Award for Best Musical Score for work on the four part TV miniseries Lonesome Dove in 1989. He is best known for scores such as Conan the Barbarian ( 1982 ), RoboCop ( 1987 ), Spellbinder ( 1988 ), Red Dawn ( 1984 ), The Hunt for Red October ( 1990 ), Free Willy ( 1993 ) and Starship Troopers ( 1997 ). Contents 1 Life and career 2 Awards 3 Filmography 3.1 Films 3.2 Mini-series 3.3 Television 3.4 Other works 4 References 5 External links Life and career Born in Kansas City, Missouri, he credited two influences with guiding him towards music : the first was composer Miklós Rózsa ; the second his own Greek Orthodox heritage. Poledouris was raised in the Church, and he used to sit in services enthralled by the choir 's sound. At the age of seven, Poledouris began piano lessons, and after high school graduation, he enrolled at the University of Southern California to study both filmmaking and music. Several short films to which he contributed are still kept in the university 's archives. At USC, Poledouris met movie directors John Milius and Randal Kleiser, with whom he would later collaborate as a music composer. He appeared as a background extra in several episodes of Star Trek : The Original Series. In 1985, Poledouris wrote the music for Paul Verhoeven 's Flesh & Blood, establishing a durable collaboration. Poledouris became renowned for his powerfully epic style of orchestral composition and his intricate thematic designs. He scored the soundtrack for The Blue Lagoon ( 1980 ; dir : Kleiser ) ; Conan the Barbarian ( 1982 ; dir : Milius ) ; Conan the Destroyer ( 1984 ) ; Red Dawn ( 1984 ; dir : Milius ), Iron Eagle ( 1986 ) ; RoboCop ( 1987 ; dir : Verhoeven ) ; The Hunt for Red October ( 1990 ) ; Quigley Down Under ( 1990 Simon Wincer ) ; Free Willy ( 1993 ) and its first sequel Free Willy 2 : The Adventure Home ( 1995 ) ; Starship Troopers ( 1997 ; dir : Verhoeven ) ; and For Love of the Game ( 1999 ). Poledouris ' studio, `` Blowtorch Flats '', was located in Venice, California, and was a professional mixing facility specializing in film and media production. Poledouris married his wife Bobbie in 1969 ; they had two daughters, Zoë and Alexis. His elder daughter, Zoë Poledouris, is an actress and film composer, who occasionally collaborated with her father in composing film soundtracks. RoboCop theme Soundtrack 's main theme, composed by Basil Poledouris. Problems playing this file ? See media help. In 1996, Poledouris, alongside James Horner, composed `` The Tradition of the Games '' for the Atlanta Olympics opening ceremony that accompanied the memorable dance tribute to the athletes and goddesses of victory of the ancient Greek Olympics using silhouette imagery. Poledouris spent the last four years of his life residing on Vashon Island, in Washington state. He died on November 8, 2006, in Los Angeles, California, aged 61, from cancer. Awards Winner Best Score for Miniseries -- Emmy Awards ( Lonesome Dove ) Nominee Best Score -- Saturn Awards ( Conan the Barbarian ) Winner Special Recognition Music Award -- BMI Film & TV Awards ( Olympic Tribute for `` The Tradition of the Games '' ) Winner Film Music Award -- BMI Awards ( Free Willy ) Winner Film Music Award -- BMI Awards ( The Hunt for Red October ) Winner TV Music Award -- BMI Awards ( Lonesome Dove ) Winner Film Music Award -- BMI Awards ( RoboCop ) Filmography Films Year Title Director Studio ( s ) 1970 The Reversal of Richard Sun John Milius 1973 Extreme Close - Up Jeannot Szwarc General