Vangelis

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composer electronic musician film score composer human keyboardist record producer

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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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Vangelis Papathanassiou	3
Jon and Vangelis	1

Statements (79)

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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Evángelos Odysséas Papathanassíou → stageName → Vangelis ⓘ

Nemo Studios → usedBy → Vangelis ⓘ