'Chariots Of Fire' And 'Blade Runner' Composer Vangelis Dies

Vangelis, the Greek composer of soundtracks for "Blade Runner" and "Chariots of Fire" has died aged 79, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said Thursday

Athens, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 19th May, 2022 ) :Vangelis, the Greek composer of soundtracks for "Blade Runner" and "Chariots of Fire" has died aged 79, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said Thursday.

"Vangelis Papathanassiou is no longer with us," the prime minister tweeted.

"The world of music has lost the international (artist) Vangelis." A pioneer of electronic music, he found inspiration in space exploration, nature, futuristic architecture, the New Testament and the student movement of May 1968.

His soundtrack for "Chariots of Fire" won an Oscar, defeating John Williams' score for the first Indiana Jones film "Raiders of the Lost Ark" in 1982.

"It is with great sadness that we announce that the great Greek Vangelis Papathanassiou passed away late on the night of Tuesday, May 17," his lawyer was quoted as saying by the ANA news agency.

According to several Greek media outlets, Vangelis died of the coronavirus in France where he live part-time, along with London and Athens.

Among the dozen original scores he has composed include those from the Costa-Gavras film "Missing," Roman Polanski's "Bitter Moon" and Oliver Stone's "Alexander."