Vangelis
is a great composer and musician.
He was born Evangelos Odysseas Papathanassiou on 29 March, 1943 in
Volos, Greece. Vangelis is a commonly used Greek first name, which
literally means 'Message from God'.
 During
the 1960's, together with Demis Roussos and Lucas Sideras, he formed
the successful pop group 'Aphrodite's Child', that had a number of
hits including 'Rain And Tears' and 'It's Five O'Clock'. Vangelis
doubled as composer and keyboard player.
In the early 1970's the Aphrodite's
Child band broke up and Vangelis started a solo career becoming a
pioneer in the field of electronic music in the process.
His biggest
success during the 1970's was the groundbreaking album 'Heaven &
Hell', which would go on to provide the theme and part of the
soundtrack of Carl Sagan's popular science TV-series 'Cosmos'.
Vangelis Discography
Below is
his
discography and you can buy his music also.
Studio Albums:
1972: Fais Que Ton Reve
Soit Plus Long Que La Nuit
1973: Earth
1975: Heaven and Hell
1976: Albedo 0.39
1977: Spiral
1978: Beaubourg
1979: China
1980: See You Later
1984: Soil Festivities
1985: Mask
1985: Invisible Connections
1988: Direct
1990: The City
1995: Voices
1996: Oceanic
1998: El Greco (commercial edition)
2001: Mythodea - Music for the NASA Mission, 2001 Mars Odyssey
Soundtrack Albums:
1970: Sex Power: score
1973: L'Apocalypse des Animaux: score
1975: Ignacio - score for the Mexican film "No Oyes Ladrar Los Perros?"
1976: La Fete Sauvage: score
1979: Opera Sauvage: score
1981: Chariots of Fire: score of Chariots of Fire
1983: Antarctica: score
1992: 1492: Conquest of Paradise Soundtrack
1994: Blade Runner: score of Blade Runner (movie came out in 1982)
2004: Alexander: score of Alexander
2007: El Greco ?
Collaboration Albums:
1979: Odes - with Irene
Papas
1980: Short Stories - as Jon & Vangelis
1981: The Friends of Mr. Cairo - as Jon & Vangelis
1983: Private Collection - as Jon & Vangelis
1986: Rhapsodies - with Irene Papas
1991: Page of Life - as Jon & Vangelis
Compilation Albums:
1978: The Best of Vangelis
1982: To the Unknown Man
1985: Magic Moments
1984: The Best of Jon & Vangelis - as Jon & Vangelis
1989: Themes
1994: Chronicles - as Jon & Vangelis
1995: Mundo Magico De Vangelis
1995: Themes II
1996: Portraits (So Long Ago, So Clear)
2000: Reprise 1990-1999
2003: Odyssey
Did you know?
Demis Roussos who was the singer of
Aphrodite's Child also performed the strange voice in the Blade Runner
soundtrack 'Tales of the Future' featured on the 1994 soundtrack
release. Here
is some of his cool music and a discography below.
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