Basil Poledouris Biography (1945-)

Born August 21, 1945, in Kansas City, MO; son of Konstantine John and Helen Poledouris; married Barbara "Bobbie" Renee Godfrey (an actress), August 15, 1969; children: Zoe Renee (a songwriter, music producer, and performer) and Alexis Elene. Addresses: Agent: Creative Artists Agency, 9830 Wilshire Blvd., Beverly Hills, CA 90212.

Gender: Male
Occupation: Composer, conductor, pianist
Birth Details: August 21, 1945; Kansas City, Missouri

Famous Works

CREDITS
Film Work
Music director and conductor, The Blue Lagoon, Columbia, 1980
Music director, Conan the Barbarian, Universal, 1982
Music director, Flesh and Blood (also known as The Rose and theSword), Orion/Riverside, 1985
Synthesizer performer, Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1991
Conductor, Return to the Blue Lagoon, Columbia, 1991
Conductor, Wind, Columbia/TriStar, 1992
Conductor, Under Siege 2: Dark Territory (also known as Under Siege 2), Warner Bros., 1995
Conductor, Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home, Warner Bros., 1995
Musician, It's My Party, United Artists, 1996
Conductor, Celtic Pride, Buena Vista, 1996
Music producer and conductor, The War at Home, Buena Vista, 1996
Conductor, Breakdown, Paramount, 1997
Conductor, Starship Troopers, TriStar, 1997
Conductor, Les miserables, TriStar, 1998
Orchestrator, For Love of the Game, Universal, 1999
Film Appearances
First officer, First to Fight, 1967
RECORDINGS
Original Soundtrack Albums
The Blue Lagoon, Marlin, c. 1980
Conan the Barbarian, MCA, c. 1982
(With others) Summer Lovers, Warner Bros., c. 1982
Conan the Destroyer, MCA, c. 1984
Making the Grade, Varese Sarabande, c. 1984
Red Dawn, Intrada, 1984
Flesh and Blood, Varese Sarabande, c. 1985
Cherry 2000, Varese Sarabande, 1986
RoboCop, Varese Sarabande, c. 1987
No Man's Land, Varese Sarabande, 1987
Underscore, Wired, Varese Sarabande, 1989
Farewell to the King, Varese Sarabande, 1989
The Hunt for Red October, MCA, 1990
Quigley Down Under, Intrada, 1990
Other albums include soundtrack recording from Free Willy.
Videos
Composer, pianist, and interviewee, Basil Poledouris: His Life and Music (also known as Film Composer Interview Series Volume One: Basil Poledouris: His Life and Music), Film Score Monthly/Vineyard Haven Video, 1997
WRITINGS
Film Music
Scores
The Reversal of Richard Sun, 1966
90028, U.S. 3 Productions, 1971
Extreme Close-Up (also known as Sex through a Window), National General, 1973
Tintorera ... Bloody Waters (also known as Tintorera, Tintorera--The Silent Death, and Tintorera ... Tiger Shark), United,1977
Fei taugh no neuih (also known as The Witch with Flying Head and Fei tou mo nu), 1977
(And song, "Three Friends Theme") Big Wednesday (also known as Summer of Innocence), Warner Bros., 1978
Dolphin, 1979
Defiance, 1980
The Blue Lagoon, Columbia, 1980
Conan the Barbarian, Universal, 1982
Underscore, Summer Lovers, Orion, 1982
Flyers, 1983
Conan the Destroyer, Universal, 1984
The House of God, United Artists, 1984

