Biography
Evángelos Odysséas Papathanassíou, best known professionally as Vangelis, was a Greek composer of electronic, progressive, ambient, jazz, and orchestr...read more
Evángelos Odysséas Papathanassíou, best known professionally as Vangelis, was a Greek composer of electronic, progressive, ambient, jazz, and orchestral music. He is best known for his Academy Award–winning score for the film Chariots of Fire (1981), and composing scores for the films Blade Runner (1982), Missing (1982), Antarctica (1983), 1492: Conquest of Paradise (1992), and Alexander (2004).
Department
Sound
Birthday
1943-03-29
Place of Birth
Volos, Thessaly, Greece
Also Known As
[ "Evángelos Odysséas Papathanassíou" ]
What nominations did Vangelis get?
1
Academy Awards
- Best Original Score
What nominations did Vangelis get?
3
British Academy of Film and Television Arts
- Best Original Music
Vangelis’s Awards and Nominations
Awards
1
54th Academy Awards
(1982)
Nominations
1
35th British Academy of Film and Television Arts
(1981)
Nominations
1
36th British Academy of Film and Television Arts
(1982)
Nominations
1
36th British Academy of Film and Television Arts
(1982)
AWARDS
LEGAL
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