---
name: "Basil Poledouris"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/basil-poledouris"
fi1m_id: "basil-poledouris"
imdb_id: "nm0006231"
tmdb_id: 7728
wikidata_id: "Q83906"
roles: ["Composer"]
born: "21 August 1945"
died: "8 November 2006"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 9
average_fi1m_score: 70
average_over: 9
updated: "2026-10-07T04:37:59.592393+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Basil Poledouris

## Identity

Basil Poledouris

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/basil-poledouris
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** basil-poledouris
- **IMDb ID:** nm0006231
- **TMDB ID:** 7728
- **Wikidata ID:** Q83906
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basil_Poledouris, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q83906, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0006231/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/7728

Composer. Born 21 August 1945 in Kansas City, Missouri, USA. Died 8 November 2006.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Born:** 21 August 1945, Kansas City, Missouri, USA
- **Died:** 8 November 2006
- **Active:** 1980–1999
- **Also known as:** Basil Konstantine Poledouris
- **Frequently works with:** [Edward Neumeier](https://film.one/person/edward-neumeier.md), [James Earl Jones](https://film.one/person/james-earl-jones.md), [Paul Verhoeven](https://film.one/person/paul-verhoeven.md)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 70 (3), 1990s 70 (6)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 75 to 71 across 7 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 6 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Genres:** Action 6, Adventure 4, Drama 3, Thriller 3, Comedy 2, Romance 2
- **Screen time:** 17 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $850m across 9 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basil_Poledouris, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q83906, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0006231/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/7728

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*RoboCop*](https://film.one/film/robocop.md) (91), [*Mickey Blue Eyes*](https://film.one/film/mickey-blue-eyes.md) (66), [*The Blue Lagoon*](https://film.one/film/the-blue-lagoon.md) (46)
- **Netflix:** [*Starship Troopers*](https://film.one/film/starship-troopers.md) (79), [*Conan the Barbarian*](https://film.one/film/conan-the-barbarian.md) (74)
- **The Roku Channel:** [*Wind*](https://film.one/film/wind.md) (60)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Basil Poledouris, also credited as Basil Konstantine Poledouris, was an American composer, conductor and orchestrator of film and television scores. Born in Kansas City, Missouri, on 21 August 1945, he studied at the University of Southern California, where he met directors John Milius and Randal Kleiser, with whom he later collaborated.

Poledouris composed scores for films including *Conan the Barbarian* (1982), *RoboCop* (1987), *The Hunt for Red October* (1990) and *Starship Troopers* (1997). He won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Composition for a Limited Series, Movie, or Special for his work on the miniseries *Lonesome Dove* (1989). He died in Los Angeles on 8 November 2006.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (9)

- *Mickey Blue Eyes* (1999), Fi1m 66, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/mickey-blue-eyes.md)
- *Starship Troopers* (1997), Fi1m 79, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/starship-troopers.md)
- *Free Willy* (1993), Fi1m 68, Music, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/film/free-willy.md)
- *Hot Shots! Part Deux* (1993), Fi1m 67, Music, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/film/hot-shots-part-deux.md)
- *Wind* (1992), Fi1m 60, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/wind.md)
- *The Hunt for Red October* (1990), Fi1m 82, Music, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-hunt-for-red-october.md)
- *RoboCop* (1987), Fi1m 91, Music, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/film/robocop.md)
- *Conan the Barbarian* (1982), Fi1m 74, Conductor, Music, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/film/conan-the-barbarian.md)
- *The Blue Lagoon* (1980), Fi1m 46, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/the-blue-lagoon.md)

