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TRIBUTE PAGE TO MAESTRO BASIL POLEDOURIS |
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| Location: | Kansas City, Missouri |
| Country: |  United States |
| Last Login: | May 26, 2008 (564 days back) |
About Me |
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| Born in Kansas City, Missouri, Basil Poledouris credited two influences with guiding him towards music: the first was composer Miklós Rózsa, the second was his Greek Orthodox heritage. Poledouris was raised in the church, and used to sit in services, enthralled with the choir’s sound. At age 7 he began piano lessons, and eventually enrolled at the University of Southern California to study both film and music. Several short films to which he contributed still reside in the university’s archives. At USC he met directors John Milius and Randal Kleiser, with both of whom the composer would later collaborate. In 1985, he scored Flesh & Blood for director Paul Verhoeven, again establishing another collaboration that would yield more cooperations in later years.
Poledouris became renowned for his powerfully epic style of orchestral composition and his intricate thematic designs, and garnered attention for his scores to The Blue Lagoon (1980; dir: Kleiser), Conan the Barbarian (1982; dir: Milius), Conan the Destroyer (1984), Red Dawn (1984; dir: Milius), RoboCop (1987; dir: Verhoeven), The Hunt for Red October (1990), Free Willy (1993) and Free Willy 2, Starship Troopers (1997; dir: Verhoeven) and For Love of the Game (1999). His studio, Blowtorch Flats, is located in Venice, CA and is a professional mixing facility specializing in film and media production. Poledouris married his wife, Bobbie, in 1969 and had two daughters, Zoë and Alexis. The elder, Zoë Poledouris, is an actress and film composer who occasionally collaborated with her father composing film soundtracks. His score for Conan The Barbarian is considered by many to be one of the finest examples of motion picture scoring ever written and by me as the greatest film score ever written. He spent the last four years of his life living on Vashon Island, in Washington state, and died on November 8, 2006 in Los Angeles, California, aged 61, due to complications from cancer. FILMOGRAPHY 1966 The Reversal of Richard Sun 1970 The Interview 1971 Congratulations, It’s A Boy! 1972 By Map and Compass 1973 Extreme Close-Up 1974 Three for the Road 1977 The Andros Targets [TV Series] 1977 Tintorera - The Silent Death 1978 Big Wednesday 1979 90028 1979 Dolphin 1980 The Blue Lagoon 1980 Defiance 1981 Fire on the Mountain [TV Movie] 1981 The House of God (H.O.G.) 1981 A Whale For The Killing 1982 Conan The Barbarian 1982 Summer Lovers 1983 Flyers 1984 Amazons 1984 American Journeys 1984 Conan The Destroyer 1984 The House of God 1984 Making The Grade 1984 Protocol 1984 Red Dawn 1984 Single Bars, Single Women 1985 Alfred Hitchcock Presents [TV Series] 1985 Flesh+Blood 1985 Misfits Of Science 1985 Prison for Children 1985 The Twilight Zone [TV Series] 1986 Iron Eagle 1987 Amerika [Miniseries] 1987 Cherry 2000 1987 Island Sons 1987 No Man’s Land 1987 RoboCop 1988 Intrigue 1988 Spellbinder (Witching Hour) 1988 Split Decisions 1989 Farewell to the King 1989 L.A. Takedown 1989 Lonesome Dove 1989 Why Me? 1989 Wired 1990 The Hunt For Red October 1990 Nasty Boys [TV Series] 1990 Quigley Down Under 1991 Flight Of The Intruder 1991 Harley Davidson And The Marlboro Man 1991 Return To The Blue Lagoon 1991 White Fang 1992 Ned Blessing 1992 Wind 1993 Free Willy 1993 Hot Shots! Part Deux 1993 RoboCop 3 1994 The Jungle Book 1994 Lassie 1994 On Deadly Ground 1994 RoboCop: The Series [TV Series] 1994 Serial Mom 1995 Danielle Steel’s Zoya [TV Movie] (themes) 1995 Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home 1995 Under Siege 2: Dark Territory 1996 Amanda 1996 Celtic Pride 1996 It’s My