Vangelis

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Vangelis was a Greek composer and pioneer of electronic and ambient music, renowned for his evocative synthesizer-based film scores such as those for "Chariots of Fire" and "Blade Runner."

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Label Occurrences
Vangelis canonical 294
Vangelis Papathanassiou 12
Jon and Vangelis 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf composer
electronic musician
film score composer
human
keyboardist
record producer
activeYearsEnd 2022
activeYearsStart 1960
alsoKnownAs Evángelos Odysséas Papathanassíou
surface form: Evangelos Odysseas Papathanassiou

Evángelos Odysséas Papathanassíou
surface form: Evangelos Papathanassiou
awardReceived Academy Award for Best Original Score
BAFTA Award for Best Original Music
awardReceivedFor Chariots of Fire
surface form: Chariots of Fire (film score)
birthName Evángelos Odysséas Papathanassíou
causeOfDeath heart failure
collaboratedWith Demis Roussos
Irene Papas
Jon Anderson
Montserrat Caballé
Nana Mouskouri
Plácido Domingo
Yes (band)
countryOfCitizenship Greece
dateOfBirth 1943-03-29
dateOfDeath 2022-05-17
ethnicGroup Greek
gender male
genre ambient music
electronic music
new-age music
progressive rock
synth-pop
influenced electronic musicians
film composers
influencedBy classical music
jazz
progressive rock
instrument keyboards
piano
synthesizer
knownFor ambient music compositions
pioneering electronic music
synthesizer-based film scores
languageOfWorkOrName English
Greek
memberOf Aphrodite's Child
The Forminx
notableWork 1492: Conquest of Paradise (film score)
Albedo 0.39
surface form: Albedo 0.39 (album)

Alexander (film score)
Blade Runner (film score)
Chariots of Fire
surface form: Chariots of Fire (film score)

China (album)
Direct (album)
El Greco (album)
Heaven and Hell (album)
Mask (album)
Mythodea
Oceanic (album)
Opera Sauvage (album)
Rosetta (album)
Soil Festivities (album)
Spiral (album)
Voices (album)
occupation composer
film score composer
musician
record producer
placeOfBirth Agria
Greece
near Volos
placeOfDeath France
Paris
religion Greek Orthodox Church
residence Athens
London, England
surface form: London

Paris
style improvisational composition
orchestral use of synthesizers

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Jon Anderson memberOf Vangelis
this entity surface form: Jon and Vangelis
Jon Anderson collaboratedWith Vangelis
Heaven and Hell Part I artist Vangelis
Nemo Studios ownedBy Vangelis
Nemo Studios operatedBy Vangelis
Nemo Studios usedBy Vangelis
Nemo Studios creativeDirector Vangelis
Nemo Studios associatedWith Vangelis
Earth (Vangelis album) artist Vangelis
Albedo 0.39 artist Vangelis
Albedo 0.39 composer Vangelis
Albedo 0.39 performer Vangelis
Albedo 0.39 producer Vangelis
So Long Ago, So Clear artist Vangelis
Chariots of Fire musicBy Vangelis
Evángelos Odysséas Papathanassíou alsoKnownAs Vangelis
this entity surface form: Vangelis Papathanassiou
Spiral (album) artist Vangelis
Spiral (album) composer Vangelis