Posts Tagged ‘Vangelis’

Rhino Records will release a new soundtrack album for the 1992 epic historical drama 1492: Conquest of Paradise directed by Ridley Scott and starring Gérard Depardieu, Armand Assante and Sigourney Weaver. The Expanded Edition features the film’s original music composed by Academy Award winner Vangelis (Chariots of Fire, Blade Runer, Alexander, The Bounty), including two bonus tracks (Line […]

Opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is the film adaptation of Judy Blume’s classic novel Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret written and directed by Kelly Fremon Craig and starring Abby Ryder Fortson, Rachel McAdams and Kathy Bates. The film’s original music is composed by Hans Zimmer (The Lion King, Dune, Gladiator, The Dark […]

Vangelis (1943 – 2022)

Posted: May 19, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music News
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Vangelis (born as Evángelos Odysséas Papathanassíou) has passed away at age 79 in France. The Greek composer has scored numerous films, including Hugh Hudson’s 1981 drama Chariots of Fire, for which he won the Academy Award and also received a Grammy Award nomination, Ridley Scott’s Blade Runner, for which he was BAFTA- and Golden Globe-nominated […]