His earliest professional experiences included playing in a band called Aphrodite’s Child, who had many hits in the late ‘60s. Yet this was not satisfying for Vangelis: “Every record that we made went ...

The soundtrack album remained on the Billboard 200 chart for 30 weeks and spent four weeks in the top ... Vangelis was a founder of Aphrodite’s Child, a progressive rock band that had hit ...

Composer Vangelis, who gave the movie Chariots of Fire ... was released as a single and reached the top of the Billboard Hot 100. His efforts earned him a win for best original score at the ...

It went to number one in the US, and later topped the UK's classical singles chart in 2012 ... under the name Jon and Vangelis. The pair reached the UK top 10 with I Hear You Now in 1980, and ...

Based in Paris, the progressive rock group produced several European hits, and their final record 666, released in 1972, is still highly acclaimed. Aphrodite's Child also broke up, and Vangelis ...

Greek composer Vangelis’ score for the 1982 film “Blade ... and the scenes of an industrial Los Angeles circa 2019. The songs establish a very specific type of film world — a film world ...

Greek composer and keyboard player Vangelis poses at his apartment in Paris, 9th June 1991. (Photo by Rob Verhorst/Redferns) Redferns Vangelis, the Greek electronic composer who wrote the ...

When legendary musician and film composer Vangelis passed away back in May at age 79, many members of the filmmaking community spoke out in mourning. The former prog-rocker created some of the ...

Beyond that, many songs written or recorded for films have stood on their own, with the popularity of some eclipsing the movies that inspired them. One of the most famous examples comes from 1992 ...