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Vangelis: Chariots of Fire and Blade Runner composer dies at 79 -

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 Fire, which was followed by Blade Runner a year later.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-61514850

Whilst he received an Oscar for Chariots of Fire, it was his amazing score for Blade Runner in 1982 that cemented my love of his music, and really opened my eyes as to how a score could become integrated into such a huge part of a film's appeal and success -

Blade Runner Soundtrack (Remastered 2017) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k3fz6CC45ok

Chariots Of Fire - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8a-HfNE3EIo

Cheers,

Itsallaguess

And don't forget his non film work as well. I became a big fan of his after hearing "I Hear You Now" by Jon & Vangelis back in my youth.

Itsallaguess wrote:it was his amazing score for Blade Runner in 1982 that cemented my love of his music, and really opened my eyes as to how a score could become integrated into such a huge part of a film's appeal and success -

It didn't need a voiceover did it

I really think it is exceptional and I agree that it's absolutley integral to the movie
- possibly because the movie subject matter suits Vangelis better than "Chariots" does (which suffers a bit like Jarre in Gallipolli to my ears)

Just listen to how it plays during the "tears in rain" speech; that can't happen with a traditional score...
...unless you've built the scene around it (looking at you Edgar Wright) and we know that monologue was a last minute bit of Hauer inspiration
utterly brilliant in concept, structure, modulation (...oh what? wait you're a good guy) and execution
- and if there is a better or more charismatic "explosion of a distant drum" sound I've yet to hear it

I'll be putting on Friends of Mr Cairo for the ride home ("State of Independence" being a guilty pleasure)

-sd

By an amazing coincidence we were playing Spiral the night before, the first time in perhaps 15 years.

Bladerunner... one of my Top Ten films, largely down to the soundtrack.

V8

One of my favourite tracks, sorry to have this excuse to play it.

The Friends of Mr Cairo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__eZAuc2f-Q

John

redsturgeon wrote:One of my favourite tracks, sorry to have this excuse to play it.

The Friends of Mr Cairo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__eZAuc2f-Q

John

There is a lot of great on the album! (Having just listened to it for the first time in a while because of this news )

I find it appropriate that The Friends of Mr Cairo is looking back with nostalgia 40 years prior to its composition while here we are 40 years on looking back with nostalgia...

John

redsturgeon wrote:I find it appropriate that The Friends of Mr Cairo is looking back with nostalgia 40 years prior to its composition while here we are 40 years on looking back with nostalgia...

John

We see patterns in all the stuff that matters to us

Rutger Hauer passed away around the same time Roy Batty was meant to...

"Movin' on, believe that's it, call it magic"

-sd

Ach nooo...
A bit of an obscure one , but I thought "L'Enfant" fitted into 'The Year Of Living Dangerously' quite well
(Think the rest of the soundtrack is someone else..)

Aphrodite's Child were a bit odd, with Demis Roussos ..