Vangelis

Vangelis (Greek: Βαγγέλης), pseudonym of Evanghelos Odysseas Papathanasiou (Ευάγγελος Οδυσσέας Παπαθανασίου Greek:), (Volos, 29 March 1943) is a Greekmusician and multi-instrumentalist who mostly uses synthesizer, piano, keyboards and other electronic instruments. He is best known for the 1981 film Chariots of Fire music (for which he won an Oscar ), for the music of the film Blade Runner, the number 1-hit Conquest of Paradise from the film 1492: Conquest of Paradise and the theme for the2002 FIFA World Cup qualification.



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[hide] *1 Biography  ==Biography[ Edit] == Vangelis was born at Volos in Greece. He gave his first concert as a four-year-old child for about 2000 listeners. He's largely a self-taught: he has never had music lessons, for example, and is barely able to read or write sheet music.
 * 2 forms of cooperation
 * 3 Concerts
 * 4 other activities
 * 5 discography
 * 5.1 Studio albums
 * 5.1.1 As Vangelis Papathanassiou
 * 5.1.2 If Vangelis
 * 5.2 soundtracks
 * 5.3 unauthorized expenditure
 * 5.4 Compilations
 * 5.5 cooperation projects
 * 5.5.1 Melina Mercouri
 * 5.5.2 Irene Papas
 * 5.5.3 Jon Anderson (as Jon and Vangelis)
 * Peter march 5.6
 * Neuronium 5.7
 * 5.8 Filmography
 * 5.8.1 Movies
 * 5.8.2 Documentaries
 * 5.9 Singles
 * 5.10 Radio 2 Top 2000
 * 6 see also
 * 7 Source
 * 8 external links

Middle 1960s he formed the Group was quite popular in Greece Forminx . The progressive rock group founded Vangelis Papathanassiou Set on Aphrodite's Child, later named, including Demis Roussos. In Europe the group scored many hits among other Rain and Tears. In 1972 Aphrodite's Child went apart, even before the appearance of their latest lp, "666".

Vangelis Aphrodite's Child during the period began in 1970 on a solo career. In that year he made the film music for French films. His first real solo album, Earth, came out in 1973 . In 1974, Vangelis asked to replaceRick Wakeman with the group Yes. After a few weeks of practice, bleaching the musical ideas are too far apart to be able to cooperate and was replaced by the Wakeman Swiss keyboardist Patrick Moraz. Vangelis later has regularly worked with the lead singer of Yes, Jon Anderson (together they made several albums under the name Jon & Vangelis). Vangelis moved to LondonIn 1974. He signed a contract with RCA Records and started his own studio, Nemo Studio called. Albums of the period were Heaven and Hell, Beaubourgand Albedo 0.39 , Spiral.

In the late 1970s of the RCA label Vangelis stepped on to Polydor (now Universal Music). The first albums under this label with Jon Anderson and its most popular album "Chariots of Fire".

In 1982, he was awarded the Oscar for the best film music for Chariots of Firefor his work. The theme song of this film came after a year in the US Billboard chart to have stood at number 1.

In 1983, he was nominated for a Golden Globe in the category of Best Original Score-Motion Picture for the music of the film Blade Runner.

In 1995 scored a big hit in Europe with Vangelis Conquest of Paradise. The song, which stemmed from 1992, experienced a sudden hype and sold only 100,000 copies already in Netherlands. It is one of the biggest hits ever.

