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Vangelis
From HitStory, the pop encyclopedia of School of Rock · Artist
Vangelis, born Evangelos Papathanassiou, was a Greek musician who was largely self-taught. He first became known with the rock group Aphrodite's Child and afterwards worked from his own studio in London. He often performed the music himself, live on synthesizers, without a score written out in advance. His music for Chariots of Fire (1981) combines a simple piano melody with warm synthesizer chords. It won an Oscar. For Ridley Scott's Blade Runner (1982) he created a dark, floating sound with synthesizer, saxophone and reverb. That atmosphere became the model for a great deal of science fiction. Later came, among others, 1492: Conquest of Paradise (1992).
Listening
Titles · Vangelis, 1981
Conquest of Paradise · Vangelis, 1992
Blade Runner (Main Titles) · Vangelis, 1982
Chariots of Fire · Vangelis, 1981Apple Music ↗
Discography
Studio albums
- 1970Sex Power (soundtrack)
- 1973Earth
- 1973Fais que ton rêve soit plus long que la nuit
- 1973L’Apocalypse des animaux (soundtrack)
- 1975Heaven and Hell
- 1975Ignacio (soundtrack)
- 1976Albedo 0.39
- 1976La Fête sauvage (soundtrack)
- 1977Spiral
- 1978Beaubourg
- 1978The Dragon
- 1979China
- 1979Odes
- 1979Opera sauvage (soundtrack)
- 1980See You Later
- 1981Chariots of Fire (soundtrack)
- 1981Picasso (soundtrack)
- 1983Antarctica: Music From Koreyoshi Karahara’s Film (soundtrack)
- 1984Soil Festivities
- 1985Invisible Connections
- 1985Mask
- 1986Rapsodies
- 1988Direct
- 1990The City
- 19921492: Conquest of Paradise: Music From the Original Soundtrack (soundtrack)
- 1993Blade Runner (soundtrack)
- 1995El Greco
- 1995Voices
- 1996Oceanic
- 2001Mythodea: Music for the NASA Mission: 2001 Mars Odyssey
- 2004Alexander: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (soundtrack)
- 2007El Greco (soundtrack)
- 2008Świadectwo: Muzyka Filmowa (soundtrack)
- 2010The Bounty (soundtrack)
- 2012Chariots of Fire (soundtrack)
- 2014Stream Of Thought
- 2015Amore (soundtrack)
- 2016Rosetta
- 2019Nocturne: The Piano Album
- 2021Juno to Jupiter
- 2025Classic Soundtracks
Other work
- 1982Missing
- 19921492: Conquest of Paradise
In School of Rock
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Mentioned in other articles
- Synthesizer orchestra, ambient and new age Genre
From London, Vangelis made film music such as Chariots of Fire, and in Japan Kitaro made music without a beat for the series Silk Road.
- Early synthesizer scores (Moog, Berlin School, Vangelis) Genre
The Greek composer Vangelis won an Oscar for Chariots of Fire (1981), with synthesizer and piano.