Vangelis
SoundBirthday | Mar 29, 1943 (79 years old) |
Deathday | May 17, 2022 |
Place of birth | Volos, Thessaly, Greece |
Gender | Male |
Evángelos Odysséas Papathanassíou, best known professionally as Vangelis, was a Greek composer of electronic, progressive, ambient, jazz, and orchestral music. He is best known for his Academy Award–winning score for the film Chariots of Fire (1981), and composing scores for the films Blade Runner (1982), Missing (1982), Antarctica (1983), 1492: Conquest of Paradise (1992), and Alexander (2004).
Known for
Acting
Participated in 40 movies, 5 TV series