Cinema Corporation Hollywood 90028 Christina Hornisher 1977 Tintorera René Cardona Jr. Hemdale Film Corporation United Film Distribution 1978 Big Wednesday John Milius Warner Bros. 1980 The Blue Lagoon Randal Kleiser Columbia Pictures 1982 Conan the Barbarian John Milius De Laurentiis Entertainment Group Universal Pictures ( North America ) 20th Century Fox ( International ) Summer Lovers Randal Kleiser Filmways Pictures 1984 Making the Grade Dorian Walker Cannon Films Conan the Destroyer Richard Fleischer De Laurentiis Entertainment Group Universal Pictures Red Dawn John Milius United Artists Metro - Goldwyn - Mayer Protocol Herbert Ross Warner Bros. 1985 Flesh & Blood Paul Verhoeven Orion Pictures 1986 Iron Eagle Sidney J. Furie TriStar Pictures RoboCop Paul Verhoeven Orion Pictures No Man 's Land Peter Werner Orion Pictures Cherry 2000 Steve De Jarnatt Orion Pictures Spellbinder Janet Greek Metro - Goldwyn - Mayer Split Decisions David Drury New Century Entertainment Farewell to the King John Milius Orion Pictures Intruder Scott Spiegel Empire International Pictures Wired Larry Peerce Taurus Entertainment The Hunt for Red October John McTiernan Paramount Pictures Quigley Down Under Simon Wincer Pathé Metro - Goldwyn - Mayer 1991 Flight of the Intruder John Milius Paramount Pictures White Fang Randal Kleiser Walt Disney Pictures with Hans Zimmer Return to the Blue Lagoon William A. Graham Columbia Pictures Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man Simon Wincer Metro - Goldwyn - Mayer Wind Carroll Ballard TriStar Pictures Hot Shots ! Part Deux Jim Abrahams 20th Century Fox Free Willy Simon Wincer Le Studio Canal+ Regency Enterprises Warner Bros. Family Entertainment RoboCop 3 Fred Dekker Orion Pictures On Deadly Ground Steven Seagal Warner Bros. Serial Mom John Waters Savoy Pictures Lassie Daniel Petrie Western Publishing Paramount Pictures Rudyard Kipling 's The Jungle Book Stephen Sommers Walt Disney Pictures 1995 Under Siege 2 : Dark Territory Geoff Murphy Regency Enterprises Warner Bros. Free Willy 2 : The Adventure Home Dwight H. Little Le Studio Canal+ Regency Enterprises Warner Bros. Family Entertainment It 's My Party Randal Kleiser United Artists Celtic Pride Tom DeCerchio Caravan Pictures Hollywood Pictures The War at Home Emilio Estevez Touchstone Pictures Amanda Bobby Roth Breakdown Jonathan Mostow Dino De Laurentiis Company Paramount Pictures Switchback Jeb Stuart Rysher Entertainment Paramount Pictures Starship Troopers Paul Verhoeven TriStar Pictures ( North America ) Touchstone Pictures ( International ) 1998 Les Misérables Bille August Mandalay Entertainment TriStar Pictures 1999 Mickey Blue Eyes Kelly Makin Castle Rock Entertainment Warner Bros. ( US ) Universal Pictures ( UK ) Kimberly Frederic Golchan For Love of the Game Sam Raimi Renaissance Pictures Beacon Pictures Universal Pictures 2000 Cecil B. DeMented John Waters Le Studio Canal+ Artisan Entertainment Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles Simon Wincer Paramount Pictures 2002 The Touch Peter Pau Miramax Films Mini-series Amerika ( 14 - hour mini-series ) ( 1987 ) Lonesome Dove ( 8 - hour mini-series ) ( 1989 ) ( Emmy Award Winner for Best Score ) Zoya ( 4 - hour mini-series ) ( theme ) ( 1995 ) Television Congratulations, It 's a Boy ( 1971 ) Three for the Road ( 1974 ) Dolphin ( 1979 ) A Whale for the Killing ( 1981 ) Fire on the Mountain ( 1981 ) Amazons ( 1984 ) Single Women, Single Bars ( 1984 ) The House of God ( 1984 ) Alfred Hitchcock