Vangelis, the Greek composer whose rousing electronic theme music for the Oscar-winning Chariots of Fire was one of the best-known film scores of the 1980s, has died at 79. A cause of death has not ...

Vangelis’ ‘Chariots Of Fire’ film score is an iconic work of pioneering electronica and emotive music-making. The film was conceived and produced by David Puttnam, and tells the story of two ...

Vangelis won an Oscar for his 1981 Chariots of Fire soundtrack. Its uplifting piano motif became world-renowned, and reached No.1 in the US charts, as did the accompanying soundtrack album.

Greek composer Vangelis, who was known for his celebrated film themes for Chariots of Fire and Blade ... and provided the soundtrack to so many of our lives. "We will miss him enormously.

Leading Greek composer Vangelis Papathanassiou (Vangelis ... Sagan and a year later he created the top soundtrack of the film "Chariots of Fire", which won the Oscar for Best Original Score.

I shall miss him greatly." Chariots of Fire composer Vangelis was 'a pioneer' Chariots of Fire's Liddell is Chinese 'hero' Is Chariots of Fire a good running track? The film was nominated for a ...

“Like many great films, Chariots of Fire takes its nominal subjects as occasions for much larger statements ... his skilled commercial aesthetic exemplified by the striking juxtaposition of 1920s ...