Zoë Poledouris

Zoë Poledouris
Birth name	Zoë Poledouris
Born	(1973-08-25) August 25, 1973 Los Angeles, California, United States
Genres	Film score
Occupation(s)	Composer
Years active	1995-present

Zoë Poledouris (born August 25, 1973) is an American actress and film composer, daughter of the film composer Basil Poledouris.

Biography

The elder of Basil Poledouris' two daughters, Zoë was born in Los Angeles. She grew up interpreting her father's music with movement on ice as a competitive figure skater. At the age of nine years, she performed a piece on the recorder for her father which became the French horn counter-melody for "The Orgy", which was featured in Conan the Barbarian (1982). Zoë received co-writing credit and became one of the youngest members of BMI.

Following her graduation from Bennington College, Zoë presented demos of her songs to friend and film composer Christopher Tyng, who helped to further produce her songs. One of these songs, a curious dance number called "Into It", was chosen by director Paul Verhoeven to be performed in Starship Troopers and also "I Have Not Been To Oxford Town" (1997), a cover of a David Bowie song from the album Outside (1995). Zoë also makes a cameo appearance in "Starship Troopers" at a school dance as the band's singer. Other films that feature samples of Zoë's work include Cecil B. DeMented (2000) and Shadow of Doubt (1998). Down and Out with the Dolls (2001) not only features Zoë's score music but also features her in a starring role. Zoë with her husband Angel Roché Jr. scored Magnolia Pictures 2014 animated film The Hero of Color City. Next up for Zoë is the Exodus Film Group / Cinedigm animated feature Bunyan and Babe slated for a 2016 release.

She is currently writing and performing music with her husband in their Los Angeles based band, Looner.

Filmography

Films

Year	Title	Director	Studio(s)	Notes
2000	Cecil B. Demented	John Waters
2001	Down and Out with the Dolls	Kurt Voss
	Bully	Larry Clark
2002	Teenage Caveman	Larry Clark		TV Movie
2003	White of Winter	Robert Saitzyk
2004	The Greener Grass	Nicole Barnette		Short Film
2005	The Sailor's Girl	Brett Simon		Short Film
	Blind - What If?	Bill Weiss, Dennis Martin		Documentary
2006	Fourteen	Nicole Barnette		Short Film
2013	Almost	Sharon Hoffman, Seo-Young Jun		Short Film
2014	The Hero of Color City	Frank Gladstone	Magnolia Pictures
2016	Bunyan and Babe	Louis Ross

External links

• Zoë Poledouris at IMDb