Presents ( pilot ) ( 1985 ) Misfits of Science ( pilot ) ( 1986 ) The Twilight Zone : `` Profile in Silver '' ( 1986 ) The Twilight Zone : `` Monsters '' ( 1986 ) The Twilight Zone : `` A Message from Charity '' ( 1986 ) Prison for Children ( 1987 ) Island Sons ( pilot ) ( 1987 ) Intrigue ( pilot ) ( 1988 ) L.A. Takedown ( pilot ) ( 1989 ) Nasty Boys ( pilot ) ( 1989 ) Nasty Boys : `` Lone Justice '' ( 1990 ) Life & Times of Ned Blessing ( pilot ) ( 1991 ) If These Walls Could Talk II ( 2000 ) Love and Treason ( 2001 ) Other works 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games ( Opening Ceremony ) Conan Sword & Sorcery Spectacular ( Universal Studios ' live stage show ) American Journeys ( A Circle - Vision 360 ° film at Disneyland and Magic Kingdom ) Flyers ( IMAX ) Behold Hawaii ( IMAX ) References Jump up ^ imdb.com Jump up ^ Rhodes, S. Mark. `` A Sprig of Basil : The Musical Mastery of Basil Poledouris Archived October 23, 2006, at the Wayback Machine... '' Film Score Monthly, Volume 9, Number 4, 2004. Jump up ^ `` Basil Poledouris ''. Memory Alpha. Retrieved 1 August 2015. ^ Jump up to : Basil Poledouris. `` 1996 Olympics Opening Ceremony -- Honor and Glory CD Audio ''. Basil Poledouris website. Archived from the original on 2007 - 10 - 12. Retrieved 2008 - 02 - 19. Jump up ^ `` Atlanta 1996 Olympic Games opening ceremony via Youtube ( video ) ''. CBC TV via YouTube. Retrieved 2008 - 02 - 19. Jump up ^ `` Basil Poledouris Biography ''. Basil Poledouris website. Archived from the original on 20 February 2008. Retrieved 2008 - 02 - 19. Jump up ^ `` Basil Poledouris 1945 -- 2006. '' Basil Poledouris Message Board, 8 November 2006. External links Official website Basil Poledouris on IMDb Basil Poledouris interview at UnderScores : Musique de Film VIAF : 74045299 LCCN : n91127666 ISNI : 0000 0001 0916 1052 GND : 134700260 SUDOC : 131935674 BNF : cb139750374 ( data ) MusicBrainz : e50f9da8 - a0a2 - 4a97 - 94b6 - c649a2b96c0b NKC : js20060908017 BNE : XX1113751 IATH : w6d803gt Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Basil_Poledouris&oldid=818174461 '' Categories : 1945 births 2006 deaths Musicians from Kansas City, Missouri Greek Orthodox Christians from the United States American people of Greek descent 20th - century classical composers American male classical composers American classical composers American film score composers Male film score composers California State University, Long Beach alumni Musicians from Los Angeles Thornton School of Music alumni Deaths from cancer in California 20th - century American musicians 20th - century American composers Hidden categories : Webarchive template wayback links Articles with hCards Articles with hAudio microformats Wikipedia articles with VIAF identifiers Wikipedia articles with LCCN identifiers Wikipedia articles with ISNI identifiers Wikipedia articles with GND identifiers Wikipedia articles with BNF identifiers Wikipedia articles with MusicBrainz identifiers Wikipedia articles with SNAC - ID identifiers Talk Contents About Wikipedia Brezhoneg Català Čeština Deutsch Ελληνικά Español Esperanto فارسی Français 한국어 Hrvatski Italiano Nederlands 日本 語 Polski Português Русский Slovenčina Српски / srpski Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски Suomi Svenska Edit links This page was last edited on 2 January 2018, at 01 : 25. 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Question: who wrote the music for conan the barbarian
Answer: Basil Konstantine Poledouris