One should mention the most comprehensive web-site that includes all the info you will ever need about Vangelis and his work - Elsewhere - http://elsew.com/
I applaude the web-site authors and maintainers for their work over the years.
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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’ve found the opposite with some of the soundtracks of his I’ve paid attention to: - True Romance: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=BA7WTbzqp2o - Interstellar: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=zE-qxNVoUSo - Little Prince: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=PKG_EVEs0Ck - The Dark Night: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=1zyhQjJ5UgY - Dune: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=BdtiYwSP9ko He’s very prolific ( https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wik…
Well, he steals a lot I'd say. One example:
"True Romance" -> "Badlands" slash Carl Orff "Grassenhauer":
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#193Imo, 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…
> Vangelis brought the synthesizer from an experimental novelty to an instrument for composition.
Along with Wendy Carlos and Jean-Michel Jarre, of course.
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The brass you hear in Vangelis is probably an Oberheim OB-Xa, incredible brass sounds. The band toto made those sounds extremely popular here in the states too. Google who the Porcaro brothers were (well one is still alive and kicking :) )
CS80 indeed. There is an almost identical patch for the Arturia CS-80v if interested: https://www.synthtopia.com/content/2017/10/19/free-arturia-c...
You're right! I remember actually trying the Arturia a while ago just to get that sound.
Regarding the Oberheim brass... it's incredible :) , I probably wanted it to be the OB.
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#195Imo, 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…
> Vangelis brought the synthesizer from an experimental novelty to an instrument for composition. Along with Wendy Carlos and Jean-Michel Jarre, of course.
Also The Doors, The Monkees, Giorgio Moroder.
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I think Scott did this to Jerry Goldsmith for ALIEN as well, except Jerry wasn't happy about reusing music.
Don’t you have to ask the composer for permi$$ion anyway? Or do things work differently in Hollywood?
In the end, it's whoever pays for the rights.
I think it was a piece of music from another film, also by 20th Century Fox, that they used as a temp track, and Scott liked it so much he made it happen. Goldsmith was not best pleased.
It'll probably be the music for the opening titles, because when I bought the album in the 80s I was suprised (disappointed actually) that piece wasn't on it, and leaving off the opening titles is a real omission in a movie soundtrack.
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#197Earlier quoted context omitted.
I think Scott did this to Jerry Goldsmith for ALIEN as well, except Jerry wasn't happy about reusing music.
Don’t you have to ask the composer for permi$$ion anyway? Or do things work differently in Hollywood?
not if you are stanley kubrick ;) (2001)
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#198Earlier quoted context omitted.
The brass you hear in Vangelis is probably an Oberheim OB-Xa, incredible brass sounds. The band toto made those sounds extremely popular here in the states too. Google who the Porcaro brothers were (well one is still alive and kicking :) )
CS80 indeed. There is an almost identical patch for the Arturia CS-80v if interested: https://www.synthtopia.com/content/2017/10/19/free-arturia-c...
there's also deckard's dream: https://black-corporation.com/product/deckards-dream-mk2/