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Vangelis is tagged as: electronic, new age, ambient, soundtrack, instrumental

Vangelis (Evangelos Odysseas Papathanassiou, Greek: Βαγγέλης Παπαθανασίου) is a world-renowned electronic composer and musician. He was born on March 29, 1943 in Volos, Greece.
He is best known for compositions such as the Academy Award-winning 1981 theme to the movie Chariots Of Fire, the entire score to the movie Blade Runner and the themes used in the soundtrack of Carl Sagan’s Cosmos.
His first musical effort was in the late 60s in his country of birth, a locally popular band called Formynx. He then moved to paris and formed the more internationally-known band Aphrodite’s Child with Demis Roussos and Lucas Sideras. They had several hits, being the first one “Rain And Tears”.
After the group disbanded, Vangelis went on to write several film scores. There were rumours that he would join the band Yes, and he became close friends with their singer, Jon Anderson.
In the mid-70s his output really grew, with several solo albums, including “Heaven and Hell”, “Albedo 0.39”, “Spiral” and the highly experimental “Beaubourg”. He then finally got to work with Jon Anderson, recording under the name Jon &a...
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Top 10 Vangelis Songs
Conquest Of Paradise
Chariots Of Fire
Memories Of Green
La Petite Fille De La Mer
Rachel's Song
Blade Runner (End Titles)
Blush Response
Blade Runner Blues
Tears in Rain
Wait For Me
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Top 10 Vangelis Albums
Blade Runner
Themes
Portraits (So Long Ago, So Clear)
Vangelis Blade Runner - Trilogy
Reprise 1990-1999
Antarctica
Voices
Chariots Of Fire
1492: Conquest of Paradise
Albedo 0.39
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