Which Vangelis era do you prefer? - Progressive Rock Music Forum

Floydoid wrote:

My favourite Vangelis works are the two collaborations he did with Irene Papas - 'Odes' (1979), and 'Rapsodies' (1986). Irene's theatrical/operatic style vocals gives the stunning music of Vangelis oomph and passion like no-one else could.

Yep both are great and sold very well in Greece drawing upon traditional Greek folk music.

1970 ies Earth is my top 1
the rest is elevator stuff

Every era of Vangelis was great. I voted for the 1980s due to Blade Runner's film music, which is his finest hour regarding his film music opus, and due to "See You Later," which is my personal favourite studio album by Vangelis. It's an underrated Vangelis album, maybe due to the fact that it was never released in the United States.

Edited by Lumenko - December 31 2023 at 02:53

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quality over quantity, and all kind of PopcoRn almost beyond

There is now Juno to Jupiter to add on. A bit of a RIP thread sadly. Vangelis didn't score the Blade Runner sequel but it turned out to be a superb film nevertheless under the sure footed guidance of Denis Villeneuve

Edited by richardh - October 06 2023 at 22:57

Another vote for the 1970's. Smile

1970s

“Living in their pools, they soon forget about the sea.”

1970s. China is my fave album of his- it still sounds so fresh decades later. Hoping the remaster out today in the Delectus box set is good, and he hasn't tinkered with it too much. He was so prolific in the 1970s, some really exciting experimental stuff. You get a sense with each album he was pushing boundaries.

twosteves wrote:

octopus-4 wrote:

twosteves wrote:

My fav album of his is Albedo ----but also loved Heaven and Hell and See you Later which I thought was so cool as an arty college student----and like some of his stuff with Jon (Jon really blew that friendship---they were good together) so I voted 70's.

Strange...Heaven and Albedo are the two that I prefer but I absolutely hate See You Later apart for Memories of Green

Understand----don't love the album but at the time thought it was cool and a departure from his other stuff---I haven't heard it recently ---hard to find the CD.

If you stick with it, that album can grow on you. The title track "See You Later" is especially good: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fwZrANBlh8k

Edited by jude111 - January 14 2017 at 07:19

jude111 wrote:

Dellinger wrote:

I have only seen Blade Runner once... I got it last year because of it's cult status. I guess I have to give it a few more watches. However, the music did add to the atmosphere and all, and I do believe they should have gotten Vangelis again, given that he is still available. The dimension of the films is very different, specially because of the amount of sequels and prequels, but it almost seems as if you would have a Star Wars film without John Williams doing the score.

When Blade Runner came out in the theater in 1982, I was 14 and pestered my parents to take my brother and I. (I should add that I was a huge Pink Floyd fan since discovering them in 1978 as a pre-teen.) When the film began and those thunderous booms and magnificent synths began, I was transfixed. I was absolutely positive as the film progressed that it was Pink Floyd who had done the music - from the bluesy, Shine On-like "Blade Runner Blues" to the eerie opening theme and creepy "Memories of Green" (that 9th note over a minor chord - how Floydian!), to the lush sax on the Love Theme. No one else but Pink Floyd was making music like this (not that I knew of), no one else combined spacey synths with bluesy soulfulness. I remember I made my parents stay to the end of the credits, waiting to see "Music by Pink Floyd," but being shocked that it was by someone I never heard of, "Vangelis." Ever since that day, I've been obsessed by Blade Runner.

I guess I have to put the movie again. I don't remember finding such a connection to Pink Floyd music (which are my favourite band), but then again, I have known the band for a long time, and have known of Vangelis for a very long time too (even if I don't know his discography nearly as intimatley as the Floyd's). Tough I guess I understand what you mean... if Pink Floyd had decided to do an instrumental album giving Wright's keyboards the spotlight, it might have sounded something like that.

Poll Question: Which Vangelis era do you prefer?
Poll Choice	Votes	Poll Statistics
1970s	34	[79.07%]
1980s	3	[6.98%]
1990s	5	[11.63%]
2000s	1	[2.33%]
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