Vangelis

Evángelos Odysséas Papathanassíou ( ; 29 March 1943 – 17 May 2022), known professionally as Vangelis ( ; ), was a Greek musician and composer. His music was electronic, progressive, ambient, jazz, and orchestral. He was best known for his Academy Award-winning score to "Chariots of Fire" (1981), as well as for composing scores to the movies "Blade Runner" (1982), "Missing" (1982), "Antarctica" (1983), "The Bounty" (1984), "" (1992), and "Alexander" (2004).
He also composed music for documentaries such as "" by Carl Sagan. He was born in Agria, Hellenic State (present-day Agria, Greece). His career began in 1963.
Vangelis died on 17 May 2022 at a hospital in Paris, France from heart failure while receiving treatment for COVID-19, aged 79.
Influences.
Vangelis stated composers like Hans Stockhausen, Delia Derbyshire, Michel Legrand, Klaus Schulze, Soft Machine, Brian Eno, Jerry Goldsmith, Morton Subotnick, Max Corbacho and Neu! as influences.