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Known For

Sound

Known Credits

52

Gender

Male

Birthday

1943-03-29

Day of Death

2022-05-17 (79 years old)

Place of Birth

Volos, Thessaly, Greece

Also Known As

Evángelos Odysséas Papathanassíou

Vangelis

Biography

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

Production

Crew

Directing