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Re: Vangelis has died

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Post by the_af »

troyvit wrote: post #53

Maaaaaan about the time Blade Runner came out I was a fourth grader fumbling with the Chariots of Fire record pretty much every day. That was the first record I remember associating the different reflections on the grooves with the length of the song. Pretty clear given that side 2 was all one song. So many elementary school crushes I dreamt of to that album. Didn't get whacked upside the head by Blade Runner until l…

> (there was some legal crap about releasing the original music).

That crap resulted in multiple bootleg versions of the Blade Runner soundtrack. I don't know if there is a definitive one :/ Maybe with the Special Edition blue-ray?

I like the voiceover version of the tracks from the original CD ("do you like our owl?"), but I also like listening to the tracks without voiceovers.

Re: Vangelis has died

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Post by nixass »

zoomablemind wrote: post #75

My memory holds that magical feeling, when in the mindnight darkness and quietness of home, suddenly heard a gentle stream of silver bells and a beautiful, maybe melancholic, melody from a tiny radio speaker... with no announcement of the author or name of the song. It was then just used as a last song of the day. Took me a veeery long time and other side of the globe to hear it again, again by chance, but with attri…

Man, never knew this was his song. Even tho I am fan of his work I never end discovering knew masterpieces he made.

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Post by pmoriarty »

Vangelis is best known for the themes of Blade Runner and Chariots of Fire, but Light and Shadow[1] also deserves to be remembered as one of his greats.

And here is a fantastic video of him performing one of his tracks live: [2]

[1] - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gUzIbphUL0Q

[2] - Performance starts at 1'36" in https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3b1xJYCrKDU

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Post by Agamus »

Sad to hear! I had just this month sent myself on a deep dive of Vangelis' work. He composed so many amazing things - here are a few tracks that have stuck out for me. Something about them is just hard to "get out of":

Jon and Vangelis: "I'll Find My Way Home" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rKqLAVyRaXw&list=PLHgJlrCztl...

Vangelis: "Juno opening its solar arrays" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RXqt2EQIG5g&list=PLHgJlrCztl...

Re: Vangelis has died

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Post by paulsmith »

moron4hire wrote: post #77
mhh__ wrote: post #2

That's a shame. His work on blade runner just has this timeless magic to it. The sequel ends on his motif (tears in rain) for a reason too. I also forgot to mention that chariots of fire is truly great too. Some parts of his music haven't aged too well, but the stuff that hasn't is sorely missed in today's film scores. Even if Zimmer is brilliant he's not a poet.

Seriously, I can always tell a Hans Zimmer score without even having preknowledge that a film had hired him. Big, orchestral, boring score that repeats the same motifs he's been using for the last 50 years? Dude has one act.

I'm basically with you but Interstellar stood out for me, I think he matched well with that film's themes.

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Post by nixass »

dancemethis wrote: post #43

I had no idea it was a _person_ named Vangelis. The word sounds like a band name. And really, the exquisite textures are a workload which would ordinarily require multiple talents. Guess he was THAT good.

It's actually common Greek name. I was in shock (positively) when I got two new colleagues at work both named Vangelis. They remind me of the Vangelis every single day, funny stuff

Re: Vangelis has died

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Post by vanderZwan »

moron4hire wrote: post #77
mhh__ wrote: post #2

That's a shame. His work on blade runner just has this timeless magic to it. The sequel ends on his motif (tears in rain) for a reason too. I also forgot to mention that chariots of fire is truly great too. Some parts of his music haven't aged too well, but the stuff that hasn't is sorely missed in today's film scores. Even if Zimmer is brilliant he's not a poet.

Seriously, I can always tell a Hans Zimmer score without even having preknowledge that a film had hired him. Big, orchestral, boring score that repeats the same motifs he's been using for the last 50 years? Dude has one act.

That's more due to how movie scores are produced these days. Every Frame A Painting explains it really well in this video on why you can't remember any music from Marvel movies:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7vfqkvwW2fs

(well, up until they made that video, at least)

Re: Vangelis has died

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Post by pmoriarty »

moron4hire wrote: post #77
mhh__ wrote: post #2

That's a shame. His work on blade runner just has this timeless magic to it. The sequel ends on his motif (tears in rain) for a reason too. I also forgot to mention that chariots of fire is truly great too. Some parts of his music haven't aged too well, but the stuff that hasn't is sorely missed in today's film scores. Even if Zimmer is brilliant he's not a poet.

Seriously, I can always tell a Hans Zimmer score without even having preknowledge that a film had hired him. Big, orchestral, boring score that repeats the same motifs he's been using for the last 50 years? Dude has one act.

What other Zimmer track sounds like Time[1] (from his work on Inception)?

[1] - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxabLA7UQ9k

Re: Vangelis has died

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Post by pmoriarty »

motohagiography wrote: post #32

Imo, Vangelis brought the synthesizer from an experimental novelty to an instrument for composition. The two sounds I associate with him are the long brassy triangle with a steep envelope that we know from both Blade Runner and the accompaniment to the piano in the Chariots of Fire theme, and his effective use of chimes. I have tickets for Olafur Arnalds next week, and there is a younger generation of composers like…

Just for reference, here's Nils Frahm performing More:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FRj6G6RB7jc

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