Basil Poledouris film scores
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Scope and Contents
This collection includes the music scores and audio recordings for the film and television projects of American composer Basil Poledouris (1945-2006). Scores for The Blue Lagoon (1980), Conan the Barbarian (1982), RoboCop (1987), Lonesome Dove (1989), Hunt for Red October (1990), and Free Willy (1993) are represented in this collection.
Dates
- Creation: 1978 - 2006
Conditions Governing Access
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Rights Statement for Archival Description
Finding aid description and metadata are licensed under an Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license.
Conditions Governing Use
All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Cinematic Arts Library at ctlibarc@usc.edu. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Cinematic Arts Library as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.
Biographical / Historical
Basil Poledouris (1945-2006) was an American composer who scored more than 80 films and television programs during his 36-year career. Poledouris studied filmmaking and music at USC in the 1960s. After scoring more than 100 educational films with such titles as A Day in the Life of a Dollar Bill, Poledouris got his feature film break in former USC classmate John Milius’ surfing film Big Wednesday (1978). Poledouris often collaborated with Milius, as well as Dutch director Paul Verhoeven.
Extent
421.6 Linear Feet (287 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
This collection includes the music scores and audio recordings for the film and television projects of American composer Basil Poledouris (1945-2006).
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Processing Information
This collection is unprocessed.
- Title
- Finding aid for the Basil Poledouris film scores
- Status
- Unprocessed
- Author
- Marissa Chavez and Sarah Jardini for History Associates Incorporated
- Date
- 2022 April
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the USC Libraries Cinematic Arts Library Repository
Doheny Memorial Library G4
3550 Trousdale Parkway
Los Angeles California 90089-0185 United States
ctlibarc@usc.edu