Vangelis

Biography

Evángelos Odysséas Papathanassíou (born 29 March 1943), best known professionally as Vangelis, is a Greek composer of electronic, progressive, ambient, jazz, and orchestral music. He is best known for his Academy Award–winning score for the film Chariots of Fire (1981), and composing scores for the films Blade Runner (1982), Missing (1982), Antarctica (1983), 1492: Conquest of Paradise (1992), and Alexander (2004).

Most Famous Work

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Cosmos: A Personal Voyage

(1980) Music Director

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Blade Runner

(1982) Original Music Composer

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The Bounty

(1984) Original Music Composer

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Alexander

(2004) Music Arranger

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Nuclear Now

(2023) Original Music Composer

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Bitter Moon

(1992) Original Music Composer

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1492: Conquest of Paradise

(1992) Original Music Composer

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Chariots of Fire

(1981) Original Music Composer

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Acting

Year	Character	Movie/Tv
2016	Self	Vangelis: The Interviews 2016-09-01 Movie
2013	Self - Interviewed Guest	Sound of Cinema: The Music That Made the Movies 2013-09-12 TV Show
2002	Himself	Vangelis – Mythodea (Music for the NASA Mission: 2001 Mars Odyssey) 2002-05-06 Movie
1992	Self	ECHO-Verleihung 1992-05-18 TV Show
1991	Himself	Vangelis – Eureka (Live at Rotterdam, 1991) 1991-07-18 Movie
1966	Self	4-3-2-1 Hot and Sweet 1966-06-11 TV Show
1959	Self	Discorama 1959-02-04 TV Show
Year	Character	Movie/Tv

Sound

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
2024	Music	Beyond, ode to the Earth 2024-10-10 Movie
2023	Music	We are Stardust 2023-09-01 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Nuclear Now 2023-04-28 Movie
2014	Songs	The Creator of the Jungle 2014-09-05 Movie
2011	Music	Rupture: A Matter of Life OR Death 2011-10-07 Movie
2007	Original Music Composer	El Greco 2007-10-11 Movie
2004	Original Music Composer	Alexander 2004-11-21 Movie
	Music Arranger	Alexander 2004-11-21 Movie
1992	Original Music Composer	1492: Conquest of Paradise 1992-10-09 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Bitter Moon 1992-09-02 Movie
	Original Music Composer	The Plague 1992-08-26 Movie
1991	Music	Black Ink 1991-01-14 Movie
	Music	Starwatcher 1991-01-01 Movie
1989	Original Music Composer	Francesco 1989-03-22 Movie
1988	Original Music Composer	Nosferatu in Venice 1988-09-10 Movie
1985	Music	Catwalk 1985-02-20 Movie
1984	Original Music Composer	The Bounty 1984-05-04 Movie
1983	Original Music Composer	Antarctica 1983-07-23 Movie
1982	Original Music Composer	Blade Runner 1982-06-25 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Missing 1982-02-12 Movie
1981	Original Music Composer	Chariots of Fire 1981-05-15 Movie
	Music	The Cosmic Machine 1981-01-01 Movie
1980	Music Director	Cosmos: A Personal Voyage 1980-09-28 TV Show
	Music	Death of a Princess 1980-04-09 Movie
1978	Music	The Mantle of Love 1978-07-01 Movie
1976	Music	Crime and Passion 1976-02-06 Movie
	Music	The Wild Nation 1976-02-04 Movie
	Music	Face in Motion 1976-01-22 Movie
1975	Music	Do You Hear the Dogs Barking? 1975-09-25 Movie
1972	Music	The Apocalypse of the Animals 1972-01-01 Movie
1971	Original Music Composer	Frenzy 1971-01-01 Movie
1970	Original Music Composer	Sex Power 1970-07-17 Movie
1967	Original Music Composer	Vortex 1967-06-01 Movie
1966	Music	Five Thousand Lies 1966-10-17 Movie
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Editing

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
1978	Editor	The Mantle of Love 1978-07-01 Movie
Year	Role	Movie/Tv