Vangelis DEAD

[AGinAg (37)]

Vangelis, composer of Chariots of Fire and Blade Runner soundtracks, dies aged 79

Greek composer topped US charts with Chariots of Fire’s uplifting piano-led theme

www.theguardian.com

 

[Nancy]

FML! I thought you meant the Vangelis who was on The Voice!

 

[Madison]

He’s with Demis Roussos now.

 

[AGinAg (37)]

FML! I thought you meant the Vangelis who was on The Voice!

No, the famous one.

 

[ButterTart]

FML! I thought you meant the Vangelis who was on The Voice!

Fun fact, he's going out with my mate whose brother turned into Veronica Green on Drag Race UK.

 

[Nancy]

Fun fact, he's going out with my mate whose brother turned into Veronica Green on Drag Race UK.

Aawww! Me and Vangelis used to be friends a few years back when I lived in London. We lost touch when I fell down my first major rabbit hole of addiction. He had a boyfriend then. Is it the same guy?

 

[Ellie]

RIP

 

[ButterTart]

Aawww! Me and Vangelis used to be friends a few years back when I lived in London. We lost touch when I fell down my first major rabbit hole of addiction. He had a boyfriend then. Is it the same guy?

Was his boyfriend called Tony? Looked a bit like Victoria Beckham? Strong Rochdale accent?

 

[Cerro de Casa]

Sorry I know it sounds awful but I thought he had died! ages ago

 

[COB]

God, this is such a BANGER and how I'll choose to remember him:

 

[GNL]

I'm only familiar with him because of the Blade Runner soundtrack, which is - I think it goes without saying - a fucking MASTERPIECE.

 

[Kate]

RIP

IN ME NOW.

 

[Kate]

Oh yeah RIP or whatever

 

[Marina Salty]

Rip, my strongest memory of his work is Mythodea from 93.

 

[octophone]

Genuinely surprised at the strong reaction to this on Twitter - turns out a whole heap of experimental heads adore this guy's 60s-70s work. Seems to have inspired a lot of people along the way, bless 'im.

 

[Peekaboo]

He is (was ) an EXTREMELY UNDERRATED composer, able to CREATE A MOOD like very few others, hence all his film soundtrack work.

I love the Antarctica album, one of my go-to albums for getting in the zone.

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[Christian]

The Blade Runner score is incredible and I frequently give it a play. If you can get hold of the 2 hour bootleg Esper Edition, grab it

Themes is the best album to get a feel for his film stuff (Blade Runner is represented there twice ).

There's also the Jon & Vangelis collaboration which gave us the original version of "State Of Independence" plus 80s staple "I'll Find My Way Home". I'm not much of a fan of either but I do remember them being quite ubiquitous back in the day.