Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- Basil Poledouris film scores
- Dates:
- 1978-2006
- Creators:
- Poledouris, Basil
- Abstract:
- This collection includes the music scores and audio recordings for the film and television projects of American composer Basil Poledouris (1945-2006).
- Extent:
- 421.6 Linear Feet 287 boxes
- Language:
- English .
- Preferred citation:
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[Box/folder no. or item name], Basil Poledouris film scores, Collection no. 2336, Cinematic Arts Library, USC Libraries, University of Southern California.
Background
- Scope and content:
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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.
- Biographical / historical:
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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.
- Processing information:
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This collection is unprocessed.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Indexed terms
About this collection guide
- Date Encoded:
- This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2023-09-09 08:28:40 -0700 .
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Advance notice required for access.
- Terms of access:
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Finding aid description and metadata are licensed under an Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license.
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.
- Preferred citation:
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[Box/folder no. or item name], Basil Poledouris film scores, Collection no. 2336, Cinematic Arts Library, USC Libraries, University of Southern California.
- Location of this collection:
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Cinematic Arts LibraryDoheny Memorial Library, Room G4Los Angeles, CA 90089-0185, US
- Contact:
- (213) 740-8383