From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Basil Poledouris (August 21, 1945 – November 8, 2006) was an American music composer who concentrated on the scores for films and television shows. Poledouris won the Emmy Award for Best Musical Score for work on part four of the TV miniseries Lonesome Dove in 1989. He is best known for scores such as Conan the Barbarian (1982), Red Dawn (1984), Iron Eagle (1986), RoboCop (1987), The Hunt for Red October (1990), Wind (1992), Free Willy (1993), RoboCop 3 (1993), Under Siege 2: Dark Territory (1995), Starship Troopers (1997) and Les Misérables (1998).