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Vangelis
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Vangelis
Vangelis at the premiere of El Greco
Background information
Birth name
Evangelos Odysseas Papathanassiou
Born
(1943-03-29) 29 March 1943 (age 69)
Origin
Volos, Greece
Genres
Instrumental music, electronic music, progressive rock, classical, New Age
Occupations
Composer, musician, record producer, arranger
Instruments
Piano, synthesizer, keyboards, Hammond organ, drums, percussion
Years active
1961–present
Labels
Universal Music, RCA Records, Atlantic Records, Sony Music, Warner Bros. Records, Polydor
Associated acts
Aphrodite's Child, Jon & Vangelis, Demis Roussos, Yes
Evangelos Odysseas Papathanassiou (Greek: ?????e??? ?d?ss?a? ?apa?a?as??? ; born 29 March 1943) is a Greek composer of electronic, progressive, ambient, jazz, pop rock and orchestral music, under the artist name Vangelis /væ?'g?l?s/. He is best known for his Academy Award-winning score for the film Chariots of Fire, composing scores for the films Blade Runner, 1492: Conquest of Paradise and Alexander, and the use of his music in the PBS documentary Cosmos: A Personal Voyage by Carl Sagan.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, which won him the Academy Award for Best Original Music Score. The soundtrack's single, "Titles", 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.In a career spanning over 50 years, writing and composing more than 52 albums, Vangelis is regarded as one of the greatest composers of electronic music of all time.
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