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Vangelis
Greek composer / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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. His music was electronic, progressive, ambient, jazz, and orchestral.[1] He was best known for his Academy Award-winning score to Chariots of Fire (1981), as well as for composing scores to the movies Blade Runner (1982), Missing (1982), Antarctica (1983), The Bounty (1984), 1492: Conquest of Paradise (1992), and Alexander (2004).
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He also composed music for documentaries such as Cosmos: A Personal Voyage by Carl Sagan.[1] He was born in Agria, Hellenic State (present-day Agria, Greece). His career began in 1963.
Vangelis died on 17 May 2022 at a hospital in Paris, France from heart failure while receiving treatment for COVID-19, aged 79.[2][3]