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Basil Poledouris

1945 - 2006

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Basil Konstantine Poledouris (; August 21, 1945 – November 8, 2006) was an American composer, conductor, and orchestrator of film and television scores, best known for his long-running collaborations with directors John Milius and Paul Verhoeven. Among his works are scores for the films Conan the Barbarian (1982), Red Dawn (1984), Iron Eagle (1986), RoboCop (1987), The Hunt for Red October (1990), Free Willy (1993), Starship Troopers (1997) and Les Misérables (1998). Poledouris won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Composition for a Limited Series, Movie, or Special for his work on the four-part miniseries Lonesome Dove in 1989, and was a four-time recipient of the BMI Film Music Award. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Basil Poledouris is the 651st most popular composer (down from 595th in 2019), the 3,533rd most popular biography from United States (down from 2,784th in 2019) and the 37th most popular American Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Basil Poledouris ranks 651 out of 1,451. Before him are Veljo Tormis, Oskar Nedbal, Ludwig Thuille, Ernesto Lecuona, Kurmangazy Sagyrbaev, and Karol Lipiński. After him are Spyridon Samaras, Marc'Antonio Ingegneri, Herms Niel, François Sudre, Heinz Holliger, and Ildebrando Pizzetti.

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Among people born in 1945, Basil Poledouris ranks 224. Before him are Pat Riley, Don McLean, Leonid Popov, Curtis Hanson, Douglas Hofstadter, and Richard Armitage. After him are Stephen Stills, Francesca Annis, Wilfried Van Moer, Roger Chartier, Panagiotis Pikrammenos, and Michael Martin, Baron Martin of Springburn. Among people deceased in 2006, Basil Poledouris ranks 135. Before him are Yuval Ne'eman, Valentín Paniagua, Asima Chatterjee, Igor Sergeyev, Joe Rosenthal, and William Auld. After him are Richard Kuklinski, Gérard Oury, Gennadiy Aygi, Jack Williamson, George Koval, and Rocío Dúrcal.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Basil Poledouris ranks 3,533 out of 20,380. Before him are Carla Bley (1936), Lisa Edelstein (1966), Joe Rosenthal (1911), Stephen Paddock (1953), Alex Haley (1921), and Carl W. Stalling (1891). After him are Ron Kovic (1946), William Hoyt (1875), Richard Kuklinski (1935), Kelly Bishop (1944), Cynthia Nixon (1966), and Forrest J Ackerman (1916).

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Among COMPOSERS In United States

Among composers born in United States, Basil Poledouris ranks 37. Before him are Amy Beach (1867), Morton Feldman (1926), Ernest Guiraud (1837), James Scott (1885), Stephen Foster (1826), and Alex North (1910). After him are Jerome Kern (1885), Carmine Coppola (1910), Lee Konitz (1927), Sun Ra (1914), Stephen Sondheim (1930), and Edward MacDowell (1860).

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