Vangelis has in these period focussed on film scoring. His music for Ridley Scott's Blade Runner , Missing, Roman Polanski 's Bitter Moon and films for the French documentary filmmaker Frédéric Rossif are examples of this. Solo projects in this period were the albums Invisible Connections, Mask, and The City Directly. In 2004, he has written the music for Oliver Stone's Alexander , this music has also appeared on cd in that year.His latest projects are: the composition and performance of the music in the film El Greco (not to be confused with his eponymous studio album from 1998). And a collaboration with the soundtrack, for the Polish documentary about Pope John Paul II, Świadectwo. ==Forms Of Cooperation[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:inherit;">Pretty much the most important artistic collaboration that Vangelis as a solo artist has entered into is that with Yes vocalist Jon Anderson. At the beginning of the 1980s that resulted in the twentieth century to the hit singles I Hear You Now " from the album Short Stories. The hit I'll Find My Way Home comes from the album The Friends of Mr. Cairo, on which also the track State of Independence can be found, which later became a number one hit in Netherlands for Donna Summer. In 1992, while a third version was published with a different title: "Spiritual High (State of Independence)". On the single of Moodswings, sings Chrissie Hynde of thePretenders the solo part.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:inherit;">For it appeared in 1973 album "Si m'etait contee Melina...." by Melina Mercouri, Vangelis wrote the music of four numbers. "You", "Ou les mots que me dirais port mon voyage", "La Grece me blesse", and "Athenes, ma ville" (Athina), are from his hand.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:inherit;">In 1978 and 1986 respectively and came out, two plates which Vangelis Rapsodies made in collaboration with the Greek actress Irene Papas. It contains traditional Greek, songs sung by Irene Papas, where Vangelis created and played for the package.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:inherit;">Result of the collaboration with the Belgium-born artist Michel Huygen (Neuronium anonym:) can be heard on the album "In London", of Neuronium. The plate appeared in 1992 contains a recording dating back to 1982.The recording is the registration of an improvisation of both musicians during the Spanish tv program "Musical Express". ==Concerts<span class="mw-editsection" len="324" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:inherit;">Vangelis gives the last years only very sporadic concerts. That was in the late seventies else. He gave a concert in Netherlands only once, on 18 June 1991 in Rotterdam, in the framework of 5 years Eureka, with guest appearances by Markella Hatziano and Jon Anderson.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:inherit;">He gave only one concert in Belgium, also on Thursday 17 May 1979 in the Cirque Royal in Brussels. The Brussels China-concert with Vangelis was programmed within the framework of the Millennium by Brussels. It was organized by the Department of fine arts of the city of Brussels and Paul Verkempinck who then for BRT 2 Omroep Brabant the regional broadcaster of the (then) Belgian Radio and television public broadcasting worked. On the program was created by Francis Shaw arrangement of Pulstar and music of China. The presentation was done by Betty Mellaertsquadrilingual. During the first part, Pulstarwas Chung-kuo, The Long March, a solo by Vangelis, brought The Dragon . After the break, followed by: Yin & Yang, the Tao of Love, a second solo show by Vangelis, Himalayas and The Plum Blossom. Both Pulstar if the numbers from China were performed by Vangelis thanking the BRT Philharmonic Orchestra together with reinforced with two choirs. The Leuven University Choir and the Antwerp choir "sing it together" for the occasion were merged.Orchestra and choir were under the leadership of the BBC conductor John Poole. Vangelis played during this concert on two Yamaha CS-80, a Roland Jupiter4 Compuphonic synthesizers and a Koto. The solo violin part in The Plum Blossom was carried out by Michel Ripoche. After the concert was followed by a very long (approx. 20 min) overwhelming applause with standing ovation. If shut-off bis number followed then another revival of Pulstar. The concert was broadcast in the program: "music newspaper" on 1 and 8 August 1979 by 21.10 until 22: 00. A portion of the first part was repeated a year later on april 7, 1980. Production of this concert was held by Guido Cab with Wim Mertensas a producer. In reports that about this exceptional concert were broadcast on the then BRT TV, was told that there were a number of orchestra members not set up by the number of decibels that were produced by the synthesizers of Vangelis. Also the sounds that were created by the "vehicles" could not carry away the approval of all members of the Philharmonic Orchestra. In those days there was still a living discussion going on about synthesizers and whether or not it could replace orchestras. These comments were certainly not unanimous. That is evident from the responses to glean here and there on the internet. For example, bandpress.be on the Deronger website: "Roger" let that he: "still has a good memory to a gig together with Vangelis and the Philharmonic Orchestra of the BRT in the Royal Circus in Brussels."There were never official LPs or CDs released of this concert.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:inherit;">The most outstanding concerts in recent history have been the performance of the classic tinted piece Mythodea in 2001 in the historic Temple of Zeus in Athens and a concert on the occasion of the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations Forum in Doha, Qatar.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-1" len="160" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"> [1] ==Other activities<span class="mw-editsection" len="335" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:inherit;">Vangelis avoids as much as possible, the media: there is only a handful of interviews known. Besides music he makes paintings and Vangelis also is producer for various artists including Mariangela, Milva, Patty Pravo,Riccardo Cocciante and Montserrat Caballe.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:inherit;">In november 2013 brought the British label Gonzo multimedia a DVD out with the two-hour documentary Vangelis and the Journey to Ithaca based on interviews, film clips and archival footage an extensive portrait sketched by Vangelis personal life and of his work as a composer, musician and painter.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-2" len="160" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"> [2] ==Discography<span class="mw-editsection" len="326" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] ==

As Vangelis Papathanassiou

 * Fais que ton rêve soit plus long que la nuit (1972)
 * Earth (1973)

