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Volos, Greece (1961 – present)

Vangelis (Evangelos Odysseas Papathanassiou, Greek: Βαγγέλης Παπαθανασίου) is a world-renowned composer and musician. He was born on 29 March 1943 in Volos, Greece.

He is best known for compositions such as the Academy Award-winning 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 circa 1961 in his country of birth, a locally popular band called Formynx. He then moved to 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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  • LoveisInfinite

    *commercial break* https://soundcloud.com/kostki-srebrny-krzy/kostki-srebrny-krzy-na-lewej-r 8)

    14 May 1:36pm Reply

  • jakobdorof

    the Missing OST is sadly overlooked. lots of gorgeous little vignettes on there

    11 May 4:22am Reply

  • kidfortoday

    MuseEater - I agree. The guy is a genius. He doesn't get the credit he deserves.

    3 May 4:20pm Reply

  • MuseEater

    Jakobdorof - It's because that guy is a modern Mozart, some kind a visioner.

    3 May 2:48pm Reply

  • jakobdorof

    dang, on Albedo he set so many of the templates for the sound of the '80s...and it was 1976.

    2 May 3:54pm Reply

  • MuseEater

    What can I say about Vangelis... kind a addictive. 24th year of listening to him.

    2 May 12:08pm Reply

  • kidfortoday

    No worries man!

    1 May 9:44pm Reply

  • jakobdorof

    thanks kidfortoday! Blade Runner, L'Apocalypse, and Earth are all blowing my mind -- definitely gonna track down everything this guy's ever done!

    29 Apr 4:11am Reply

  • FatalFormulas

    If the future doesnt sound like Vangelis, then i dont wanna be in it...

    28 Apr 5:20pm Reply

  • kidfortoday

    @jakobdorof - check out: Earth, L'Apocalypse Des Animaux, Albedo 0.39, Spiral, Antarctica, The City

    27 Apr 10:36am Reply

  • jakobdorof

    i'm listening to Blade Runner first because that's the most iconic, but what's everyone's favorite Vangelis?

    26 Apr 4:29pm Reply

  • Antonionii

    I could listen to his music for days and never get tired. A genius.

    22 Apr 2:49am Reply

  • Sameh93

    What a genius.

    12 Apr 5:44am Reply

  • Rita019

    So deep ..

    6 Apr 4:32pm Reply

  • Zansho

    I was struggling settled into writing an essay all day, but then I put some Vangelis on and I suddenly I was able to get going. Thank you! And happy birthday!

    29 Mar 8:17pm Reply

  • alfapp

    Happy Birthday old man !

    29 Mar 3:45pm Reply

  • quantaloup

    Vangelis is the BOSS.

    19 Mar 8:01pm Reply

  • nechrist1

    The soundtrack for 'Alexander' is fantastic.

    18 Mar 4:58pm Reply

  • BryanEL

    Vangelis is the main source of inspiration for my own music.

    17 Mar 1:09pm Reply

  • bgk90

    Wow, so not only does Negativland use part of the Heaven and Hell album as the opening to their radio show, but Yes' Jon Anderson guests on the same album! Very, very cool!

    13 Mar 10:17pm Reply
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