Blade Runner
7/13/2005, AMG
Arriving 12 years after the release of the film, Vangelis' soundtrack to the 1982 futuristic noir detective thriller Blade Runner is as bleak and electronically chilling as...
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Chariots Of Fire
7/13/2005, AMG
Vangelis' electronic score for a film set in 1930s Britain seemed an odd match at first, but the title theme, with its echoing, manipulated rhythm box and melodic hook,...
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Albedo 0.39
7/13/2005, AMG
Albedo 0.39 represents some of Vangelis' most fascinating material from the early portion of his career. Using transforming tonal washes and lengthy runs of calm but...
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Beaubourg
7/13/2005, AMG
A great dark synthesized tone poem inspired by the Beauborg Cathedral. Vangelis had hinted at his desire to create works of this nature in some sections of Heaven and Hell,...
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China
7/13/2005, AMG
Vangelis uses ringing synthesizer textures and stately rhythms to evoke the majesty of China, in a similar fashion to another of his "geography" works, Antarctica. While a...
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Direct
7/13/2005, AMG
The CD release of Direct includes bonus material -- which fits the flow of this intense and dramatic offering -- not included on the cassette or vinyl releases. Like most...
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Heaven And Hell
7/13/2005, AMG
Those used to Vangelis' later and lighter synthesized outings may not be quite ready for this dark, thundering album. While it did provide us with the theme music for the TV...
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Opera Sauvage
7/13/2005, AMG
This warm, lyrical album was derived from Vangelis's music for a French television series. Rich, electronic orchestrations range from grandly symphonic to simple and serene....
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Soil Festivities
7/13/2005, AMG
Soil Festivities dates from 1984, before Vangelis was working with orchestras. Some would say that it was before he "sold out" or when he was a "real musician," but those...
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Spiral
7/13/2005, AMG
As far as Vangelis' early work is concerned (pertaining to the five years of his solo career), Spiral stands up quite well, although it's almost always regarded as an...
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The Mask
7/13/2005, AMG
Mask is an e-music symphony in six movements. Vangelis is near his best on this album. He takes the best from his many different e-music personas and creates huge walls of...
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Themes
7/13/2005, AMG
Themes is one of the most entertaining and thorough of any of Vangelis' collections, with excerpts spanning such albums as Opera Sauvage, China, and the ever-popular...
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Voices
7/13/2005, AMG
Voices is a deep and engaging album from an e-music legend, Vangelis. This CD predates his regular use of symphony orchestras to augment his synths. His synths are, however,...
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Oceanic
7/13/2005, AMG
As its title indicates, Vangelis' Oceanic is a quiet, meditative work evocative of the sea. ~ Jason Ankeny, All Music...
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Portraits (So Long Ago, So Clear)
7/13/2005, AMG
Portraits (So Long Ago, So Clear) is a set of 15 pieces covering approximately 20 years of Vangelis' career. He is, undoubtedly, the most commercial electronic musician...
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The Best Of Vangelis
7/13/2005, AMG
Taking eight of Vangelis' most ambient and electronically melodic tracks from his mid-'70s albums, The Best of Vangelis may be somewhat of a misleading title, but it's still...
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The City
7/13/2005, AMG
This is a day in the life of a city, its denizens shaking off sleep and moving through the busy streets and promenades only to return home and (presumably) start the process...
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Reprise: 1990-1999
7/13/2005, AMG
Reprise: 1990-99 collects some of Vangelis' best works from the '90s, including "Conquest of Paradise," "Light and Shadow," "Rachel's Song," "Fields of Coral," and "Come to...
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Odyssey: The Definitive Collection
7/13/2005, AMG
New age art rock guru Vangelis has been making music for over 30 years. His progressive, electronic, and highly melodic soundscapes paved the way for artists like Enya --...
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Alexander Soundtrack
7/13/2005, AMG
Academy Award-winning composer Vangelis fills Oliver Stone's epic rendering of the story of Alexander with such victorious bombast, that it may as well be a Jerry...
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Reprise 1990-1999
7/13/2005, AMG
One of the most interesting facets of Vangelis' music is the way in which it has re-formed and remodeled itself throughout each decade without losing its resilience or...
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