In 1983 Vangelis wrote the music for Michael Cacoyannis ' staging of the Greek tragedy Elektra which was performed featuring Irene Papas at the open-air amphitheater at Epidavros in Greece.

An interview in 1982 with Backstage music magazine suggests that Vangelis had previously been married to a singer named Vana Verouti, who had performed vocals on some of his records, performing for the first time with him on La Fête sauvage and later on Heaven and Hell.

In 1979, Polydor released her solo album entitled Odes, with music performed ( and partly composed ) by Vangelis Papathanassiou ( also previously a member of Aphrodite's Child ).

Norman premiered the song cycle woman. life. song by composer Judith Weir, a work commissioned for her by Carnegie Hall, with texts by Toni Morrison, Maya Angelou and Clarissa Pinkola Estés ; performed a selection of sacred music of Duke Ellington ; recorded a jazz album, Jessye Norman Sings Michel Legrand ; and was the soprano co-lead in Vangelis ' project Mythodea. Norman commended herself in Mussorgsky's songs, which she performed in Moscow in the original Russian.

Nina Santa Maria ( Into Eternity )" performed by Vangelis.

It also contains samples from U2's song " Ultraviolet ( Light My Way )", Peter Gabriel's " Kiss That Frog ", NASA retransmissions sampled from " Mare Tranquillitatis " performed by Vangelis, and Genesis ' " Dreaming While You Sleep ".

Abatzi performed with many of the most famous musicians including Panayiotis Toundas, Vangelis Papazoglou, Kostas Skarvelis, Iakovos Montanaris, Spyros Peristeris, Dimitrios Semsis, I. Ogdontaki up to Markos Vamvakaris and Vassilis Tsitsanis.

In 1971, some jam sessions with a group of musicians at Marquee Studios in London had resulted in two albums ' worth of material, unofficially released without Vangelis ' permission in 1978, titled Hypothesis ( aka Visions of the Future ), and The Dragon.

This line-up, later briefly going out under the name " Odyssey ", released a single in 1974 titled " Who ", but that was Vangelis ' last involvement with them.

A disagreement led to Vangelis withholding permission for his performance of the music from Blade Runner to be released, and the studio instead hired a group of musicians dubbed " The New American Orchestra " to record the official LP released at the time.

An official three disc box set was released in late 2007 to commemorate the film's 25th anniversary: it contained the original 1994 album, a second disc containing some more of the missing music cues and a third disc of new Vangelis material inspired by Blade Runner.

During 1980, six years after Vangelis decided against joining Yes, he and Jon Anderson, the lead singer of Yes, released their first album together, Short Stories, under the band name of Jon & Vangelis.

In 2004, Vangelis released the score for Oliver Stone's Alexander, continuing his involvement with projects related to Greece.

Vangelis released 2 albums in 2007 ; the first was a 3 CD set for the 25th Anniversary of Blade Runner, titled Blade Runner Trilogy and second was the soundtrack for the Greek movie, El Greco, titled El Greco Original Motion Picture Soundtrack.

Meanwhile, Jon Anderson had released two solo albums since leaving Yes and had also achieved success with the Jon and Vangelis project.

In September 1975 he appeared on the Vangelis album Heaven and Hell and in the following year released his first solo album Olias of Sunhillow.

In early 1980, when Anderson and Wakeman left Yes, Anderson started recording again with Vangelis ; and by summer 1980, Jon & Vangelis had released Short Stories, followed in November by Jon's solo album Song of Seven and a major British tour with The New Life Band.

He also released an album with Vangelis in July 1981 called The Friends of Mr. Cairo.

* Chronicles ( Jon & Vangelis album ) released in 1994 by Jon & Vangelis

In 1986 Papas released a further album in collaboration with Vangelis, entitled Rhapsodies ( Polydor CD 829 413-2 ).

Albedo 0. 39 is an album by the artist Vangelis, released in 1976.

Heaven and Hell, released in 1975, is the fifth solo album by Greek electronic composer and artist Vangelis.

In 1986, Jon & Vangelis made a few attempts at writing a new album, but much of this work was never officially released under the Jon and Vangelis name.

It was released in 1972, and was the primary vehicle / effort for the Vangelis project.

Earth is the third solo album by the Greek artist Vangelis, released in 1973.

The music from Mythodea by Greek composer Vangelis was used as the theme music for the mission.

