RoboCop | |
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Directed by | Paul Verhoeven |
Produced by | Arne Schmidt |
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Starring | |
Music by | Basil Poledouris |
Cinematography | Jost Vacano |
Edited by | Frank J. Urioste |
Distributed by | Orion Pictures |
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101 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $13 million |
Box office | $53.4 million |
RoboCop (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) | |
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Film score by Basil Poledouris | |
Released | 1987 |
Genre | Soundtrack |
Length | 54:28 |
Label | Varèse Sarabande |
Music From The Motion Picture RoboCop (Original Score) | |
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Film score by Basil Poledouris | |
Released | 2015 |
Genre | Soundtrack |
Length | 59:00 |
RoboCop is a 1987 American cyberpunkaction film directed by Paul Verhoeven and written by Edward Neumeier and Michael Miner. The film stars Peter Weller, Nancy Allen, Dan O'Herlihy, Kurtwood Smith, Miguel Ferrer, and Ronny Cox. Set in a crime-ridden Detroit, Michigan, in the near future, RoboCop centers on police officer Alex Murphy (Weller) who is brutally shot to death by a gang of criminals and subsequently revived by the megacorporation Omni Consumer Products (OCP) as a superhuman cyborg law enforcer known as "RoboCop".
Themes that make up the basis of RoboCop include media influence, gentrification, corruption, authoritarianism, greed, privatization, capitalism, identity, dystopia, and human nature. It received positive reviews and was cited as one of the best films of 1987, spawning a franchise that included merchandise, two sequels, a television series, a remake, two animated TV series, a television mini-series, video games, and a number of comic book adaptations/crossovers. The film was produced for a relatively modest $13 million. Honors for the film include five Saturn Awards, two BAFTA Award nominations and the Academy Award for Best Sound Editing, along with nominations for Best Film Editing and Best Sound Mixing.