Party 1996 The War at Home 1997 Breakdown 1997 Starship Troopers 1997 Switchback 1998 Les Miserables 1999 For Love of the Game 1999 Kimberly 1999 Mickey Blue Eyes 2000 Cecil B. Demented (co-composer) 2000 If These Walls Could Talk 2 2001 Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles 2001 Love and Treason [TV Movie] 2002 The Touch 2005 The Legend of Butch and Sundance [TV Movie] * * just released on Movie Score Media (limited edition) NOMINATIONS 1983 Saturn Award Best Music for Conan The Barbarian (1982) AWARDS 1988 BMI Film Music Award for RoboCop (1987) 1989 Emmy Outstanding Achievement in Music Composition for a Miniseries or a Special (Dramatic Underscore) for Lonesome Dove (1989) (mini) 1990 BMI TV Music Award for Lonesome Dove (1989) (mini) 1991 BMI Film Music Award for The Hunt for Red October (1990) 1994 BMI Film Music Award for Free Willy (1993) 1997 Special Recognition, shared with: John Williams, Stephen James Taylor, Michael Kamen, Kenneth ’Babyface’ Edmonds, David Foster, Linda Thompson "The Olympic Tribute Award". 2006 GoldSpirit Award from BSOSpirit VIDEOSJOHN FRIZZELL introducing MAESTRO POLEDOURIS IN UBEDA Finale from WHITE FANG (1991. Dir. Randal Kleiser) Battle scene from FLESH + BLOOD (1985. Dir. Paul Verhoeven) Shoot ’em up scene from HOT SHOTS PART DEUX (1993. Dir. Jim Abrahams) Klendathu Drop scene from STARSHIP TROOPERS (1997. Dir. Paul Verhoeven) Fan-assembled clips from CONAN THE BARBARIAN (1982. Dir. John Milius) TODAY’S VISITORS MAP Create your own visitor map! Note about the featured mp3’s - unless otherwise stated all mp3’s are taken from officially released and commercially available releases, so I heartly encourage you to look for these cd’s and buy the originals. - most of the audio samples present on this page are just a clip from the actual track - the playlist is changed frquently, so you can enjoy more of Maestro Poledouris’ wonderful music. NEWS 27 March 2008 - Various Basil photo uploaded to the photos section. My deepest appreciations to Zoe Poledouris for her help. 25 March 2008 - Uploaded a suite from the The Legend of Butch And Sundance cd , enjoy! 27 February 2008 - Basil’s final score The Legend of Butch And Sundance cd released in a limited edition of 1500 copies. I urge you to buy it now before it is too late. |
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Music:Member Since: 2/11/2008Band Website: basil-poledouris.com/ Band Members: Influences: MIKLÓS RÓZSA GREEK HERITAGE Sounds Like: BASIL POLEDOURIS Record Label: various Type of Label: Major |
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| Occupation: | Music Artist (Classical / Americana / Folk) |
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Zoe Poledouris, Mr.Borg, Carmen, JOHN SCOTT, William Stromberg, Anna Bonn, Doreen Ringer Ross, WERBA, Mike The Barbarian, Wyatt Earp, chris nemmo, Gianluca Piersanti, Daveed, Vaca Quemada, Raphaël Gesqua ///Composer\\\, R. CHRISTIAN ANDERSON Productions, Joe B, Stephen, Yum Yums, Before Christ, After Death, The Artis Tree, Thomas Summer, Scamp, Cy-Stm, Trementatis, g.element, Sandy, * naTion *, Regardless Of Me, Gruschenka, INSIDE A L’INTERIEUR REJECTED SCORE, Brandon, Twilight Insanity, Jerry Goldsmith, Laurent Juillet, Neal Acree, alexus, Alex Omega Kurkjian, Marlissa Hudson, Ivan Tolbert, Mario Pettenati, E.shades, Casper Van Dien, marinelle, Fabio D. Bovelacci, Ivan, Radio Rivendell, King Anthony, Mark Snow, John Balikos, ant-ti, Visioni Gotiche, THANOS, Green Druid, Alex S (Filmmaker), Didier EUZET Compositeur, Russ Root, Necron, Vincent BREANT Compositeur, ~ Michele loves Ben ~, jl&ric, Adrián, Napoléon 26, Dskat, PANZERFAUST, Stormbringer, The Unemployed Composer, The World Famous Phantom of Musique Fantastique, Kevin Kastning, MANOA {a.k.a.} MONOKEI-MANOA YANG, Douglas Pettus, J.P. SHATLEY, IN EXTREMIS
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