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 ...
A master of the synthesizer, he won an Oscar for that film’s score, and his memorable theme song became a No. 1 pop hit. By Richard Sandomir Vangelis, the Greek film composer and synthesizer virtuoso ...
Vangelis, the Greek prog-rocker and Oscar-winning composer for films like Chariots of Fire and Blade Runner, has died at the age of 79. The influential artist born Evángelos Papathanassíou died late ...
Vangelis, the electronic-music pioneer who won an Oscar for “Chariots of Fire” and composed such other landmark film scores as “Blade Runner,” died Tuesday, the Athens News Agency reported. He was 79.