## Complete filmography (71)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Legend of Butch & Sundance* (2006), Original Music Composer
- *Edison* (2005), Thanks
- *The Touch* (2002), Original Music Composer
- *Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles* (2001), Original Music Composer
- *Love and Treason* (2001), Music
- *Cecil B. Demented* (2000), Original Music Composer
- *Conan Unchained: The Making of 'Conan'* (2000), Original Music Composer
- *If These Walls Could Talk 2* (2000), Original Music Composer
- *Kimberly* (1999), Music
- *For Love of the Game* (1999), Original Music Composer
- *Mickey Blue Eyes* (1999), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/film/mickey-blue-eyes.md)
- *Les Misérables* (1998), Original Music Composer
- *Starship Troopers* (1997), Original Music Composer, Conductor — Fi1m 79, [page](https://film.one/film/starship-troopers.md)
- *Switchback* (1997), Original Music Composer
- *Breakdown* (1997), Original Music Composer, Conductor
- *Basil Poledouris: His Life and Music* (1997), Music
- *The War at Home* (1996), Original Music Composer, Conductor
- *Celtic Pride* (1996), Original Music Composer
- *It's My Party* (1996), Original Music Composer
- *Amanda* (1996), Original Music Composer
- *Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home* (1995), Conductor, Original Music Composer
- *Under Siege 2: Dark Territory* (1995), Original Music Composer
- *The Jungle Book* (1994), Original Music Composer
- *Lassie* (1994), Original Music Composer
- *Serial Mom* (1994), Original Music Composer
- *On Deadly Ground* (1994), Original Music Composer
- *Free Willy* (1993), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/film/free-willy.md)
- *Hot Shots! Part Deux* (1993), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 67, [page](https://film.one/film/hot-shots-part-deux.md)
- *RoboCop 3* (1993), Original Music Composer
- *Wind* (1992), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 60, [page](https://film.one/film/wind.md)
- *Ned Blessing: The True Story Of My Life* (1992), Original Music Composer
- *Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man* (1991), Original Music Composer
- *Return to the Blue Lagoon* (1991), Conductor, Original Music Composer
- *White Fang* (1991), Original Music Composer
- *Flight of the Intruder* (1991), Original Music Composer, Conductor
- *Quigley Down Under* (1990), Original Music Composer
- *The Hunt for Red October* (1990), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/the-hunt-for-red-october.md)
- *Wired* (1989), Original Music Composer
- *Farewell to the King* (1989), Original Music Composer
- *Spellbinder* (1988), Original Music Composer
- *Intrigue* (1988), Original Music Composer
- *Split Decisions* (1988), Original Music Composer
- *Cherry 2000* (1987), Original Music Composer
- *No Man's Land* (1987), Original Music Composer
- *RoboCop* (1987), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 91, [page](https://film.one/film/robocop.md)
- *Island Sons* (1987), Music
- *Prison for Children* (1987), Music
- *Iron Eagle* (1986), Original Music Composer
- *Misfits of Science* (1985), Music
- *Flesh + Blood* (1985), Original Music Composer
- *Protocol* (1984), Original Music Composer
- *Single Bars, Single Women* (1984), Original Music Composer
- *Red Dawn* (1984), Original Music Composer
- *Conan the Destroyer* (1984), Original Music Composer, Conductor
- *Making the Grade* (1984), Original Music Composer
- *Amazons* (1984), Original Music Composer
- *The House of God* (1984), Music
- *Flyers* (1983), Music
- *Summer Lovers* (1982), Original Music Composer
- *Conan the Barbarian* (1982), Original Music Composer, Conductor — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/conan-the-barbarian.md)
- *Fire on the Mountain* (1981), Music
- *A Whale for the Killing* (1981), Original Music Composer
- *The Blue Lagoon* (1980), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 46, [page](https://film.one/film/the-blue-lagoon.md)
- *Dolphin* (1979), Music
- *Big Wednesday* (1978), Original Music Composer
- *Tintorera: Killer Shark* (1977), Original Music Composer
- *Chick, Chick, Chick* (1975), Original Music Composer
- *Vrooom!* (1974), Music
- *Hollywood 90028* (1973), Original Music Composer
- *Extreme Close-Up* (1973), Music
- *Congratulations, It's a Boy!* (1971), Original Music Composer, Music Arranger

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