The composer who helped shape the sound of the 1980s as much as any other, Vangelis, is dead from Covid-19 at 79. The Greek musician used electronic instruments to play classical-inspired melodies ...

Vangelis, the self-taught, Oscar-winning Greek composer who piloted a dashboard of synthesizers through the New Age and into the cinema, most notably with catchy, cosmic scores for Chariots of ...

Anyone can read what you share. By Richard Sandomir Vangelis, the Greek film composer and synthesizer virtuoso whose soaring music for “Chariots of Fire,” the 1981 movie about two British ...

By Mike Barnes Senior Editor Vangelis, the Greece-born composer and electronic music pioneer who won an Academy Award for his synthesizer-laden score for the Oscar best picture winner Chariots of ...

One of film’s most iconic composers has died, with Variety reporting that Vangelis—a.k.a. Evángelos Odysséas Papathanassíou—died on Tuesday in France while undergoing treatment for COVID-19.

Musician and composer Vangelis, seen here in 1992 at the French Culture Ministry, has died. © Photo: Georges Bendrihem/AFP (Getty Images) The composer vangelis, with ...

Greek composer topped US charts and won an Oscar with Chariots of Fire’s uplifting piano-led theme Vangelis, the Greek composer and musician whose synth-driven work brought huge drama to film ...

Whatever it is, that image likely has a sound as well, and for many of us, that sound was written by a composer named Vangelis, who passed away this week at the age of 79. Then, to think ...

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Vangelis, the Greek electronic composer who wrote the unforgettable Academy Award-winning score for the film “Chariots of Fire” and music for dozens of other movies ...

ATHENS — Vangelis, the Greek composer whose rousing electronic theme music for the Oscar-winning 1981 film “Chariots of Fire” became one of the most loved movie scores, has died at the age ...