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Vangelis

Name in Native Language: "Ευάγγελος Οδυσσέας Παπαθανασίου" (Greek/EL)
Keyboardist / Record Producer / Composer | * 03/29/1943 († 79, 05/17/2022) | Volos, Thessaly (Greece)
Evangelos Odysseas Papathanassiou (Greek: Ευάγγελος Οδυσσέας Παπαθανασίου, pronounced [eˈvaɲɟelos oðiˈseas papaθanaˈsi.u]; 29 March 1943 – 17 May 2022), known professionally as Vangelis ( vang-GHEL-iss; Greek: Βαγγέλης, pronounced [vaɲˈɟelis]), was a Greek keyboardist, composer, and producer of electronic, progressive, ambient, and classical orchestral music. He was best known for his Academy Award-winning score to Chariots of Fire (1981), as well as for composing scores to the films Blade Runner (1982), Missing (1982), Antarctica (1983), The Bounty (1984), 1492: Conquest of Paradise (1992), and Alexander (2004), and for the use of his music in the 1980 PBS documentary series Cosmo... ()
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Evángelos Odysséas Papathanassíou, best known professionally as Vangelis, was 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 frequent genres for this person: Drama | History | Thriller

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Awards & Nominations for Vangelis

Academy Award for Best Original Score Commandeur Des Arts Et Des Lettres‎ Commander of The Order of The Phoenix Knight of The Legion of Honour Chevalier Des Arts Et Des Lettres Academy Award for Best Original Score
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Movies with Vangelis as Actor(1)

TV Shows/Series with Vangelis as Actor(2)

as himself1966 4-3-2-1 Hot and Sweet
as himself1959 Discorama

Movies with Vangelis as Crew(20)

Sound/Original Music Composer2023 Nuclear Now
Sound/Original Music Composer2007 El Greco
Sound/Original Music Composer2004 Alexander
Sound/Original Music Composer1992 Bitter Moon
Sound/Original Music Composer1992 1492: Conquest of Paradise
Sound/Original Music Composer1989 Francesco
Sound/Original Music Composer1988 Nosferatu in Venice
Sound/Original Music Composer1984 The Bounty
Sound/Original Music Composer1983 Antarctica
Sound/Original Music Composer1982 Blade Runner
Sound/Music1982 Missing
Sound/Original Music Composer1981 Chariots of Fire
Editing/Editor1978 The Mantle of Love
Sound/Music1978 The Mantle of Love
Sound/Music1976 Crime and Passion
Sound/Original Music Composer1971 Frenzy
Sound/Original Music Composer1970 Sex Power
Sound/Original Music Composer1967 Vortex
Sound/Music1966 Five Thousand Lies

Citizenship: Greece
Born: Monday, 03/29 1943 (March) in Volos, Thessaly (Greece)
Died: Tuesday, 05/17 2022 (May) in Paris (aged: 79)
Zodiac sign: Aries (Chinese zodiac sign: Goat)
Languages: Greek (EL, native language), English (EN), French (FR), Greek
Educated at: Athens School of Fine Arts, Lycée Léonin
Member of: The Forminx, Aphrodite's Child, Jon and Vangelis
Record Label: RCA, Atlantic Records, Deutsche Grammophon, Universal Music Group
Student of: Aristotelis Koundouroff
Other names for Vangelis (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Evángelos Odysséas Papathanassíou"
"Evanghelis Papathanassiou"
"Ευάγγελος Οδυσσέας Παπαθανασίου"
"Βαγγέλης" (Pseudonym)
Vangelis frequently works together with these people:
Oliver Stone (5x, Crew)
Ridley Scott (3x, Crew)
Roman Polanski (3x, Actor)
Liliana Cavani (3x, Crew)
Augusto Caminito (3x, Crew)
Roselyne Bosch (3x, Crew)
Nikos Koundouros (3x, Crew)
Jean-Pierre Darras (3x, Actor)
WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:1343634, Added: 09/03/2019, Last updated: 03/21/2024