Which Vangelis era do you prefer? |
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verslibre
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P.S. The list is missing Ignacio (1977).
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jude111
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How disappointed are you that Vangelis wasn't tapped to score the upcoming Blade Runner sequel? The minimalist Jóhann Jóhannsson seems all wrong for the project, imo. But we'll see; I hope to be proven wrong. I'd still much rather have Vangelis doing it...
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verslibre
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I'll give JJ the benefit of the doubt for now. It's a movie I'm not even sure should be made, but I'll definitely be at the theater.
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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. |
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I've enjoyed the film since the '80s, and I certainly can't imagine it existing without Vangelis' magnificent score. *Rogue One ...!
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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.
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Strange...Heaven and Albedo are the two that I prefer but I absolutely hate See You Later apart for Memories of Green
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In terms of 'progressiveness' then has to be the seventies especially as it includes probably his greatest masterpiece China. That's a perfect Vangelis album! Also 666 is one of the best 70's albums imo.
However I think these are all masterpieces as well and none are 70's El Greco Voices Direct Antarctica Soil Festivities Mask |
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Oh - they were both recorded in 1971 and released in 1978 though.
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Soil Festivities in one word: sublime. I always recommend it to other people who I know who enjoy EM, but have never heard that record. "I'll get around to it." (They don't know what they're missing!) Direct, which I bought new in '88 (whew!), is a seriously underrated album. I likened it to a return to his Spiral sound, just more modern (for the time). The CD had that great bonus track "Dial Out" (I had to upgrade, because I had first purchased it on cassette!).
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1.- 666 (Aphrodite's Child)
2.- Heaven & Hell 3.- Albedo 0.39 Can live without the rest |
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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. |
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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.
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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
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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.
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