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Vangelis in 2012 with stars of the stage adaptation of Chariots of Fire. Vangelis composed and performed on the soundtrack for Chariots of Fire (1981), a historical drama film directed by Hugh Hudson. He accepted the job because "I liked the people I was working with. It was a very humble, low-budget film."
May 19, 2022 · Vangelis was born Evangelos Odysseas Papathanassiou in the Greek town of Agria. He was a self-taught musician who became a young piano prodigy. Then he moved to Paris and co-founded the popular ...
- Andrew Limbong
May 20, 2022 · Vangelis, who played all the soundtrack instruments himself, won the 1982 Academy Award for best original score, and the fact that Chariots of Fire won the best picture Oscar probably owed much to ...
- Adam Sweeting
May 20, 2022 · Vangelis was born on March 29, 1943, in Agria, Greece, and grew up in Athens. He started playing piano at 4 and gave his first public performance two years later. He did not have much training and ...
May 19, 2022 · Vangelis had continued his film score work throughout the 1970s, but it was in the 80s that this reached its commercial heights. Chariots of Fire became inextricable from Vangelis’s timeless ...
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May 19, 2022 · The influential Greek electronic musician and co-founder of Aphrodite's Child passed away late Tuesday night, a statement from his office announced. He died of Covid-19 complications, according to Greek newspaper OT. He was known for his pioneering work in film scoring, such as Chariots of Fire and Blade Runner, and his albums of electronic music.
May 19, 2022 · The Greek electronic-music pioneer, who composed the iconic soundtrack for the 1981 film “Chariots of Fire” and other landmark scores, passed away in a French hospital on Tuesday. He was known for his use of synthesizer, piano, drums and percussion, and his collaborations with other artists and NASA.
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