‘Blade Runner’ Soundtrack Composer Vangelis Dies Aged 79

Greek electronic and orchestral composer Vangelis has died. The 79 calendar year old musician died in a French medical center, where by he was being handled for an disease.

Vangelis is greatest acknowledged for his catalogue of movie scores. His soundtrack for Ridley Scott’s 1982 sci-fi movie, Blade Runner, is not only one of the most popular film soundtracks of all time, but the synth-weighty rating is observed as a landmark release in the evolution of digital songs.

1 yr prior to Blade Runner, Vangelis composed the score for Hugh Hudson’s athletics drama, Chariots Of Hearth. Vangelis’ soundtrack received the Academy Award for Best Original Rating, while Chariots Of Fireplace picked up the award for Best Photograph.

Vangelis was born Evángelos Odysséas Papathanassíou in the coastal Greek town of Agria, and grew up in Athens. He played organ in various pop bands in the 1960s. He began scoring Greek movies in the early 1970s, though also launching a vocation as a solo artist. His solo repertoire ranged from ambient and avant-garde digital compositions to jazz, blues, and classical motivated prog-rock.

Vangelis’ most recent album, Juno to Jupiter, came out in September 2021. Even though his film soundtrack perform was intermittent, he and Scott teamed up again on the 1992 film, 1492: Conquest of Paradise. He also composed new music for documentaries by maritime conservationist Jacques Cousteau and his son, Pierre-Yves Cousteau.