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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…
one of his more esoteric and probably less known tracks : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P6qoTPhhv9w La petite fille de la mer
Damn, RIP. Dude wrote my favorite song describing what color each horse of the apocalypse is
For those that want to know more, this is referencing the album 666 by Aphrodite's Child. Got a copy from Germany sometime between '00 and '03. Amazing album, especially for someone that had only known him for Blade Runner at the time. His stuff with Jon Anderson is also fairly good. The Friends of Mr. Cairo is one of my favorites.
one of his more esoteric and probably less known tracks : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P6qoTPhhv9w La petite fille de la mer
That track was almost impossible to get hold of back in the day. I had heard of it, but never heard it. After years of asking around in record stores I finally found a really scratchy sounding cassette tape (no doubt a pirated copy) in a German record shop in East Frisia the summer of 1985.
one of his more esoteric and probably less known tracks : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P6qoTPhhv9w La petite fille de la mer
"Memories of Green" (from the album "See You Later") https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pW9D6agp794
I think this piece shows the range of his musical expressiveness, apart from his virtuosity or synth programming skills. Just a piano passed through a flanger effect with some ambient sounds.
The electronic bleeps in that track are recorded from a handheld electronic game (Bambino UFO Master Blaster [1]). Talk about giving a whole new meaning to those sounds.
Just sharing one of my favorite pieces of him: "Memories of Green" (from the album "See You Later") https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pW9D6agp794 I think this piece shows the range of his musical expressiveness, apart from his virtuosity or synth programming skills. Just a piano passed through a flanger effect with some ambient sounds. The electronic bleeps in that track are recorded from a handheld electronic game (Ba…
... But just one instrument, not enough. So I put nails in the piano, played on the strings, banged on the keys, making incredible sounds come out.