Vangelis

Also Known As: Evángelos Odysséas Papathanassíou

Biography: Evángelos Odysséas Papathanassíou, best known professionally as Vangelis, was a Greek composer of electronic, progressive, ambient, jazz, and orchestral music. He is best known for his Academy Award–winning score for the film Chariots of Fire (1981), and composing scores for the films Blade Runner (1982), Missing (1982), Antarctica (1983), 1492: Conquest of Paradise (1992), and Alexander (2004).

Department: Sound

Place of Birth: Volos, Thessaly, Greece

Adult: No

Birthday: March 29, 1943

Age: 82 years old

Gender: Male

Deathday: May 17, 2022

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Known For:

Vangelis: The Interviews
Vangelis – Mythodea (Music for the NASA Mission: 2001 Mars Odyssey)
Vangelis – Eureka (Live at Rotterdam, 1991)
Georges Mathieu or the Fury of Being