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Vangelis (Evangelos Odysseas Papathanassiou, Greek: Βαγγέλης Παπαθανασίου) is a world-renowned electronic composer and musician. He was born on March 29, 1943 in Volos, Greece.
He is best known for compositions such as the Academy Award-winning 1981 theme to the movie Chariots Of Fire, the entire score to the movie Blade Runner and the themes used in the soundtrack of Carl Sagan’s Cosmos.
His first musical effort was in the late 60s in his country of birth, a locally popular band called Formynx. He then moved to paris and formed the more internationally-known band Aphrodite’s Child with Demis Roussos and Lucas Sideras. They had several hits, being the first one “Rain And Tears”.
After the group disbanded, Vangelis went on to write several film scores. There were rumours that he would join the band Yes, and he became close friends with their singer, Jon Anderson.
In the mid-70s his output really grew, with several solo albums, including “Heaven and Hell”, “Albedo 0.39”, “Spiral” and the highly experimental “Beaubourg”. He then finally got to work with Jon Anderson, recording under the name Jon & Vangelis, releasing the albums “Short Stories”, “The Friends of Mr. Cairo” and “Private Collection”.
Then in 1982 came his best-known work - the soundtracks for the films “Chariots of Fire” and “Blade Runner”.
He is best known for compositions such as the Academy Award-winning 1981 theme to the movie Chariots Of Fire, the entire score to the movie Blade Runner and the themes used in the soundtrack of Carl Sagan’s Cosmos.
His first musical effort was in the late 60s in his country of birth, a locally popular band called Formynx. He then moved to paris and formed the more internationally-known band Aphrodite’s Child with Demis Roussos and Lucas Sideras. They had several hits, being the first one “
Rain And Tears”.After the group disbanded, Vangelis went on to write several film scores. There were rumours that he would join the band Yes, and he became close friends with their singer, Jon Anderson.
In the mid-70s his output really grew, with several solo albums, including “Heaven and Hell”, “Albedo 0.39”, “Spiral” and the highly experimental “Beaubourg”. He then finally got to work with Jon Anderson, recording under the name Jon & Vangelis, releasing the albums “Short Stories”, “The Friends of Mr. Cairo” and “Private Collection”.
Then in 1982 came his best-known work - the soundtracks for the films “Chariots of Fire” and “Blade Runner”.
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AndreDias164 wrote:
Titans song from the movie alexander the great is so beautiful.
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Memories Of Green!!!111oneone
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http://thegrowingbin.blogspot.com/2012/01/vangelis-tegos-tapes.html - 12 hours of unknown Vangelis' music! Something for biggest fans or... surgeons.
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kasra-be wrote:
PROCESSION....discover this song and enjoy it.i highly recommend it
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sonnyleith wrote:
rediscovered Vangelis again :)))) L'Apocalypse D'es Animaux - Le Singe Blue is a melancholic masterpiece, Fender Rhodes piano and trumpet creating the kind of blissfully dreamy backdrop that Portishead or Air would be proud of.
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Rachel's Song
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top20fanatico wrote:
The Swiadectwo/Testimony and El Greco Soundtrack is vastly underrated. [2]
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Xylvanya wrote:
If you like ambitious and relaxing music, maybe it´s possible you like XYLVANYA: „Anxious“; „Beach II“ „SA RIERA part I“, "Imperial Crown" „Climbing“ or „Ex-Mannequin“ or „Horizont (III) or "Gewitter-Regen" or "Erinnerungen an meinen Vater" or "Trust (Piano-Version)" or "Norwegen" or "Retrospective view" and many many more.....(all in all 6 hours of music, all songs free download) . Thank you for listening, support or feedback! Peace, Xylvanya
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SirBor wrote:
WTF!? (What The Fantastic!?) =)
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artesolar wrote:
fuente de inspiracion para crear e imaginar
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Sigmund-SL wrote:
Conquest of Paradise is the most triumphant song this planet has ever created. [2]
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TeenageCreep wrote:
like a B0$$
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qpskeifjtygh wrote:
His music is like musical paintings with so many colours and beautiful landscapes... Great artist.
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alfapp wrote:
Early Vangelis (1970s) is the best Vangelis !
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IwonaHart33 wrote:
Beautiful music!
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Xelias11 wrote:
Conquest of Paradise is the most triumphant song this planet has ever created.
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Herr_Amn wrote:
The Alexander soundtrack is vastly underrated.
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Adolfito1 wrote:
deep forest, music to reflect and travel around the world
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top20fanatico wrote:
For the people who don't know this amazing Vangelis work,listen to Sanctus http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EAOvbZLRKtc and Humanum Est http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BlBRH9hRnYM (from Swiadectwo/Testimony Soundtrack) a documentary about John Paul II. These Tracks are so heavenly <3
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