Chariots of Fire (album)

Chariots of Fire is the music album with the soundtrack of the eponymous film, released in April 1981 by Polydor . The music on the album was composed and recorded by Vangelis, who previously an Academy Award won for best original music.

Content
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 * 1 History
 * 2 Music
 * 2.1 Musicians
 * 2.2 Tracklist
 * 3 Comments
 * 4 Hitnotering

History [ edit ]
Director Hugh Hudson approached Vangelis for the soundtrack of the film after his albums Opera Sauvage and China had heard. He had in the 70s additionally worked together with Vangelis on a number of commercials. [1] Vangelis played all instruments on the album, including synthesizers and piano . He recorded the album in hisNemo Studio in London . Chariots of Fire was Vangelis' first major film assignment. The success of the album made him one stone famous as a film music composer.

[Music edit ]
The music on the album is electronic, which in contrast to the time period in which the movie is playing. The album was four weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard 200, the album has the structure of a "normal" Vangelisalbum.; relatively shorter tracks are accompanied by relatively long tracks, such as side two of the album . The most famous song of the album is the title track of the film; on the album "Titles" mentioned but in practice also known as Chariots of Fire . This song was released in 1982 as a single .

Musicians [ edit ]

 * Vangelis - keyboards ;
 * Ambrosian Singers, conducted by John McCarthy - choir in Jerusalem

Notes [ edit ]
Some pieces of music from the movie made it not to the album, including the background music can be heard at the game of Eric Liddell in the Scottish Highlands. Moreover, the music on the album is a somewhat modified version of the music from the film.

In 1987, Vangelis was indicted by the Greek composer Stavros Logaridis who claimed Vangelis had copied the melody for the title track of his song "City of Violets". Vangelis won the case.

In France the French title was over the English-speaking elected; The album was named as Les chariots de feu. The album is always a popular collector's item; There are numerous versions; after obtaining an Oscar of the music album by country was a sticker by the local branches of the record label . However, the album has several variants.