Evángelos Odysséas Papathanassíou

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Greek person composer electronic musician film score composer human keyboardist record producer

Evángelos Odysséas Papathanassíou, better known as Vangelis, was a Greek composer famed for his pioneering electronic music and iconic film scores such as those for "Chariots of Fire" and "Blade Runner."

Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
Evangelos Odysseas Papathanassiou 2
Evangelos Papathanassiou 1
Evángelos 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Greek person ⓘ
composer ⓘ
electronic musician ⓘ
film score composer ⓘ
human ⓘ
keyboardist ⓘ
record producer ⓘ
activeYearsStart 1960 ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Vangelis ⓘ
surface form: Vangelis Papathanassiou
awardReceived Academy Award for Best Original Score ⓘ
BAFTA Award for Best Original Music ⓘ
surface form: BAFTA Award for Best Film Music
awardReceivedFor Chariots of Fire (film score) ⓘ
birthDate 1943-03-29 ⓘ
birthPlace Agria ⓘ
Greece ⓘ
collaboratedWith Demis Roussos ⓘ
Irene Papas ⓘ
Jon Anderson ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Greece ⓘ
deathDate 2022-05-17 ⓘ
familyName Papathanassíou ⓘ
genre ambient music ⓘ
electronic music ⓘ
new-age music ⓘ
progressive rock ⓘ
givenName Evángelos Odysséas Papathanassíou self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Evángelos

Odysseus ⓘ
surface form: Odysséas
influenced electronic music composers ⓘ
instrument keyboards ⓘ
piano ⓘ
synthesizer ⓘ
memberOf Aphrodite's Child ⓘ
movement electronic music ⓘ
notableFor iconic film scores ⓘ
pioneering electronic music ⓘ
notableWork 1492: Conquest of Paradise (film score) ⓘ
Albedo 0.39 (track) ⓘ
surface form: Albedo 0.39 (album)

Blade Runner (film score) ⓘ
Chariots of Fire (film score) ⓘ
China (album) ⓘ
Direct (album) ⓘ
Heaven and Hell (album) ⓘ
Mythodea ⓘ
surface form: Mythodea (composition)

Opera Sauvage (album) ⓘ
Spiral (album) ⓘ
occupation composer ⓘ
musician ⓘ
record producer ⓘ
stageName Vangelis ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Vangelis → alsoKnownAs → Evángelos Odysséas Papathanassíou ⓘ
this entity surface form: Evangelos Odysseas Papathanassiou
Vangelis → alsoKnownAs → Evángelos Odysséas Papathanassíou ⓘ
this entity surface form: Evangelos Papathanassiou
Vangelis → birthName → Evángelos Odysséas Papathanassíou ⓘ
Alexander (film score) → composer → Evángelos Odysséas Papathanassíou ⓘ
this entity surface form: Evangelos Odysseas Papathanassiou
Evángelos Odysséas Papathanassíou → givenName → Evángelos Odysséas Papathanassíou self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Evángelos