Vangelis would return to classical style work ten years later, on Mask ( 1985 ). Vangelis dabbles with choral sections joined with his now typical electronic washes of sound, a concept he would return to in the nineties with his Conquest of Paradise and Mythodea.

Vangelis ' project Mythodea initiated in 1993, was finally completed in 2001.

Evangelos Odysseas Papathanassiou ( ; born 29 March 1943 ) is a Greek composer of electronic, progressive, ambient, jazz, pop rock and orchestral music, under the artist name Vangelis.

The choice of music was unorthodox as most period films featured traditional orchestral scores, whereas Vangelis ' music was modern and synthesizer-heavy.

Synthtopia, an electronic music review website, stated that Vangelis ' music could be referred to as " symphonic electronica " because of his use of synthesizers in an orchestral fashion.

It is not known where Vangelis generally resides ; he has stated that he " travels around ", rather than settling down in one specific place or country for long periods of time.

Barrett grew up more interested in films and film soundtracks rather than music, and still cites Wendy Carlos's A Clockwork Orange soundtrack album and the Vangelis soundtrack for Blade Runner as defining musical influences.

Though Hypothesis, released in 1978, but recorded in 1971 is also considered to be another " experimental " album, it was a release which Vangelis did not sanction, and, besides, it was musically geared towards jazz fusion rather than the minimalist style of the albums, above.

In a career spanning over 50 years, writing and composing more than 52 albums, Vangelis is regarded as one of the greatest composers of electronic music of all time.

The album produced two singles: " I'll Find My Way Home " and " State of Independence "; the latter was a bigger hit for Donna Summer than for Jon and Vangelis, getting to # 14 in the British Charts.

The music that Vangelis was creating for 666 was much more psychedelic and progressive rock oriented than anything the band had done before.

The Theodorakis songs sound more like traditional Greek Bouzouki music than the Vangelis works.

The music that Vangelis was creating for 666 was much more psychedelic and progressive rock oriented than anything the band had done before.

After moving to London, Vangelis signed with RCA Records, set up his own studio, Nemo Studios, and began recording a string of electronic albums, such as Heaven and Hell ( 1975 ), Albedo 0. 39 ( 1976 ), Spiral ( 1977 ), Beaubourg ( 1978 ), and China ( 1979 ).

As a musician, Vangelis relies heavily on synthesizers and other electronic approaches to music.

In the 1980s, along with other electronic music pioneers such as Jean Michel Jarre and Vangelis, the band were early adopters of the new digital technology which revolutionized the sound of the synthesiser, although the group had been using digital equipment ( in some shape or form ) as early as the mid-seventies.

The score is by the Greek electronic composer Vangelis.

The mid-1970s saw the rise of electronic art musicians such as Jean Michel Jarre, Vangelis, and Tomita.

Early graphics and music included various kinds of sports balls flying outward, featuring a rapid-fire electronic audio track that was a version of " Pulstar ", by Vangelis.

Both Vangelis and Roussos pursued successful solo careers, Roussos as a pop singer and Vangelis first in electronic music, then in movie soundtracks, which made him a successful film score composer of the 1980s, 1990s, and 2000s ( decade ), having penned such titles as 1982's Ridley Scott's Blade Runner and 2004's Oliver Stone's Alexander among many others.

Air's music is often referred to as electronica ; their form of electronic music was influenced by the synthesizer sounds of the 1970s such as Jean Michel Jarre, Vangelis, and Francis Lai.

While having trained in classical guitar and piano at an early age, Bracegirdle's earliest influences in electronic music came from melodic composers such as Jean Michel Jarre and Vangelis, and synthpop pioneer Vince Clarke ; a further influence was the dance hit " Anthem " by the house music group N-Joi.

In 1978, Papas collaborated with composer Vangelis in an electronic rendition of eight Greek folk songs, issued as a record called " Odes ".

In fact, this album constitutes the first album where Vangelis establishes himself as one of the main figures in the growing musical genre of electronic instrumental and new age, creating a web of sound linking several simultaneous beats and melodic lines of different timbres on his synthesizers.

Themes is a 1989 compilation album of works by Greek electronic composer and artist Vangelis.

It wasn't until his subsequent releases that Vangelis ' electronic, instrumental style became dominant.

Invisible Connections is a 1985 album by electronic / new age musician Vangelis.