Vangelis
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Ευάγγελος Οδυσσέας Παπαθανασίου (Evángelos Odysséas Papathanassíou)
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NOTE: If credited as Evangelos Papathanassiou or any other name with Papathanassiou, please use that entry!
Born on March 29, 1943 in Volos, Greece, Vangelis started writing music when he was 4 and performed his first live concert at age 6. He started his career as a member of The Forminx.
In the sixties, he was a founding member of Aphrodite's Child ('Rain and Tears', 'End of the World', etc.), along with Demis Roussos and Lucas Sideras.
A talented composer, producer and musician, Vangelis is famous for composing soundtracks to films such as 'Blade Runner', 'Chariots Of Fire' and '1492: Conquest Of Paradise'.
To date, Vangelis has made over 30 albums, many of them collaborations.
Born on March 29, 1943 in Volos, Greece, Vangelis started writing music when he was 4 and performed his first live concert at age 6. He started his career as a member of The Forminx.
In the sixties, he was a founding member of Aphrodite's Child ('Rain and Tears', 'End of the World', etc.), along with Demis Roussos and Lucas Sideras.
A talented composer, producer and musician, Vangelis is famous for composing soundtracks to films such as 'Blade Runner', 'Chariots Of Fire' and '1492: Conquest Of Paradise'.
To date, Vangelis has made over 30 albums, many of them collaborations.
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Macrod1977
January 16, 2021
Listening to La Petite Fille de la Mer makes your hair stand on end, it is a simple piece but very full of feelings.
curtisryan9
November 21, 2020
I think for Vangelis to truly go out with a 'bang' before his inevitable death, he must do one final album with only his CS-80, like his classic 70's/80's material. People don't want the same-sounding MIDI-drenched recent material anymore, sadly. It sounds dated, samey and boring.
rewtnull
May 9, 2019
Oh my god. I can't believe Voices, Oceanic, and El Greco are not available on vinyl!
Neil606958
May 5, 2019
Could any one tell me if the Vangelis Concert from Doha Qatar is available on DVD or CD. I know this was recorded at the time,
and I have not seen it on sale.
and I have not seen it on sale.
centaury11186
April 23, 2019
Hi Discogs,
Nice that you liked my review.
Antarctica is not bad, but basically half of the soundtrack are different variations of the same theme. I liked but became a little boring. Then I saw the movie and noticed that a lot of great music never got to the album. So I took all the music I could find of this, and did this mix:
https://www.mixcloud.com/centaury37/vangelis-antartica-xpanded-1983-ost-suite/
Blade Runner would be the best Vangelis album, but is not, just because how badly was treated by Vangelis that seemed to never get it how to build this soundtrack. On the other hand, which version should you pick? The one from 1982 o 1994 or 2007? Or the endless amount of bootlegs that fans did because Vangelis always missed something or put too much or too little. I heard all the official and bootlegs available from this film and put all the music, in a single mix, that Vangelis should gave us a long time ago...
https://www.mixcloud.com/centaury37/vangelis-blade-runner-1982-ost-suite/
Enjoy!
C
Nice that you liked my review.
Antarctica is not bad, but basically half of the soundtrack are different variations of the same theme. I liked but became a little boring. Then I saw the movie and noticed that a lot of great music never got to the album. So I took all the music I could find of this, and did this mix:
https://www.mixcloud.com/centaury37/vangelis-antartica-xpanded-1983-ost-suite/
Blade Runner would be the best Vangelis album, but is not, just because how badly was treated by Vangelis that seemed to never get it how to build this soundtrack. On the other hand, which version should you pick? The one from 1982 o 1994 or 2007? Or the endless amount of bootlegs that fans did because Vangelis always missed something or put too much or too little. I heard all the official and bootlegs available from this film and put all the music, in a single mix, that Vangelis should gave us a long time ago...
https://www.mixcloud.com/centaury37/vangelis-blade-runner-1982-ost-suite/
Enjoy!
C
gerunzel
April 15, 2019
Does anyone know anything about his recordings of IAFA Athens 97? I'm looking for a good recording, either from DVD or from a CD!
Preview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=abiIvZwGbZ8
Preview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=abiIvZwGbZ8
Hilldingh
January 5, 2019
edited over 3 years ago
Way back in -75 I bought the album Heaven and Hell. When I got back home I put the record on my record player and lay down on the floor. The salesman in the store had promised me “something like Yes” This was the worst crap I’ve ever heard and I fell a sleep. Years later I found in my record collection the album waiting for a second chance. Since that day this is one of my favorite albums. Definitely on my short list. 10 (10). Please don’t miss out on Aphrodites Child.
Bourbonman
February 20, 2018
There is an amazing video on Youtube where he plays ALL pieces in a composition in one sitting. Just says alot about what genius Vangelis is.
olivgrau
February 12, 2017
edited over 5 years ago
As I'm listening to the remastered China from the Delectus Box, I'm looking up my tape collection (I kept the cover artwork and track lists of the tapes I compiled) and found my first Vangelis tape. It's from august 1988, containing Spiral and as an extra track Chariots Of Fire. I was 18 back then and was introduced to Vangelis by a very good friend, who already got a CD player at that time. I borrowed my father's portable CD player to record the tape. It took one more year, dec 1989, to buy my first album of Vangelis, which was in fact that Albedo 0.39, followed by China ten days later. Already back then, there was a lot to discover for me. Does someone nowadays still gets into Vangelis? That's a lot more to discover then! But, it's really worth it! The just released Delectus box would be a good start! And there's lot more to discover, because not all of his work is yet official published. So the sound journey goes on!
Sadly I lost the good friend in a car accident, so I travel on without him since 1992.
Sadly I lost the good friend in a car accident, so I travel on without him since 1992.
gerunzel
May 26, 2021