History Music / Vangelis

* ''¿No oyes ladrar los perros?'' AKA ''Ignacio'' (1975)

* UncreditedRole: He was not credited for his work on the 1992 adaptation of ''Literature/ThePlague'' despite composing its soundtrack.

* ''Antarctica'' (1983)

Evangelos Odysseas Papathanassiou (29 March 1943 - 17 May 2022), [[StageName better known as]] "Vangelis", was a Greek musician and composer.

* ''Film/Missing1982''

* StandardSnippet: His ''Film/ChariotsOfFire'' theme has been used for a variety of things, including parodies (such as Creator/RowanAtkinson's Series/MrBean goofing around at the 2012 UsefulNotes/OlympicGames in UsefulNotes/{{London}}).

* StandardSnippet: His ''Film/ChariotsOfFire'' theme.

He was most famous for making [[ElectronicMusic incredible music with synthesizers]], and composed a number of [[CultSoundtrack memorable]] electronic film and documentary scores such as ''Film/ChariotsOfFire'', ''Film/BladeRunner'', ''Film/TheBounty'' and ''Film/FourteenNinetyTwoConquestOfParadise'', as well as several of the tracks in Creator/CarlSagan's ''Series/CosmosAPersonalVoyage''.

* AuthorAppeal: Vangelis is a dedicated environmentalist, and as such many of his works deal with environmental themes, such as ''Soil Festivities'' and some of his documentary soundtracks.

Evangelos Odysseas Papathanassiou (29 March 1943 - 17 May 2022), [[StageName better known as]] "Vangelis", is a Greek musician and composer.

He was part of the {{psychedelic|Rock}}[=/=]{{progressive|rock}} rock band Music/AphroditesChild from 1967 till they disbanded in 1972 and moved on to an [[NewSoundAlbum eclectic]] solo career.

He's most famous for making [[ElectronicMusic incredible music with synthesizers]], and composed a number of [[CultSoundtrack memorable]] electronic film scores such as ''Film/ChariotsOfFire'', ''Film/BladeRunner'', ''Film/TheBounty'' and ''Film/FourteenNinetyTwoConquestOfParadise'', as well as several of the tracks in Creator/CarlSagan's ''Series/CosmosAPersonalVoyage''.

* BoleroEffect: Vangelis makes a lot use of this. For example, "Alpha" from ''Albedo 0.39'' employs a variant in which a simple theme of a few bars is developed through increasingly complex instrumentation.

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: The farther we go back from his 1975 album ''Heaven And Hell'', the weirder it gets. Best example: He used to be a member of the band Music/AphroditesChild. He was mostly their percussionist. And before he forced the band into ProgRock against their will by single-handedly composing the ConceptAlbum ''[[NumberOfTheBeast 666]]'', they made two albums somewhere between psychedelic pop and schlager.
* ElectronicMusic: A forerunner in the use of electronic instrumentation to create beautiful, classical-style music. Vangelis's style is uniquely melodic and expressive because he plays almost everything by hand and barely makes use of sequencers. That said, anything that doesn't sound electronic in Vangelis' music isn't, e.g. pianos, electric pianos or percussion.

* GreatestHitsAlbum: Vangelis has released quite a number of these. They're often the only way to get your hand on some of his works. ''Themes'' even only contains one single piece of music that had been previously released; everything else was only available on this one album at that point. The full "Film/BladeRunner Main Titles" are still only available on ''The Collection''.
* {{Improv}}: Spontaneous playing pretty much replaces traditional composition for Vangelis. This is why he is so fast at making music.

* NatureDocumentary: He's scored quite a number of them, including some by Creator/JacquesCousteau.
* NeverLearnedToRead: He can't read sheet music. He doesn't have to, for he doesn't compose in the traditional sense. He records immediately what he plays.

* {{Workaholic}}: It seems like Vangelis cannot ''not'' make music. This in comparison with his very efficient way of making music is the key for his staggering creative output.

Evangelos Odysseas Papathanassiou (born 29 March 1943), [[StageName better known as]] "Vangelis", is a Greek musician and composer.

He's most famous for making [[ElectronicMusic incredible music with synthesizers]], and composed a number of memorable electronic film scores such as ''Film/ChariotsOfFire'', ''Film/BladeRunner'', ''Film/TheBounty'' and ''Film/FourteenNinetyTwoConquestOfParadise'', as well as several of the tracks in Creator/CarlSagan's ''Series/CosmosAPersonalVoyage''.

He's most famous for making [[ElectronicMusic incredible music with synthesizers]], and composed a number of memorable electronic film scores such as ''Film/ChariotsOfFire'', ''Film/BladeRunner'' and ''Film/TheBounty'', as well as several of the tracks in Creator/CarlSagan's ''Series/CosmosAPersonalVoyage''.

He's most famous for making [[ElectronicMusic incredible music with synthesizers]], and composed a number of memorable electronic film scores such as ''Film/ChariotsOfFire'', ''Film/BladeRunner'' and ''Film/TheBounty'', as well as several of the tracks in Carl Sagan's ''Series/CosmosAPersonalVoyage''.

He's most famous for making [[ElectronicMusic incredible music with synthesizers]], and composed a number of memorable electronic film scores such as ''Film/ChariotsOfFire'', ''Film/BladeRunner'' and ''Film/TheBounty''.

He's most famous for making [[ElectronicMusic incredible music with synthesizers]], and composed a number of famous electronic film scores such as ''Film/ChariotsOfFire'', ''Film/BladeRunner'' and ''Film/TheBounty''.

He's most famous for making [[ElectronicMusic incredible music with synthesizers]], and composed a number of famous film scores, such as ''Film/ChariotsOfFire'', ''Film/BladeRunner'' and ''Film/TheBounty''.

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* ''Film/{{Missing}}'' (1982)

He's since been most famous for making [[ElectronicMusic incredible music with synthesizers]], and composed a number of famous film scores, such as ''Film/ChariotsOfFire'', ''Film/BladeRunner'' and ''Film/TheBounty''.