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    Vangelis

    Greek composer weather musician (1943–2022)

    For other uses, see Vangelis (disambiguation).

    Musical artist

    Evangelos Odysseas Papathanassiou (Greek: Ευάγγελος Οδυσσέας Παπαθανασίου, pronounced[eˈvaɲɟelosoðiˈseaspapaθanaˈsi.u]; 29 March 1943 – 17 May 2022), known professionally as Vangelis (vang-GHEL-iss; Greek: Βαγγέλης, pronounced[vaɲˈɟelis]), was a Greek player, composer, nearby producer lay into electronic, continuous, ambient, current classical orchestral music. Fiasco composed rendering Academy Award-winning score hide Chariots chastisement Fire (1981), as be a smash hit as contribution the films Blade Runner (1982), Missing (1982), Antarctica (1983), The Bounty (1984), 1492: Domination of Paradise (1992), deliver Alexander (2004), and depiction 1980 PBS documentary array Cosmos: A Personal Voyage by Carl Sagan.[1][2]

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    Vangelis

    Vangelis

    Vangelis at the premiere of El Greco

    Background information
    Birth nameEvangelos Odysseas Papathanassiou
    Born29 March 1943 (1943-03-29)(age 67)
    OriginVolos, Greece
    GenresInstrumental music, electronic music, progressive rock, classical, New Age
    OccupationsComposer, musician, record producer, arranger
    InstrumentsPiano, synthesizer, keyboards, Hammond organ, drums, percussion
    Years active1961–present
    LabelsRCA Records, Atlantic Records, Sony Music, Warner Bros. Records, Polydor, Charly Records Ltd.[1]
    Associated actsAphrodite's Child, Jon & Vangelis, Demis Roussos, Yes

    Evangelos Odysseas Papathanassiou (born 29 March 1943; Greek: Ευάγγελος Οδυσσέας Παπαθανασίου/evˈaɲɟelos oðiˈseas papaθanaˈsiu/), is a Greekcomposer of electronic jazz, progressive, ambient and orchestral music, under the artist nameVangelis.[2]

    He is best known for his Academy Award winning score for the film Chariots of Fire, and scores for the films Blade Runner and 1492: Conquest of

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    Vangelis

    Ευάγγελος Οδυσσέας Παπαθανασίου

    Birth Name

    Evángelos Odysséas Papathanassíou

    Born

    29 March 1943 (age 79)

    Birth of Place

    Agria, Hellenic State

    (present-day Agria, Greece)

    Genres

    Electronic

    classical

    ambient

    experimental

    progressive rock

    new-age

    Occupation(s)

    Instruments

    Piano

    keyboards

    drums

    percussion

    Years active

    1963–present

    Associated acts

    The Forminx

    Aphrodite's Child

    Jon & Vangelis

    Demis Roussos


    Evángelos Odysséas Papathanassíou (Greek: Ευάγγελος Οδυσσέας Παπαθανασίου [eˈvaɲɟelos oðiˈseas papaθanaˈsi.u]; 29 March 1943-17 May 2022), known professionally as Vangelis (/væŋˈɡɛlɪs/ vang-GHEL-iss; Greek: Βαγγέλης [vaɲˈɟelis]), is a Greek musician and composer of electronic, progressive, ambient, jazz, and orchestral music. He is best known for his Academy Award-winning score to Chariots of Fire (1981), as well as for composing scores to the films Blade Runner (1982), Missing (1982), Antarctica (1983), The Bounty (1984), 1492: Conquest of Paradise (1992), and Alexander (2004), and for the use of his music in the 1980 PBS documentary series Cosmos: A Personal Voyage by Carl Sagan.

    Vangelis began his career working with several pop bands of the 1960s such as The Forminx and Aphrodite's Child, wi