<P> Basil Konstantine Poledouris ( August 21 , 1945 -- November 8 , 2006 ) was a Greek - 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 the four part TV miniseries Lonesome Dove in 1989 . He is best known for scores such as Conan the Barbarian ( 1982 ) , RoboCop ( 1987 ) , Spellbinder ( 1988 ) , Red Dawn ( 1984 ) , The Hunt for Red October ( 1990 ) , Free Willy ( 1993 ) and Starship Troopers ( 1997 ) . </P>
<P> Basil Konstantine Poledouris ( August 21 , 1945 -- November 8 , 2006 ) was a Greek - 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 the four part TV miniseries Lonesome Dove in 1989 . He is best known for scores such as Conan the Barbarian ( 1982 ) , RoboCop ( 1987 ) , Spellbinder ( 1988 ) , Red Dawn ( 1984 ) , The Hunt for Red October ( 1990 ) , Free Willy ( 1993 ) and Starship Troopers ( 1997 ) . </P>
who wrote the music for conan the barbarian
who wrote the music for conan the barbarian
Basil Konstantine Poledouris
Basil Konstantine Poledouris