ATHENS (Reuters) -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 of ...

This emotional instrumental is still so iconic.

The Greek composer Vangelis, dead at 79, won a best original score Oscar for "Chariots of Fire" and composed the music for "Blade Runner." The composer who helped shape the sound of the 1980s as much ...

ATHENS, Greece — 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, documentaries and ...

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Vangelis, the electronic-music pioneer who won an Oscar for “Chariots of Fire” and composed such other landmark film scores as “Blade Runner,” died Tuesday, the Athens News Agency reported. He was 79.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Evángelos Odysséas Papathanassíou, known to cinephiles around the world as Vangelis, has died this week at a hospital in France, ...

A master of the synthesizer, he won an Oscar for that film’s score, and his memorable theme song became a No. 1 pop hit. By Richard Sandomir Vangelis, the Greek film composer and synthesizer virtuoso ...

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 the age of 79, the Athens ...