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How old was Basil Poledouris when he died?

The Blue Lagoon, Conan the Barbarian, RoboCop, and The Hunt for Red October

He was married to Bobbie Poledouris from June 15, 1969 to 2004.

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Basil Poledouris was born on August 21, 1945 in Kansas City. He started taking piano lessons when he was 7 years old. Eventually, he went on to become a student at USC, where he studied the arts of directing, cinematography, editing, sound and, of course, music. It was also at USC he met John Milius and Randal Kleiser, both acclaimed directors with whom he would work in the future. Even though Basil had already composed music to John Milius' much talked about Big Wednesday (1978), his real breakthrough came in 1982 when he composed the score to Milius' epic fantasy movie, Conan the Barbarian (1982). The powerful themes that Basil created for this movie opened the eyes of the movie industry, as well as the public, and it is arguably one of the best soundtracks of the 80s. Basil went on to make soundtracks for such movies as: RoboCop (1987) (the second Paul Verhoeven movie of many for which he has composed, the first being 1985's Flesh Blood (1985)), Lonesome Dove (1989) (for which he won an Emmy), Farewell to the King (1989), The Hunt for Red October (1990), Free Willy (1993), in Paul Verhoeven's Starship Troopers (1997) with Casper Van Dien and Denise Richards and Les Misérables (1998).

Nancy Allen, Peter Weller, Miguel Ferrer, and Kurtwood Smith in RoboCop (1987)

Sean Connery in The Hunt for Red October (1990)

Brooke Shields and Christopher Atkins in The Blue Lagoon (1980)

Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sandahl Bergman in Conan the Barbarian (1982)

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How tall was Basil Poledouris?

<a class="ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity" href="/title/tt0080453/?ref_=nmfaq">The Blue Lagoon</a>, <a class="ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity" href="/title/tt0082198/?ref_=nmfaq">Conan the Barbarian</a>, <a class="ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity" href="/title/tt0093870/?ref_=nmfaq">RoboCop</a>, and <a class="ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity" href="/title/tt0099810/?ref_=nmfaq">The Hunt for Red October</a>

What was Basil Poledouris known for?

He was married to <a class="ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity" href="/name/nm0688952/?ref_=nmfaq">Bobbie Poledouris</a> from June 15, 1969 to 2004.

Was Basil Poledouris married?

Yes, 1 child, <a class="ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity" href="/name/nm0688953/?ref_=nmfaq">Zoë Poledouris</a> (51)

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