Vangelis

Vangelis
Βαγγέλης
Vangelis in 2007
Vangelis in 2007
Background information
Birth nameEvangelos Odysseas Papathanassiou
Born(1943-03-29)29 March 1943
Agria, Greece
Died17 May 2022(2022-05-17) (aged 79)
Paris, France
Genres
Occupation(s)
  • Composer
  • arranger
  • producer
Instruments
  • Keyboards
  • synthesizers
Years active1963–2022
Labels

Evángelos Odysséas Papathanassíou (Greek: Ευάγγελος Οδυσσέας Παπαθανασίου [eˈvaɲɟelos oðiˈseas papaθanaˈsi.u]; 29 March 1943 – 17 May 2022), known professionally as Vangelis (/væŋˈɡɛlɪs/ vang-GHEL-iss; Greek: Βαγγέλης [vaɲˈɟelis]), was a Greek musician and composer. His music was electronic, progressive, ambient, jazz, and orchestral. He was best known for his Academy Award-winning score to Chariots of Fire (1981), as well as for composing scores to the movies Blade Runner (1982), Missing (1982), Antarctica (1983), The Bounty (1984), 1492: Conquest of Paradise (1992), and Alexander (2004).

He also composed music for documentaries such as Cosmos: A Personal Voyage by Carl Sagan. He was born in Agria, a coastal town in Magnesia, Thessaly of the Hellenic State (present-day Greece) and raised in Athens. His career began in 1963.

Vangelis died on 17 May 2022 at a hospital in Paris, France from heart failure while receiving treatment for COVID-19, aged 79.

References

  1. 1 2 Thomas S. Hischak (2015). The Encyclopedia of Film Composers. Rowman & Littlefield. pp. 386–388. ISBN 9781442245501.
  2. ↑ Doerschuk, Bob (August 1982). "Oscar-winning Synthesist". Keyboard Magazine. Archived from the original on 22 December 2017. Retrieved 25 December 2017.
  3. ↑ Mackenzie, James; Tagaris, Karolina (19 May 2022). "Vangelis, composer of 'Chariots of Fire' score, dies at 79". National Post. Retrieved 19 May 2022.
  4. ↑ Vangelis Papathanasiou: Oscar-winning composer passes away at the age of 79