Vangelis (pronounced /van-ge-liss/, sustaining the firm "g" when inside "get") occurs as globe-an expert new age and electronic composer and musician. He was natural Evangelos Odysseas Papathanassiou (/evan-ge-loss odee-say-ass papa-thana-look at-ou/) in March 29, 1943 in Volos, Greece.

His better known compositions come a Academy Award-winning 1981 theme to the movie Chariots of Fire and the entire score to the film Blade Runner. He too composed a anthem of Football World Cup 2002. The version of "Pulstar", from either a album Albedo 0.39, was an early theme for ''ESPN's'' "SportsCenter" program.

History

(1943-1960) Formative years

Inside 1943, Evangelos Odysseas Papathanassiou [in Greek: Ευάγγελος Οδυσσέας Παπαθανασίου / Eyáġġelos Oḏysséas Papaṯanasíoy (Evángelos Odhiséas Papathanasíu)] was born within Volos, Greece.

He began composing after Four years old, & is largely the self-taught musician. He refused to require traditional piano lessons, and throughout his career did non use material cognition of reading or even writing musical notation. He exposed painting at a Academy of Fine Arts within Athens.

(1961-1972) Early works in bands

In the early 1960s he formed the popular class action Forminx (sometimes spelled "Formynx"), which became super popular inside Greece.

When you took a student riots in 1968 he moved to Paris and formed progressive rock band Aphrodite's Child with Demis Roussos and Loukas Sideras. It got the hit only within Europe known as "Rain and Tears", & come considered polar in the development of art rock & construct albums, especially because of their ground-innovational composition 666 (The Apocalypse Of John,13/18). Within 1972 the group was disbanded, although Roussos manufactured many appearances in Vangelis' late function.

(1973-1980) Beginning of solo career

Inside 1973, Vangelis began his solo work by writing scores to 2 films by French filmmaker Frederic Rossif. His number one official solo album was Globe, likewise recorded around 1973. At all about a equivalent instance, he rehearsed for two or three of weeks by using a second prog-rock band, Yes. Although he never joined a band (it ended higher hiring Patrick Moraz), he became friends with singer Jon Anderson, with whom he late worked in several occasions.

When moving to London, Vangelis signed a treat by using RCA Records, set up his have studio, Nemo Studios, and began recording a string of easily-regarded electronic albums, like the acclaimed 1975 album Heaven and Hell (not the 1980 album Heaven and Hell by Black Sabbath), Spiral (1977) and China (1979). Vangelis' Heaven & Hell wwhen late utilized as a theme to the PBS television series Cosmos by Carl Sagan. He besides contributed as a producer & keyboard streaming video player to the recordings of Greek rock band Socrates's album Phos, which was perhaps their first release.

(1981-1999) Work in film and commercial success

Around 1981 Vangelis wrote the score for Chariots of Fire; a picture won the half-pack of awards, including the 1982 Academy Award for Original Music Score to Vangelis. A theme song topped a America Billboard stock and index charts for seven days fallowing climbing steadily for 1 season.

Around 1982 he began working with director Ridley Scott: Vangelis scored his Blade Runner (1982), and would late score 1492: Conquest of Paradise (1992). He too scored several of the submarine docudrama of Jacques-Yves Cousteau. Within 1992, France processed him the Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters.

In a period of the 1980s and '90s, Vangelis and Jon Anderson released several albums together as Jon & Vangelis.

(2000- . . . .) Later days

Within 2001 he freed Mythodea, an orchestral like than electronic piece that was originally written within 1993, & utilized per NASA as the theme for the Mars missions.

Inside 2004 he released Alexander, the Video soundtrack of his score for Oliver Stone's movie Alexander, continuing his involvement with projects related to his mother country.

Discography

Studio albums

(1972) Fais Que Ton Reve Soit Plus Long Que La Nuit (1973) Earth (1975) Heaven and Hell (1976) Albedo 0.39 (1977) Spiral (1978) Beaubourg (1979) China (1980) See You Later (1984) Soil Festivities (1985) Mask (1985) Invisible Connections (1988) Direct (1990) The City (1995) Voices (1996) Oceanic (1998) El Greco (commercial edition) (2001) Mythodea

Soundtrack albums

(1970) Sex Power - score (1973) ''L'Apocalypse des Animaux - score (1975) Ignacio - score for the Mexican film "No Oyes Ladrar Los Perros?" (1976) La Fete Sauvage - score (1979) Opera Sauvage - score (1981) Chariots of Fire - score of Chariots of Fire (1983) Antarctica - score (1992) 1492: Conquest of Paradise - score of 1492: Conquest of Paradise (1994) Blade Runner - score of Blade Runner (movie come call at 1982) (2004) Alexander - score of Alexander

Limited edition releases

(1984) Silent Portraits - limited edition LP [http://vangeliscollector.com/vangelis_silent.htm included in a book of portraits] (1995) Foros Timis Ston Greco - limited museum edition of El Greco (2004) Ithaca - spoken word record of the Cavafy poem with Sean Connery - limited release

Collaboration albums

(1979) Odes - with Irene Papas (1980) Short Stories - as Jon & Vangelis (1981) The Friends of Mr. Cairo - when Jon & Vangelis (1983) Private Collection - when Jon & Vangelis (1986) Rhapsodies - with Irene Papas (1991) Page of Life - when Jon & Vangelis

Compilation albums

(1978) The Right of Vangelis (1982) To the Unknown Man (1985) Magic Moments (1984) The Right of Jon & Vangelis - as Jon & Vangelis (1989) Themes (1994) Chronicles - as Jon & Vangelis (1995) Mundo Magico De Vangelis (1995) Themes II (1996) Portraits (Then Long Agone, So Clear) (2000) Reprise 1990-1999 (2003) Odyssey

Promotional albums

(1976) The Vangelis Radio Special [promo only]

Bootleg albums

(1978) Hypothesis (1978) Dragon

EPs/Singles (with exclusive material)

(1968) The Clock / My Love Sleeps On The Water (1977) To The Unknown Human / To The Unknown Man 2 (1979) A Long March / The Long March 2 (1980) Don't Be Foolish / Doesn't Matter [Peter Marsh & Vangelis] (1980) My Love / Household Logic One (1983) And After A Nighttime Comes / Song Is [Jon & Vangelis] (1991) Wisdom Chain (EP) [Jon & Vangelis] (1992) Conquest Of Paradise (EP) (1992) In London [Neuronium & Vangelis] (1996) Ask The Mountains (EP) [Vangelis with Stina Nordenstam] (1996) A Separate Affair'' (EP) [Neuronium & Vangelis] - remixes of 'Within London'; remaster around 2002. (1997) March With Pine tree state / Such as the Dream [Montserrat Caballe and Vangelis] (2001) Mythodea Special Edit (2002) Anthem - 2002 FIFA World Ventral suction cup Official Anthem (EP) - numerous different [http://www.elsew.com/data/singles.htm editions] survive.