Basil Poledouris

21 August 1945 - 8 November 2006

Composer

American composer Poledouris wrote the music for Big Wednesday (1978), reuniting with director John Milius on Conan the Barbarian (1982). He worked frequently with Paul Verhoeven too, on films including Robocop (1987) and Starship Troopers (1997), as well as scoring The Hunt For Red October (1990) and Free Willy (1993).