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On March 29, 1943, Vangelis was born near Volos, Greece. He purportedly began composing at the age of four, and is largely a self-taught musician. He refused to take traditional piano lessons, and throughout his career did not have substantial knowledge of reading or writing musical notation. He studied painting, an art he still practices, at the Academy of Fine Arts in Athens.

In the early 1960s he was one of the founders of pop group The Forminx (or The Formynx), which became very popular in Greece. Based in Thessaloniki in the north of the country, the five-piece band played a mixture of cover versions and their own material, the latter written mostly by Vangelis but still sung in English.

Around the time of the student riots in 1968, Vangelis founded progressive rock band Aphrodite's Child together with Demis Roussos, Loukas Sideras and Anargyros "Silver" Koulouris. After an unsuccessful attempt to enter the UK, they found a home in Paris, where they recorded their first single, a hit across much of Europe called Rain and Tears.

While still in Aphrodite's Child, Vangelis had already been involved in other projects. In 1970 he had composed the score for a film called Sex Power (Demis Roussos provided vocals).

In 1973 Vangelis' solo career began in earnest. His first "official" solo album was Earth, though it did actually feature a group of musicians including ex-Aphrodite's Child guitarist Silver Koulouris and also vocalist and songwriter Robert Fitoussi (better known as F.R. David of "Words Don't Come Easy" fame). This line-up, later briefly going out under the name "Odyssey", released a single in 1974 titled "Who", but that was Vangelis' last involvement with them. Later in 1974, Vangelis was widely tipped to join another prog-rock band, Yes, following the departure of Rick Wakeman.

After moving to London, Vangelis signed with RCA Records, set up his own studio, Nemo Studios, and began recording a string of electronic albums, such as Heaven and Hell (1975), Albedo 0.39 (1976), Spiral (1977), Beaubourg (1978), and China (1979). A melody from Albedo 0.39 called "Alpha" was also used in Cosmos. Another part (the song "So Long Ago, So Clear" ), featured guest vocals by Jon Anderson, marking the start of the partnership.

In 1979, Vangelis provided the score for another animal documentary by Fr�d�ric Rossif, Opera Sauvage. Almost as well known as L'Apocalypse des Animaux, the resulting soundtrack would bring him to the attention of some of the world's top filmmakers.

In 1983 Vangelis wrote the music for Michael Cacoyannis' staging of the Greek tragedy Elektra which was performed featuring Irene Papas at the open-air amphitheater at Epidavros in Greece. The same year Vangelis composed his first score for a ballet by Wayne Eagling. It was originally performed by Lesley Colier and Wayne Eagling himself at an Amnesty International gala in Drury Lane, but in 1984 the Royal Ballet School presented it again at the Sadler's Wells theater. In 1985 and 1986, Vangelis wrote music for two more ballets: "Frankenstein - Modern Prometheus" and "The Beauty and the Beast".

In 1992, Vangelis wrote the music for the Euripides play, "Medea", which featured Irene Papas. In the 90's, Vangelis scored a number of undersea documentaries for French ecologist and filmmaker, Jacques-Yves Cousteau.

During 1980, six years after Vangelis decided against joining Yes, he and Jon Anderson, the lead singer of Yes, released their first album together, Short Stories, under the band name of Jon & Vangelis. They would eventually go on to release three more afterwards; The Friends of Mr. Cairo, Private Collection and Page of Life released in 1981, 1983, and 1991 respectively.

In 2001, Vangelis performed live and released Mythodea, a predominantly orchestral rather than electronic piece that was originally written in 1993, and used by NASA as the theme for the Mars Odyssey mission.

In 2001 Vangelis once more composed music for Irene Papas' play - "Las Troyanas". In 2002 he wrote music for staging of Shakespeare's "The Tempest" to open the new Hungarian National Theater.

In 2002 Vangelis created 2002 FIFA World Cup Official Anthem for the 2002 World Cup, a project not related to his homeland. In this work the Korean folk song, Arirang, is the main recurring theme and melody.

