Basil Poledouris, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Basil Poledouris

American composer

Date of Birth: 21-Aug-1945

Place of Birth: Kansas City, Missouri, United States

Date of Death: 08-Nov-2006

Profession: composer, conductor, musician, film score composer

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Basil Konstantine Poledouris (; August 21, 1945 – November 8, 2006) was a Greek-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), and Starship Troopers (1997).
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.