Making the Grade (also known as Preppies), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists, 1984
Protocol, Warner Bros., 1984
Red Dawn, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists, 1984
American Journeys, 1983
Flesh and Blood (also known as The Rose and the Sword), Orion/Riverside, 1985
Iron Eagle, TriStar, 1986
No Man's Land, Orion, 1987
RoboCop, Orion, 1987
Spellbinder, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists, 1988
Split Decisions, New Century/Vista, 1988
Cherry 2000, Orion, 1988
Farewell to the King, Orion, 1989
Wired, Taurus, 1989
(And song, "Payoff") The Hunt for Red October, Paramount, 1990
Quigley Down Under, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists, 1990
Why Me, Triumph, 1990
Flight of the Intruder, Paramount, 1991
Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1991
Return to the Blue Lagoon, Columbia, 1991
White Fang, Walt Disney, 1991
RoboCop II, Orion, 1991
(And song, "A Dream Comes Back to You") Wind, Columbia/TriStar, 1992
Free Willy, Warner Bros., 1992
RoboCop 3, Orion, 1993
Hot Shots! Part Deux (also known as Hot Shots! 2), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1993
On Deadly Ground, Warner Bros., 1994
Serial Mom, Savoy Pictures, 1994
The Jungle Book (also known as Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book), Buena Vista, 1994
Lassie, Paramount, 1994
Under Siege 2: Dark Territory (also known as Under Siege 2), Warner Bros., 1995
Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home, Warner Bros., 1995
It's My Party, United Artists, 1996
Celtic Pride, Buena Vista, 1996
The War at Home, Buena Vista, 1996
Amanda, Sony Pictures Entertainment, 1996
Breakdown, Paramount, 1997
Switchback, Paramount, 1997
Starship Troopers, TriStar, 1997
Les Miserables, TriStar, 1998
Mickey Blue Eyes, Warner Bros., 1999
Kimberly, Kimberly Productions, 1999
For Love of the Game, Universal, 1999
Cecil B. DeMented, Artisan Entertainment, 2000
Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles, Paramount, 2001
Composer for original soundtrack albums under various international labels; also composed scores for documentaries, including Behold Hawaii, The People of Tobacco Valley, Profile of a Champion, and Vegas, Vegas, Vegas, and for educational films, including Baseball: Basicsand Blunders, By Map and Compass, and The Cubist Epoch.
Television Music
Miniseries
Amerika (also known as Topeka, Kansas ... U.S.S.R.), ABC, 1987
Lonesome Dove, CBS, 1989
Theme music, Return to Lonesome Dove, CBS, 1993
Theme music, Zoya (also known as Danielle Steel's Zoya), NBC, 1995
Movies
(With Richard Baskin) Congratulations, It's a Boy! (also known asSo's Your Old Man!), ABC, 1971
A Whale for the Killing, ABC, 1981
Fire on the Mountain, NBC, 1981
Single Bars, Single Women, ABC, 1984
Amazons, ABC, 1984
Prison for Children (also known as Find a Safe Place and A Prison of Children), CBS, 1987
Kill or Be Killed (also known as Nasty Boys II: Lone Justice), NBC, 1990
If These Walls Could Talk 2, HBO, 2000
Series
(With others) The Andros Targets, CBS, 1977
Main title arrangement, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, NBC, 1985-1986then USA Network, 1987-1988
Pilots
The Sheriff and the Astronaut, CBS, 1984
Misfits of Science, NBC, 1985
Island Sons, ABC, 1987
Intrigue, CBS, 1988
L.A. Takedown (also known as Hanna), NBC, 1989
Ned Blessing: The True Story of My Life (also known as The Lifeand Times of Ned Blessing, Lone Justice, and Ned Blessing), CBS, 1992
Episodic
"Man from the South," Alfred Hitchcock Presents, NBC, 1985
"Profile in Silver," Twilight Zone, CBS, 1986
"Monsters," Twilight Zone, CBS, 1986
"A Message from Charity," Twilight Zone, CBS, 1986
(With Richard Stone) "Lone Justice," Nasty Boys, NBC, 1990
Other
The Interview, 1970
Three for the Road, 1974
Pros and Cons, ABC, 1986
Love and Treason, 2001

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

Periodicals

Soundtrack, December, 1987 March, 1988, pp. 20-23; September, 1989, December, 1992, pp. 3-7
Starlog, November, 1993

Electronic

Bail Poledouris Web Site, http://www. asilpoledouris.com, May 11,2001

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