In 2004, Vangelis released the score for Oliver Stone's Alexander, continuing his involvement with projects related to his homeland.

In 2007, Vangelis released 2 albums. First was a 3CD set for the 25th Anniversary of Blade Runner, titled Blade Runner Trilogy. Second is the soundtrack for the Greek movie, El Greco, titled El Greco Original Motion Picture Soundtrack.


Albums:

APHRODITE'S CHILD:


1971 666 (CD1)
1971 666 (CD2)
1996 THE COMPLETE COLLECTION (CD1)
1996 THE COMPLETE COLLECTION (CD2)


VANGELIS & DEMIS ROUSSOS:

1972 AINSI SOIT-IL
1977 MAGIC
1982 DEMIS
1984 REFLECTION



VANGELIS & IRENE PAPAS:


1978 Odes
1986 Rapsodies


JON AND VANGELIS:


1980 SHORT STORIES
1981 THE FRIENDS OF MR CAIRO
1983 PRIVATE COLLECTION
1991 PAGE OF LIFE
1994 CHANGE WE MUST
1998 JON AND VANGELIS INTERVIEW (BOOTLEG)


SUZANNE CIANI & VANGELIS:


1984 THE VELOCITY OF LOVE


KLAUS SCHULZE PLAYING VANGELIS:


1993 CONQUEST OF PARADISE (SINGLE)


VANGELIS & NEURONIUM:


1996 A SEPARATE AFFAIR


Solo:


1968 VANGELIS & THE FORMINX 1965-1968
1970 - Sex Power
1971 - The Dragon
1971 FAIS QUE TON REVE SOIT LONG QUE LA NUIT
1971 HYPOTHESIS (BOOTLEG)
1971 THE DRAGON (BOOTLEG)
1973 - Earth
1973 - L'Apocalypse Des Animaux
1973 EARTH (BOOTLEG)
1975 HEAVEN AND HELL
1975 LA FETE SAUVAGE (SOUNDTRACK)
1976 - Albedo 0.39
1977 - Ignacio
1977 - Spiral
1978 BEAUBOURG
1978 SENSITIVITY PLUS ALPHA (LIVE, PARIS'78)
1979 - China
1979 - Opera Sauvage
1979 LONDON, 1979 (BOOTLEG)
1980 - See You Later
1981 - Chariots of fire
1981 THE MUSIC OF COSMOS
1983 - Antartica
1984 - Soil Festivities
1984 THE BOUNTY (CD1) (SOUNDTRACK)
1984 THE BOUNTY (CD2) (SOUNDTRACK)
1985 - Invisible Connections
1985 - The Mask
1988 - Direct
1989 - Themes
1990 - The City
1991 EVENT OF EXCELLENCE (LIVE IN HOLLAND'91) (BOOTLEG)
1992 - 1492 Conquest Of Paradise
1992 BLADE RUNNER (GONGO) (BOOTLEG)
1993 BLADE RUNNER (PRIVATE RELEASE)
1994 - Blade Runner
1995 - Voices
1996 - Oceanic
1996 ATHENS (BOOTLEG)
1996 SONG OF THE SEAS (SINGLE)
1997 - Portraits (So Long Ago, So Clear)
1997 BITTER MOON SUITE (BOOTLEG)
1997 THEMES II (BOOTLEG)
1998 - El Greco
1999 REPRISE 1990-1999
1999 UNCOMMON TRACKS
2000 COLLABORATION WORKS (CD1)
2000 COLLABORATION WORKS (CD2)
2000 DANCE MIXES
2000 RARE SOUNDTRACKS
2001 - Mythodea
2002 - Cosmos
2003 - Odyssey
2004 - Alexander (ORIGINAL MOTION PICTURE SOUNDTRACK)
Jean Michel Jarre & Vangelis
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Genre:Electronic
Subgenre:Electronic / Symphonic / Progressive / Folk / Rock
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