Interview: Lebrecht Meets Vangelis

July 28, 2015 · Posted in Uncategorized · Comments Off on Interview: Lebrecht Meets Vangelis 

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Vangelis is Greece’s most iconic living composer, famed principally for his synth-driven film scores toChariots of Fire and Bladerunner. In a career spanning more than 50 years, Vangelis has pioneered the use of electronic instruments and has worked in film, prog rock and classical.

In a rare interview, Vangelis talks to Norman Lebrecht about his earliest musical memories, the spontaneous creation of the Chariots of Fire theme, and why he had to leave Greece.

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Vangelis – A Rare Recording & Performing on Synthesizer 80’s

January 3, 2015 · Posted in Uncategorized · Comments Off on Vangelis – A Rare Recording & Performing on Synthesizer 80’s 

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Covenant vs Blade runner

December 16, 2014 · Posted in Uncategorized · Comments Off on Covenant vs Blade runner 

Vangelis – The Tegos Tapes

December 3, 2014 · Posted in Uncategorized · Comments Off on Vangelis – The Tegos Tapes 

The Tapes were created by surgeon Dr. Stergios Tegos, and contain educational examples of his microneurosurgery work. Tegos asked Vangelis to create a soundtrack for the videos and Vangelis agreed, composing nearly 12 hours of some of his more ambient music.

This music was lost to obscurity for years, because of the esoteric nature of the videos.

This changed when Vangelis Collector’s Don Fennimore came across a copy, while traveling in Greece, and wrote about it at his site.

Vangelis’s music for The Tegos Tapes will probably never get an official release, but Neville Dorrington, co-host of the long-running Australian ambient music radio show,Ultima Thule, has shared edits of the soundtrack via Soundclound for streaming listening.

Vangelis tribute Philae in collaboration with ESA

November 16, 2014 · Posted in Uncategorized · Comments Off on Vangelis tribute Philae in collaboration with ESA 

The first of a trio of music videos released by ESA to celebrate the first ever attempted soft landing on a comet by ESA’s Rosetta mission.

Vangelis, the world-renowned musician, has composed this piece of music specially for ESA and inspired by the Rosetta mission. Vangelis’s music is often linked to themes of science, history and exploration, and he is best known for his Academy Award–winning score for the film Chariots of Fire, composing scores for the films Antarctica, Blade Runner, 1492: Conquest of Paradise and Alexander, and the use of his music in the documentary series Cosmos, by Carl Sagan.

Vangelis said: “Mythology, science and space exploration are subjects that have fascinated me since my early childhood. And they were always connected somehow with the music I write.”

Video copyright: ESA/Vangelis
Original music: Vangelis

Follow the Rosetta mission at: http://www.esa.int/rosetta

Also watch:
Part 2: “Philae’s journey” by Vangelis
http://youtu.be/W8bVOGN9jSg

The second of a trio of music videos released by ESA to celebrate the first ever attempted soft landing on a comet by ESA’s Rosetta mission.

The third of a trio of music videos released by ESA to celebrate the first ever attempted soft landing on a comet by ESA’s Rosetta mission.

Vangelis music and Roland System 1

October 13, 2014 · Posted in Uncategorized · Comments Off on Vangelis music and Roland System 1 

Test of Roland System 1 with 3 covers of famous Vangelis songs:
– Blade Runner End Titles, where System 1 is used for pads / leads (CS80)
– Chariots of Fire (suite), where System 1 is used for lead (CS80)
– Soil Festivities Movement 4, where System 1 is used for lead (Prophet 5/10?)

Other instruments used in the covers:
– Xils-lab V+ for VP330
– U-He Diva, for different parts (for example the “blades” in B.R.)
– Steinberg The Grand 3, for piano parts

The patches used for Roland System 1 in this demo can be downloaded for free here:
http://purebits.com/system1.html

* NOTICE *
All played music composed by Vangelis. The above music is property and copyright of its rightful owners and there is no claim nor ownership of the music. This is a video made for demonstrating and testing musical instruments purposes only.
NO COPYRIGHTED SAMPLES were used in this video, all sounds are recorded live from musical instruments

An unexpected tribute to Vangelis: Blade Runner Main Titles

April 28, 2014 · Posted in Uncategorized · Comments Off on An unexpected tribute to Vangelis: Blade Runner Main Titles 

Background vidoe description:

This is something i always wanted to do, but never had the chance to. It happended 15 minutes ago, unexpected. I had to record this, even if is totally inaccurate! :) Hope you enjoy listening to this as i did playing it!

Chariots Of Fire – Vangelis – Using 37 added monophonic Korg MS-20 mini tracks!!!

April 19, 2014 · Posted in Uncategorized · Comments Off on Chariots Of Fire – Vangelis – Using 37 added monophonic Korg MS-20 mini tracks!!! 

This recording has been made using ONLY a Korg MS-20 mini.

Original midi tracks has been exploded into a total of 37 monophonic tracks and then processed, one at a time, through a MS-20 mini.

DVD documentary: Vangelis And The Journey to Ithaka

December 5, 2013 · Posted in Uncategorized · Comments Off on DVD documentary: Vangelis And The Journey to Ithaka 

Vangelis And The Journey to Ithaka is a new documentary on the Greek composer. Here we get a look at the custom set up that Vangelis uses and how he uses it to create improvised symphonic electronic compositions.

Background description:

The two-hour documentary includes interviews with Vangelis and many of his friends and colleagues, including Sean Connery, Hugh Hudson, Jessye Norman, Oliver Stone, Akiko Ebi, Julian Rachlin and many others. It also includes rare, historical footage, most of which has never been seen before. Another highlight includes recent footage of Vangelis improvising new music!

Vangelis, a composer of electronic, ambient, jazz, pop/rock and orchestral music, is best known for his Academy Award winning score for the film Chariots Of Fire, and composing scores for the films Antartica, Blade Runner, 1492: Conquest Of Paradise and Alexander, as well as the use of his music in the PBS documentary Cosmos: A Personal Voyage by Carl Sagan.

Vangelis began his professional music career working with several popular Greek bands in the ’60s such as The Forminx and most notably Aphrodite’s Child. Throughout the 1970s Vangelis composed music scores for several animal documentaries; the success of these scores brought him into the film scoring mainstream.

In the early ’80s, Vangelis teamed up with YES vocalist/songwriter Jon Anderson. The duo recorded a series of successful and critically acclaimed albums under the name Jon & Vangelis. In 1981 Vangelis composed the score for the Oscar-winning film Chariots Of Fire, which won him an Academy Award for Best Original Music Score. The soundtrack’s single ‘Titles’ reached the top of the American Billboard Hot 100 chart and was most recently used as theme music at the London 2012 Olympics.

In a career spanning over 50 years, writing and composing over 50 albums, Vangelis is regarded as one of the greatest composers of electronic music of all time. And now, the new documentary ‘Vangelis And The Journey To Ithaka’ celebrates the music legend’s illustrious and fascinating career!

Yamaha CS80 Presets From Vangelis

November 15, 2013 · Posted in Uncategorized · Comments Off on Yamaha CS80 Presets From Vangelis 

We start with a great demo of the Yamaha CS80 illustrating how Vangelis used presets for many of his signature sounds, music for free – NJ White AKA Whitey lets of steam about an approach from Betty TV, Cassette documentary in the making and finally the panel is split on news of the new Yamaha Tyros 5.

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