1. Vangelis
  2. Activity

Vangelis

Evangelos Odysseas Papathanassiou (Greek: Ευάγγελος Οδυσσέας Παπαθανασίου [evˈaɲɟelos oðiˈseas papaθanaˈsiu]; born 29 March 1943), known professionally as Vangelis (Greek: Βαγγέλης [vaɲˈɟelis]; English pronunciation: /væŋˈɡɛls/), is a Greek composer of electronic, progressive, ambient, jazz, and orchestral music. He is best known for his Academy Award-winning score for the film Chariots of Fire, composing scores for the films Blade Runner, Missing, Antarctica, 1492: Conquest of Paradise, and Alexander, and the use of his music in the PBS documentary Cosmos: A Personal Voyage by Carl Sagan.

After having taken piano lessons, Vangelis began his professional musical career working with several popular bands of the 1960s such as the Forminx and Aphrodite's Child, with the latter's album 666 going on to be recognized as a psychedelic classic. Throughout the 1970s, Vangelis composed music scores for several animal documentaries, including L'Apocalypse des Animaux, La Fête sauvage and Opéra sauvage; the success of these scores brought him into the film scoring mainstream. In the early 1980s, Vangelis formed a musical partnership with Jon Anderson, the lead singer of progressive rock band Yes, and the duo went on to release several albums together as Jon & Vangelis.

In 1981, he composed the score for the Oscar-winning film Chariots of Fire, for which he won an Academy Award for Best Original Score. The soundtrack's single, the film's "Titles" theme, also reached the top of the American Billboard Hot 100 chart and was used as the background music at the London 2012 Olympics winners' medal presentation ceremonies.

Having had a career in music spanning over 50 years and having composed and performed more than 50 albums, Vangelis is considered to be one of the most important figures in the history of electronic music.

[Read more on Wikipedia]

External links

Allmusic · Facebook · MusicBrainz · Wikipedia
Genres electronic ambient modern classical synth-pop soundtrack

Albums

  1. Fais que ton rêve soit plus long que la nuit
    1972
  2. Earth
    1973
  3. Heaven and Hell
    1975
  4. Albedo 0.39
    1976
  5. Spiral
    1977
  6. The Dragon
    1978
  7. Beaubourg
    1978
  8. Hypothesis
    1978
  9. China
    1979
  10. See You Later
    1980
  11. Missing
    1982
  12. Soil Festivities
    1984
  13. Mask
    1985
  14. Invisible Connections
    1985
  15. Rapsodies
    1986
  16. Direct
    1988
  17. The City
    1990
  18. Voices
    1995
  19. Oceanic
    1996
  20. March With Me
    1997
  21. El Greco
    1998
  22. Mythodea: Music for the NASA Mission: 2001 Mars Odyssey
    2001
  23. Paris May 1968
    2008
  24. Chariots of Fire: The Play
    2012
  25. Rosetta
    2016

Other releases

  1. The More I See You / Stranger
    1967
  2. Sex Power
    1970
  3. Djemilla / Third Love
    1970
  4. L’Apocalypse des animaux
    1973
  5. Come On / He-o
    1973
  6. Entends-tu les chiens aboyer?
    1975
  7. Pulstar
    1976
  8. Bande sonore originale du film La Fete Sauvage
    1976
  9. To the Unknown Man (II)
    1977
  10. Ignacio, Part 1
    1977
  11. Dervish D
    1977
  12. The Best of Vangelis
    1978
  13. The Long March
    1979
  14. Opera sauvage
    1979
  15. Hymne / Irlande
    1979
  16. My Love
    1980
  17. Chariots of Fire
    1981
  18. Chariots of Fire
    1981
  19. Zijn grootste successen
    1981
  20. To the Unknown Man
    1982
  21. Antarctica: Music From Koreyoshi Karahara’s Film
    1983
  22. Silent Portraits
    1984
  23. Themes
    1989
  24. Spiral
    1991
  25. Greatest Hits
    1991
  26. The Best of Vangelis
    1992
  27. 1492: Conquest of Paradise
    1992
  28. Conquest of Paradise
    1992
  29. Twenty Eighth Parallel
    1993
  30. Blade Runner
    1993
  31. The Bounty (disc 1)
    1994
  32. The Collection
    1994
  33. Best In Space
    1994
  34. Albedo 0.39 / Heaven and Hell
    1995
  35. Space Themes
    1995
  36. Ask the Mountains
    1995
  37. The Best of Vangelis
    1995
  38. Themes 2
    1995
  39. Voices
    1995
  40. A Separate Affair
    1996
  41. Cavafy
    1996
  42. Memoires, Volume 1: "Athens"
    1996
  43. Portraits: So Long Ago, So Clear
    1996
  44. Conquest of Paradise (performed by the Vienna Symphonic Orchestra Project)
    1996
  45. Gift
    1996
  46. Sauvage et beau
    1996
  47. 1979-04-28: Memoires, Volume 3: "London 79": London, UK
    1997
  48. Themes 2
    1997
  49. 1980-08-17: Memoires, Volume 6: "Live at Sophia Antipolis": Sophia Antipolis, Nice, France
    1997
  50. 1978-06-19: Sensitivity Plus "Alpha": Paris, France
    1999
  51. De Nuremberg A Nuremberg
    1999
  52. Francesco
    1999
  53. Reprise 1990-1999
    1999
  54. Anthem: 2002 FIFA World Cup™ Official Anthem
    2002
  55. The Best of Vangelis
    2002
  56. The Best of Vangelis: Original Hits
    2003
  57. Odyssey: The Definitive Collection
    2003
  58. Alexander: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
    2004
  59. Reflections: Music in the key of Blade Runner
    2006
  60. Blade Runner (Struzan beta edition)
    2007
  61. Beautiful Voices 013 (Vangelis Special Edition)
    2007
  62. El Greco: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
    2007
  63. The Best of Instrumental Works
    2008
  64. Rachel's Song (Andy Moor Remix)
    2011
  65. Original Album Classics
    2011
  66. Chariots of Fire
    2012
  67. The Collection
    2012
  68. Blade Runner: A 30th Anniversary Celebration
    2012
  69. Light and Shadow: The Best of Vangelis
    2013