Vangelis, famed film composer and synth pioneer, dead at 79

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Blade runner was a great soundtrack…

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Yeah I saw this…Blade Runner one of my favorite films and yeah that score is so good… rip

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I have a lot of Vangelis’ other work, his non-soundtrack work, on my computer. He was really great. His score to BR was critical to the film’s overall aesthetic.

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So sad. Truly one of the best and brightest.

In many ways getting older really sucks as we have to watch our inspirations pass one by one.

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RIP.

Listening to the BR soundtrack now.

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I have Earth, The City and Albedo 0.39. All are great albums, Earth being something that has to be experienced at least once while outside under a full moon and if possible while dancing around a raging bonfire dressed in nothing but a loincloth.

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For a while I was amusing myself making really dumb improvised voice-over videos. This was the first one I made for the CHARIOTS OF FIRE video where I added “lyrics” to the Vangelis song.

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I have a Greatest Hits, Heaven And Hell, and Albedo 0.39. And the Blade Runner soundtrack, of course.

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Sad news.

The “Chariots of Fire” main theme was a number one hit in the US almost 40 years ago to the day in May 1982. I always thought it was cool when an instrumental would break through on the radio just to change things up.

There was also that Ernest & Julio Gallo wine commercial from the mid-80s.

Ernest & Julio Gallo wines - 1986

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I put a folder together with most if not all Blade Runner Soundtrack Vangelis stuff…enjoy:

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That was fucking rad.
It literally makes me wanna drink Gallo, which suddenly seems classy as fuck.