Evangelos Odysseas Papathanassiou (March 29, 1943 - May 17, 2022), known pr… Read Full Bio ↴Evangelos Odysseas Papathanassiou (March 29, 1943 - May 17, 2022), known professionally as Vangelis, was a Greek composer of electronic, progressive, ambient, new age, jazz, and orchestral music. He is best known for his Academy Award-winning score for the film Chariots of Fire, composing scores for the films Blade Runner, Missing, Antarctica, 1492: Conquest of Paradise, and Alexander, and the use of his music in the PBS documentary Cosmos: A Personal Voyage by Carl Sagan.
After having taken piano lessons, Vangelis began his professional musical career working with several popular bands of the 1960s such as the Forminx and Aphrodite's Child, with the latter's album 666 going on to be recognized as a psychedelic classic. Throughout the 1970s, Vangelis composed music scores for several animal documentaries, including L'Apocalypse des Animaux, La Fête sauvage and Opéra sauvage; the success of these scores brought him into the film scoring mainstream. In the early 1980s, Vangelis formed a musical partnership with Jon Anderson, the lead singer of progressive rock band Yes, and the duo went on to release several albums together as Jon & Vangelis.
In 1981, he composed the score for the Oscar-winning film Chariots of Fire, for which he won an Academy Award for Best Original Score. The soundtrack's single, the film's "Titles" theme, also reached the top of the American Billboard Hot 100 chart and was used as the background music at the London 2012 Olympics winners' medal presentation ceremonies. Vangelis also received acclaim for his synthesizer-based soundtrack for the 1982 film Blade Runner.
Having had a career in music spanning over 70 years and having composed and performed more than 50 albums, Vangelis is considered to be one of the most important figures in the history of electronic music.
Vangelis was born 29 March 1943, in Agria, near Volos, Greece. Largely a self-taught musician, he reportedly began composing at the age of three. His earliest memory is "playing piano, some percussion and whatever else that was available that made a noise. Right from the start, I was only interested in playing my own music". He refused to take traditional piano lessons, and throughout his career did not have substantial knowledge of reading or writing musical notation. When he was six, Vangelis's parents enrolled him at a specialist music school in Athens. He recalls "I was lucky not to go because music schools close doors rather than open them". He studied painting, an art he still practices, at the Athens School of Fine Arts.
In 1989 received Max Steiner Award. France made Vangelis a Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters in 1992 and promoted to Commander in 2017, as well Chevalier de la Legion d’ Honneur in 2001. In 1993 received music award Apollo by Friends of the Athens National Opera Society. In 1995, Vangelis had a minor planet named after him (6354 Vangelis) by the International Astronomical Union's Minor Planet Center (MPC) at the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory; the name was proposed by the MPC's co-director, Gareth V. Williams, rather than by the object's original discoverer, Eugène Joseph Delporte, who died in 1955, long before the 1934 discovery could be confirmed by observations made in 1990. In 1996 and 1997 was awarded at World Music Awards.
NASA conferred their Public Service Medal to Vangelis in 2003. The award is the highest honour the space agency presents to an individual not involved with the American government. Five years later, in 2008, the board of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens voted to make Vangelis an Honorary Doctor, making him Professor Emeritus at their Faculty of Primary Education. In June 2008, the American Hellenic Institute honoured Vangelis with an AHI Hellenic Heritage Achievement Award for his "exceptional artistic achievements" as a pioneer in electronic music and for his lifelong dedication to the promotion of Hellenism through the arts. On 16 September 2013, he received the honour of appearing on the Greek 80 cent postage stamp, as part of a series of six distinguished living personalities of the Greek Diaspora.
After having taken piano lessons, Vangelis began his professional musical career working with several popular bands of the 1960s such as the Forminx and Aphrodite's Child, with the latter's album 666 going on to be recognized as a psychedelic classic. Throughout the 1970s, Vangelis composed music scores for several animal documentaries, including L'Apocalypse des Animaux, La Fête sauvage and Opéra sauvage; the success of these scores brought him into the film scoring mainstream. In the early 1980s, Vangelis formed a musical partnership with Jon Anderson, the lead singer of progressive rock band Yes, and the duo went on to release several albums together as Jon & Vangelis.
In 1981, he composed the score for the Oscar-winning film Chariots of Fire, for which he won an Academy Award for Best Original Score. The soundtrack's single, the film's "Titles" theme, also reached the top of the American Billboard Hot 100 chart and was used as the background music at the London 2012 Olympics winners' medal presentation ceremonies. Vangelis also received acclaim for his synthesizer-based soundtrack for the 1982 film Blade Runner.
