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 Fire, has died. He was 79.

Vangelis, the electronic music pioneer best known for his soundtracks to both Chariots of Fire and Blade Runner, has died. Representatives have not offered a cause of death, although they confirmed he ...

Composer Vangelis, who gave the movie Chariots of Fire its signature synth-driven sound, has died. He was 79 years old. According to his assistant Lefteris Zermas, Vangelis died on the May 17 in a ...

London, UK - Much to the excitement of music fans worldwide, the new feature length documentary on Greek music legend Vangelis titled 'Vangelis And The Journey To Ithaka' will be released on September ...

Greek God of electronic, prog, and new age, the great Vangelis is set to release his first non-soundtrack studio album since 1998’s El Greco. Titled Rosetta, the album will hit the streets on ...

Composer and Lecturer in Screen Composition, Sydney Conservatorium of Music, University of Sydney In June 1994 the late composer Evangelos Odysseas Papathanassiou – better known as Vangelis – released ...

Vangelis's celebrated soundtrack to Ridley Scott's epic recounting of the voyage to America in 1492 by Christopher Columbus, 1992's 1492: Conquest Of Paradise, is to be reissued on vinyl and CD ...

The electronic music pioneer and three-time Grammy nominee also worked on 'Blade Runner,' 'Missing' and 'Alexander.' By Mike Barnes Senior Editor Vangelis, the Greece-born composer and electronic ...

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, ...