CROCODILE DUNDEE IN L.A. reunited composer Basil Poledouris with director Simon Wincer, for whom Poledouris wrote one of his most profound and eloquent scores, 1988’s LONESOME DOVE. The director and composer collaborated on another Western, the Tom Selleck vehicle, QUIGLEY DOWN UNDER, as well as HARLEY DAVIDSON AND THE MARLBORO MAN and FREE WILLY. The…
Basil Poledouris believes that film composers “collide” with films on certain occasions. CONAN THE BARBARIAN is an example he cites as this kind of career collision: it was the right film for him to score at that particular moment, it gave him the right kind of inspiration and the result was a highly rewarding experience…
Simon Wincer’s eloquent, character-driven western saga, LONESOME DOVE, remains one of the best television mini-series ever broadcast. The brilliant dialog and characterizations from Larry McMurtry’s grand, sweeping novel were translated faithfully and brought to life by a cadre of outstanding performances. Wincer and his producers made the most of their slim budget, enveloping the mini-series…
Copyright © 2013 · The CinemaScore & Soundtrack Archives. All Rights Reserved.