Having had a career in music spanning over 70 years and having composed and performed more than 50 albums, Vangelis is considered to be one of the most important figures in the history of electronic music.
Vangelis was born 29 March 1943, in Agria, near Volos, Greece. Largely a self-taught musician, he reportedly began composing at the age of three. His earliest memory is "playing piano, some percussion and whatever else that was available that made a noise. Right from the start, I was only interested in playing my own music". He refused to take traditional piano lessons, and throughout his career did not have substantial knowledge of reading or writing musical notation. When he was six, Vangelis's parents enrolled him at a specialist music school in Athens. He recalls "I was lucky not to go because music schools close doors rather than open them". He studied painting, an art he still practices, at the Athens School of Fine Arts.
In 1989 received Max Steiner Award. France made Vangelis a Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters in 1992 and promoted to Commander in 2017, as well Chevalier de la Legion d’ Honneur in 2001. In 1993 received music award Apollo by Friends of the Athens National Opera Society. In 1995, Vangelis had a minor planet named after him (6354 Vangelis) by the International Astronomical Union's Minor Planet Center (MPC) at the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory; the name was proposed by the MPC's co-director, Gareth V. Williams, rather than by the object's original discoverer, Eugène Joseph Delporte, who died in 1955, long before the 1934 discovery could be confirmed by observations made in 1990. In 1996 and 1997 was awarded at World Music Awards.
NASA conferred their Public Service Medal to Vangelis in 2003. The award is the highest honour the space agency presents to an individual not involved with the American government. Five years later, in 2008, the board of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens voted to make Vangelis an Honorary Doctor, making him Professor Emeritus at their Faculty of Primary Education. In June 2008, the American Hellenic Institute honoured Vangelis with an AHI Hellenic Heritage Achievement Award for his "exceptional artistic achievements" as a pioneer in electronic music and for his lifelong dedication to the promotion of Hellenism through the arts. On 16 September 2013, he received the honour of appearing on the Greek 80 cent postage stamp, as part of a series of six distinguished living personalities of the Greek Diaspora.
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Vangelis Lyrics
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"He Out of the mist into tropical splendor With garlands of flow…
01. Conquest Of Paradise Mm mm mm, mm mm mm mm mm Mm mm mm,…
05-Ask The Mountains Don't come after Don't come after Don't come after Come…
1492: Conquest of paradise Mm mm mm, mm mm mm mm mm Mm mm mm,…
A Song ITALIAN SONG * Oh ma la oh oh me giova oh, pe…
A Way You ask me where to begin Am I so lost in…
Albedo Maximum distance from the sun: 94 million 537 thousand miles…
Alpha [Synthetic]…
And When The Night Comes A women in your soul Creates the man you hold And when…
Ask the Mountains Don't come after Don't come after Don't come after Come Com…
Blade Runner Enhance 34 to 46 Pull back Wait a minute, go right Stop Enh…
Blade Runner (End Titles) instrumental…
Blade Runner Suite Enhance 34 to 46 Pull back Wait a minute, go right Stop Enh…
Blush Responce [Rachel:] "Do you like our owl?" [Deckard:] "Is it art…
Blush Response [Rachel:] "Do you like our owl?" [Deckard:] "Is it artific…
Chariots Of Fire - 2003 Re-Master Chariots of fire are on my way Chariots of fire are…
Come On A women in your soul Creates the man you hold And when…
Come To Me Come to me While I'm sleeping So their wagging tongues Might…
Conquest For Paradise Mm mm mm, mm mm mm mm mm Mm mm mm,…
Damask Rose instrumental…
Dawn [footsteps] -"Is the city open?" [voice of Roman …
Deliverance Dies irae, dies illa Solvet saeclum in favilla Teste David c…
Echoes instrumental…
End Titles (From Bladerunner) Let's do it again sou dore dake Baby Tachiagareba My dream…
Excalibur O Fortuna velut luna statu variabilis, semper crescis au…
Farewell One more kiss, dear One more sigh Only this, dear It's go…
Friends of Mr. Cairo Okay, this is the picture Johnny's been hurt, he's hurt bad …
Good To See You "What?" "Fine," "I, no, I can't remember" "No, not at all, n…
