Composer Vangelis, who gave the movie Chariots of Fire its signature synth-driven sound, has died. He was 79 years old. According to his assistant Lefteris Zermas, Vangelis died on the May 17 in a ...

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 TV series, has ...

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 ...

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 ...

Vangelis, whose instantly recognizable, Oscar-winning musical theme for 1981’s Chariots of Fire won an Oscar and became a sort of aural shorthand for tales of endurance and triumph, died May 17, ...

Greek composer and keyboard player Vangelis poses at his apartment in Paris, 9th June 1991. (Photo by Rob Verhorst/Redferns) Redferns Vangelis, the Greek electronic composer who wrote the ...

Vangelis, the Oscar-winning composer behind Chariots Of Fire, one of the most well-known film scores of all time, died at age 79, The Guardian reported Thursday. Greek composer and keyboard player ...

Evángelos Odysséas Papathanassíou, known to cinephiles around the world as Vangelis, has died this week at a hospital in France, his reps announced in a statement. He was 79. Vangelis is best known ...

Vangelis—the composer who scored Blade Runner, Chariots of Fire, and many other films—has died, Reuters reports, citing the Athens News Agency. A cause of death was not revealed. According to The ...

Vangelis, best known for the “Chariots of Fire’” and “Blade Runner” soundtracks, is dead. He was 79. A rep for the composer told the Guardian that he died at a hospital in France. It is unknown what ...