Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Vangelis, the Greece-born composer and electronic music pioneer who won an Academy Award for his synthesizer-laden score for the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Born in Agria, Greece, in 1943, Evángelos Odysséas Papathanassíou worked with pop bands in the 1960s as a producer, arranger, and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Vangelis, whose instantly recognizable, Oscar-winning musical theme for 1981’s Chariots of Fire won an Oscar and became a sort of ...

Academy Award-winning composer Vangelis died Tuesday at a hospital in France, where he was being treated for COVID-19 Glenn Garner is a form writer-reporter who worked heavily with PEOPLE's Movies and ...

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 ...

Greek composer Vangelis, who was known for his celebrated film themes for Chariots of Fire and Blade Runner, has died at the age of 79. He won an Oscar for the stirring score to 1981's Chariots of ...

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.

Vangelis, the Greek electronic musician who won an Oscar for his memorable “Chariots of Fire” score and whose other credits included “Blade Runner” and “Blade Runner 2049,” died Tuesday, according to ...