Vangelis

Evángelos Odysséas Papathanassíou (Greek: Ευάγγελος Οδυσσέας Παπαθανασίου [eˈvaɲɟelos oðiˈseas papaθanaˈsi.u]; 29 March 1943 – 17 May 2022), known professionally as Vangelis (/væŋˈɡɛlɪs/ vang-GHEL-iss; Greek: Βαγγέλης [vaɲˈɟelis]), was a Greek musician and composer of electronic, progressive, ambient, and classical orchestral music. He was best known for his Academy Award-winning score to Chariots of Fire (1981), as well as for composing scores to the films Blade Runner (1982), Missing (1982), Antarctica (1983), The Bounty (1984), 1492: Conquest of Paradise (1992), and Alexander (2004), and for the use of his music in the 1980 PBS documentary series Cosmos: A Personal Voyage by Carl Sagan.
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== Links to Peel ==
Two albums by Vangelis were found among the first 100 LPs by artists beginning with V when details of Peel's Record Collection were first released in 2012, both dating from the mid-1970s, before the musician's best-known work with film soundtracks such as Chariots of Fire (1981) and Blade Runner (1982).
The DJ is not known to have played any records by Vangelis on his shows, despite being a fan of other European electronic music artists emerging in the same period, such as Tangerine Dream. The Greek musician later worked extensively with Peel session artist Jon Anderson (Yes), but the Jon & Vangelis duo also failed to gain airtime on late-night Radio One.
During the early part of his career, Vangelis was in Greek prog outfit Aphrodite's Child with Demis Roussos, who had solo hits in the UK and was featured by Peel in TV Hell: Rock Bottom.
== Festive Fifty Entries ==
*None
== Sessions ==
*None
== Other Shows Played ==
*No known plays.
== See Also ==
*Record Collection: V
== External Links ==
*Wikipedia
*Discogs
*(Guardian, June 2022): Obituary
Category:Artists