Evangelos Odysseas Papathanassiou (29 March 1943) is a Greek composer of electronic, progressive, ambient, jazz, pop rock and orchestral music, under the artist name Vangelis. 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.
Genres: Instrumental music, electronic music, progressive rock, classical, New Age
Instruments: Piano, synthesizer, keyboards, Hammond organ, drums, percussion
- Discography:
- Studio albums
(1972) Fais Que Ton Rêve Soit Plus Long Que la Nuit
(1973) Earth
(1975) Heaven and Hell
(1976) Albedo 0.39
(1977) Spiral
(1978) Beaubourg
(1979) China
(1980) See You Later
(1984) Soil Festivities
(1985) Mask
(1985) Invisible Connections
(1988) Direct
(1990) The City
(1995) Voices
(1996) Oceanic
(1998) El Greco
(2001) Mythodea — Music for the NASA Mission: 2001 Mars Odyssey - Score albums
(1970) Sex Power - film score
(1973) L'Apocalypse des animaux - score to Frédéric Rossif TV series
(1975) Entends-tu les chiens aboyer ?, re-issued as Ignacio - score to Mexican film ¿No Oyes Ladrar los Perros? (lit. Don't you hear the dogs barking?)
(1976) La Fête sauvage - score to the Frédéric Rossif film
(1979) Opéra sauvage - score to the Frédéric Rossif TV series
(1981) Chariots of Fire - score to the Hugh Hudson film
(1983) Antarctica - score to the film Nankyoku Monogatari
(1992) 1492: Conquest of Paradise - score to the Ridley Scott film
(1994) Blade Runner - score to the 1982 Ridley Scott film
(2004) Alexander - score to the Oliver Stone film
(2007) Blade Runner Trilogy. 25th Anniversary - 3 CD set featuring the remastered 1994 release, a disc with previously unreleased music from the Ridley Scott film, and a disc with music inspired by the film
(2007) El Greco Original Motion Picture Soundtrack - score to the Yannis Smaragdis film
(2008) Świadectwo (with Robert Janson) - Polish 13-track CD soundtrack for the 'Swiadectwo [Testimony]' movie, the biography/documentary about the life of Pope John Paul II - Collaboration albums
(1976) Phos - Socrates
(1977) Chinese Restaurant - Krisma (Chrisma)
(1979) Odes - Irene Papas
(1979) Hibernation - Krisma (Chrisma)
(1980) Short Stories - Jon & Vangelis
(1981) The Friends of Mr. Cairo - Jon & Vangelis
(1981) Ich Hab' Keine Angst (German lyrics) / Moi, je n'ai pas peur (French lyrics) - Milva
(1983) Private Collection - Jon & Vangelis
(1984) The Velocity of Love - Suzanne Ciani
(1986) Rapsodies - Irene Papas
(1986) Geheimnisse (German lyrics) / Tra Due Sogni (Italian lyrics) - Milva
(1991) Page of Life (U.S. and European versions) - Jon & Vangelis
(1996) A Separate Affair - Neuronium
http://www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vangelis