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Book presentation: "Basil Poledouris"
A deep dive into the author's work for film and television, as well as other important contributions in other areas.
November 12th, 7 p.m.
Author: Sergio Hardasmal
Place: Contenedor Cultural
Duration: 60 mins (incluido apertura de debate)
On the author:
Sergio Hardasmal (Málaga, 1971) studied Economic Sciences, Editing and Graphic Design. He has directed magazines such as BSO Film Music and Planeta Ritmo. He co-wrote the book "John Barry, de James Bond a la eternidad" (Rosetta, 2017), as well as "Anuario Cine y TV 2017" (Colección Acción, 2018). He has also written "El mundo musical de Marc Shaiman" (2020). Among his many collaborations, those in Fangoria and Acción magazines stand out, where he writes monthly articles devoted to film music.
He has also participated in local radio and television programs.
On the book:
Basil Poledouris (Kansas,1945 - Los Ángeles, 2006) was one of the most acclaimed and admired artists of all those who have brought their talents to the composition of film music.
He studied at the University of Southern California, where he composed music for various student projects, like "The Reversal of Richard Sun" (1970), the first feature film by his friend and fellow student John Milius. Other important collaborations in his career were those with filmmakers such as Randal Kleiser, Donald Wrye, Paul Verhoeven or Simon Wincer, among others.
Unforgettable pieces such as "Big Wednesday" (1978), "The Blue Lagoon" (1980), or his most important work, "Conan the Barbarian" (1982) were proof of his orchestral capacity after a career start characterized by an intense use of synthesizers, due his lack of means. He then proceeded to write other symphonic hits such as "Flesh+Blood" (1985), the miniseries "Amerika" (1987), "Farewell to the King" (1989) or "Lonesome Dove" (1989), for which he won an Emmy.
Poledouris established a very emotional personal style, with an enormous presence of melody, where the electronics were skilfully integrated with the orchestra, like he demonstrated with absolute skill in several genre films, such as "Red Dawn" (1984), "Cherry 2000" (1987), "RoboCop" (1987), "The Hunt for Red October" (1990), "White Fang"(1991), "Wind" (1992), "Free Willy!" (1993) or "Starship Troopers" (1997).
After his time composing for action, family, and adventure films, he went on to a stage of dramatic maturity in which he offered superb scores such as "It's My Party" (1996), "The War ar Home" (1996), "Les misérables" (1998) and "For Love of the Game" (1999).
This is the only book on the artist's entire body of work that has been published worldwide, containing an in-depth analysis of his works for film and television, as well as other outstanding scores for other mediums. Additionally, it includes information about his filmography and discography, as well as an annex that honors him, highlighting the impact that visiting our country had on him and those of us who knew him before he passed away.