Evángelos Odysséas Papathanassíou

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Evángelos Odysséas Papathanassíou, better known as Vangelis, was a Greek composer famed for his pioneering electronic music and iconic film scores such as those for "Chariots of Fire" and "Blade Runner."

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Greek person
composer
electronic musician
film score composer
human
keyboardist
record producer
activeYearsStart 1960
alsoKnownAs Vangelis Papathanassiou
linked to: Vangelis
awardReceived Academy Award for Best Original Score
BAFTA Award for Best Film Music
awardReceivedFor Chariots of Fire (film score)
birthDate 1943-03-29
birthPlace Agria
Greece
collaboratedWith Demis Roussos
Irene Papas
Jon Anderson
countryOfCitizenship Greece
deathDate 2022-05-17
familyName Papathanassíou
genre ambient music
electronic music
new-age music
progressive rock
givenName Evángelos
Odysséas
linked to: Odysseus
influenced electronic music composers
instrument keyboards
piano
synthesizer
memberOf Aphrodite's Child
movement electronic music
notableFor iconic film scores
pioneering electronic music
notableWork 1492: Conquest of Paradise (film score)
Albedo 0.39 (album)
linked to: Albedo 0.39 (track)

Blade Runner (film score)
Chariots of Fire (film score)
China (album)
Direct (album)
Heaven and Hell (album)
Mythodea (composition)
linked to: Mythodea

Opera Sauvage (album)
Spiral (album)
occupation composer
musician
record producer
stageName Vangelis

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Vangelis birthName Evángelos Odysséas Papathanassíou
Vangelis alsoKnownAs Evangelos Odysseas Papathanassiou
linked to: Evángelos Odysséas Papathanassíou
Vangelis alsoKnownAs Evangelos Papathanassiou
linked to: Evángelos Odysséas Papathanassíou
Evángelos Odysséas Papathanassíou givenName Evángelos
linked to: Evángelos Odysséas Papathanassíou
Alexander (film score) composer Evangelos Odysseas Papathanassiou
linked to: Evángelos Odysséas Papathanassíou