# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/basil-poledouris
# Generated: 2026-08-13T12:24:43.869Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/basil-poledouris"
name: "Basil Poledouris"
slug: "basil-poledouris"
description: "Basil Konstantine Poledouris 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)."
tagline: "Greek-American composer, conductor, and orchestrator of film and television scores (1945-2006)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/aa/Basil_Poledouris.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
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category:
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profileType:
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  slug: "singer"
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birthDate: "1945-08-21"
deathDate: "2006-11-08"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump