VANGELIS began his solo work by writing scores to two films by French filmmaker Frederic Rossif in 1973. They had a hit single in Europe called "Rain and Tears." The group was disbanded in 1972, although Roussos made several appearances on VANGELIS' later work. ![]() During the student riots in 1968 he moved to Paris and formed progressive rock band APHRODITE'S CHILD with Demis Roussos and Loukas Sideras. In the early 1960s he formed the pop group FORMINX (sometimes spelled "FORMYNX"), which became very popular in Greece. He studied classical music, painting and film direction at the Academy of Fine Arts in Athens. He refused to take traditional piano lessons, and throughout his career he did not have substantial knowledge of reading or writing musical notation. VANGELIS began composing when he was 4 years old, and is largely a self-taught musician. He also composed the anthem of Football World Cup 2002. His best known compositions are the Academy Award-winning 1981 theme to the movie "Chariots of Fire" and the entire score to "Blade Runner". VANGELIS (the "g" is pronounced as a hard "g", as in "get") is a world-renowned new age and electronic musician. Evanghelos Odysseas Papathanassiou "VANGELIS" - Born Ma(Volos, Greece) - died (Paris, France)
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