As Vangelis

 * Heaven and Hell (1975)
 * Albedo 0.39 (1976)
 * Spiral (1977)
 * Beaubourg (1978)
 * China (1979)
 * See You Later (1980)
 * Soil Festivities (1984)
 * Mask (1985)
 * Invisible Connections (1985)
 * Directly (1988)
 * The City (1990)
 * Voices (1995)
 * Oceanic (1996)
 * El Greco (1998)
 * Mythodea (2001)

Soundtracks

 * Sex Power (1970)
 * L'Apocalypse des animaux (1973)
 * Crime and Passion / Ace Up My Sleeve (1974)
 * Entends-tu les chiens aboyer? (1975) (later Ignacio)
 * La fête sauvage (1975)
 * Opera Sauvage (1979)
 * Chariots of Fire (1981)
 * Blade Runner (1982)
 * Picasso (1982)
 * Antarctica (1983)
 * The Bounty (1984)
 * Francesco (1989)
 * Nuremberg A Nuremberg (1990)
 * 1492: Conquest of Paradise (1992)
 * Bitter Moon (1992)
 * The Plague (1992)
 * Los Angeles, November 2019 (1994)
 * Cavafis (1996)
 * Alexander (2004)
 * Stranger Than Fiction (2006)
 * El Greco: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2007)
 * Blade Runner Trilogy (2007)
 * Świadectwo (2008)
 * Chariots of Fire: The Play (Music from the Stage Show) (2012)

Unauthorized expenditure

 * The Dragon (1971)
 * Hypothesis (1971)
 * Night of the Poetry (1991)

Compilations

 * The Best of Vangelis (1978)
 * To the Unknown Man (1982)
 * The Best of Jon & Vangelis (1984)-as Jon & Vangelis
 * Magic Moments (1985)
 * Themes (1989)
 * Best in Space (1994)
 * Chronicles (1994) -as Jon & Vangelis
 * Mundo Magico De Vangelis (1995)
 * Themes II (1995)
 * Portraits (So Long Ago So Clear) (1996)
 * Gift (1997)
 * Reprise 1990-1999 (2000)
 * Cosmos (2002)
 * Odyssey (2003)
 * The Collection (2012)

Melina Mercouri

 * Si Melina... m'etait contee. (1973)

Irene Papas

 * Odes (1979)
 * Rhapsodies (1986)

Jon Anderson (as Jon and Vangelis)

 * Short Stories (1980)
 * The Friends of Mr. Cairo (1981)
 * Private Collection (1983)
 * Page of Life (1991)

Peter march

 * Don't be Foolish (1980)

Neuronium

 * Concert in London (1980)

Movies

 * Oadelfos mou ... o trohonomos (1963)
 * 5,000 psemmata (1966)
 * To prosopo tis Medousas (1967)
 * Sex-Power (1970)
 * Frenitis (1971)
 * Salut, Jerusalem (1972)
 * Amore (1974)
 * ¿No oyes ladrar los perros? (1975)
 * Ace Up My Sleeve (1976)
 * The robe of love (1978)
 * Mater amatísima (1980)
 * Prkosna delta (1980)
 * Death of a Princess television film (1980)
 * Chariots of Fire (1981)
 * Missing (1982)
 * Blade Runner (1982)
 * Nankyoku monogatari (1983)
 * The Bounty (1984)
 * Wonders of Life (1985)
 * Nosferatu a Venezia (1988)
 * Francesco (1989)
 * Bitter Moon (1992)
 * 1492: Conquest of Paradise (1992)
 * Kavafis (1996)
 * Alexander (2004)
 * El Greco (2007)

Documentaries
<p len="17" style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:inherit;"> ===Singles<span class="mw-editsection" len="323" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === ===Radio 2 Top 2000<span class="mw-editsection" len="332" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] ===
 * L'apocalypse des animaux documentary series (1972)
 * Le cantique des créatures Georges Mathieu ou La fureur d ' être: (1974)
 * Le cantique des créatures: Georges Mathieu ou Le temps différent (1975)
 * La fête sauvage (1976)
 * L ' Opéra sauvage documentary series (1977)
 * Le cantique des créature: Pablo Picasso pintor (1982)
 * Sauvage et beau (1984)
 * Mouseio Goulandri Fysikis Istorias (1990)
 * The Nuremberg à Nuremberg (1994)
 * Swiadectwo (2008)
 * The Seven Sages of Antiquity (2010)
 * Rupture: A Matter of Life OR Death (2011)
 * Trashed (2012)