He Is an English Out of the mist into tropical splendor With garlands of flow…
He-o He-o he came walking down my street He-o and he stopped…
Hymn Oooooo... Ooo... Aaah... Aaah... Ha ri me no ca ri ha …
Hymne Oooooo... Ooo... Aaah... Aaah... Ha ri me no ca ri ha La ve…
I After the first embrace from you my senses knew The look…
I Can I can't take it any more I can't take it any…
I Can't Take it Any More I can't take it any more I can't take it any…
I Dreamt Music One more kiss, dear, one more sigh Only this dear, is…
I Hear You Know After the first embrace from you my senses knew The look…
I'll Find My Way Home You ask me where to begin Am I so lost in…
Intergalactic Radio Station I've seen things... So many things that you can't believe, P…
Introduction 遠去的背影 那是最後的記憶 你說愛我心好痛 那時我不知道何意 你說真心的真意的愛我 你說不會把我拋棄 直到後來才知道 你…
Italian Song ITALIAN SONG * Oh ma la oh oh me giova oh, pe…
Jerusalem And did those feet in ancient time Walk upon England's mount…
Let It Happen Let it happen Honey don't you live on the edge of…
Losing Sleep Losing sleep In a waking dream A recurring face I see…
Love Theme instrumental…
Main Theme Our hero, our hero, claims a warrior′s heart I tell you,…
Main Theme (From Missing) Our hero, our hero, claims a warrior's heart I tell you,…
Main Theme From Missing Our hero, our hero, claims a warrior′s heart I tell you,…
Main Title Enhance 34 to 46 Pull back Wait a minute, go right Stop Enh…
Main Titles (From Blade Runner) Enhance 34 to 46 Pull back Wait a minute, go right Stop Enha…
March With Me Come sing with me For peace and love My only dream And wish…
Mare Tranquillitatis [Astronaut conversation during Apollo Moon landing] -"Base …
Mask: Movement 5 Ehla me-no no-re-le-o manivero laminare ehla me-no no-re-le-…
Memories of Green instrumental…
Monastery of La Rabida De profundis clamavit ad te Domine Domine exaudi vocem meam …
Morning Papers …
Movement 2 Aaah aaah aaah [etc.] [interlude] A te munera re a-de-nome…
Movement 5 Ehla me-no no-re-le-o manivero laminare ehla me-no no-re-le…
Movement II Aaah aaah aaah... A te munera re a-de-nomena re a-de-nome…
Movement V Ehla me-no no-re-le-o manivero laminare ehla me-no no-re-le-…
Multi-Track Suggestion Years passing by VCO VCA And again And again Years passing b…
My Face in the Rain My face in the rain I walk all alone It's Sunday time…
Not A Bit Hysteria and insomnia Stress, neurosis Pplease give a bett…
One More Kiss One more kiss, dear, one more sigh Only this dear, is…
One More Kiss, Dear one more kiss, dear One more sigh Only this, dear It's goodb…
One More Time Out in the woods we play our songs And travel through…
Outside Of This Outside of this, inside of that The memory lingers so right …
Page of Life Born from the sky, We are born to this land. From a…
Prelude instrumental…
Procession [Roman Polanski:] "Is the city open?" [Emanuelle Seigner:] …
Prologue and Main Titles Enhance 34 to 46 Pull back Wait a minute, go right Stop Enh…
Psalmus Ode A gloria quo fulguras Quo prodigis protectionem Consolaris…
Pulstar At the third stroke it will be 10.03 and 40…
Rachel's Song instrumental…
Red Lights Doshita doshita [...] korya sa* [...] korya sa [...] korya…
See You Later Say year Say maybe Say body Say remember Say I wonder Say n…
Shine for Me Shine for me, I'll shine for you, Each waking dawn, Each day…
So Long Ago So Cear Once, we did run How we chased a million stars And touched…
State of Independence State of life, may I live? May I love? Coming out…
State of Independence (Jon & V State of life-may I live-may I love Coming out the sky,…
Suffocation Attenzione! Attenzione! Tutte le persone con bambini si rech…
Tales of the Future ibal lahl arou-sah om-yah-lee yah al-bil kou-rou-dil menyaah…
Tears In Rain [Roy:] "I've seen things, you people wouldn't believe, hmmm.…
The Field of Mr. Cairo [shooting] [movie like speech:] Frankie: Okay, this is the…
The Little Fete "I take a bottle of wine and I go drink…
Theme From Antarctica (Instrumental)…
Titles From Chariots Of Fire Enhance 34 to 46 Pull back Wait a minute, go right Stop Enh…
Twilight [female voice:] Hi ga Kureru Sore wa Toki no Mahou Asu Onaj…
Voices We haven't lyrics of this song. Please, add these lyrics…
Wait For Me [Rachel:] "Deckard" "Do you have those files on me?" "The…
Watch Out We haven't lyrics of this song. Please, add these lyrics…
We Were All Uprooted We were all uprooted The earth was stolen from beneath our…
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