Vangelis
Vangelis

Vangelis

Known forSound

GenderMale

BirthdayMon Mar 29 1943

DeathdayTue May 17 2022

Place of birthVolos, Thessaly, Greece

Also known asEvángelos Odysséas Papathanassíou

Biography

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).

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