ATHENS, Greece — Vangelis, the Greek electronic composer who wrote the unforgettable Academy Award-winning score for the film “Chariots of Fire” and music for dozens of other movies, documentaries and ...
Almost everyone knows the opening sequence, film buff or not: the windswept beach, the foaming waves, the soaring, triumphant music against the sound of runners’ feet patting on wet sand. So begins ...
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Vangelis, whose instantly recognizable, Oscar-winning musical theme for 1981’s Chariots of Fire won an Oscar and became a sort of aural shorthand for tales of endurance and triumph, died May 17, ...
The electronic music pioneer and three-time Grammy nominee also worked on 'Blade Runner,' 'Missing' and 'Alexander.' By Mike Barnes Senior Editor Vangelis, the Greece-born composer and electronic ...