【希臘新世紀音樂家**范吉利斯**2012年最佳典藏集】

 

【專輯藝人】: Vangelis
【專輯名稱】: The Collection Greatest Hits
【發行日期】: 2012年
【唱片公司】: Rhino Records/ Warner Music Group Company
【專輯類型】: Soundtrack, Modern Classical, Synth-pop, Instrumental


[專輯介紹]：

范吉利斯本名Evangelos Odyssey Papathanassiou，1943年3月29日出生於希臘。

范吉利斯(Vangelis)是一位偉大的音樂家，集創作，演奏和音樂製作於一身，一個真正的全才。被人們稱為現代的瓦格納(Richard Wagner)。他的許多史詩般的電子音樂作品和電影配樂深得樂迷們的鍾愛。范吉利斯開創了電子音樂與電影配樂的嶄新前景，奠定了所謂未來太空音樂的發展，可謂居功厥偉。

幾乎沒有受過任何音樂教育的他，在4歲時便能演奏鋼琴，6歲舉行個人作品發表會，可謂真正的音樂天才。這位才藝卓越的鍵盤器樂手，是近30年來影響力最廣泛的電子合成器專家。 范吉利斯年輕時期接受搖滾音樂洗禮，學生時期自組的樂團「Forminx」不僅是1960年代希臘最受歡迎的音樂團體，范吉利斯更是將近代流行音樂帶進希臘的第一人。而為了尋找更寬廣的音樂空間，25歲的范吉利斯前往巴黎發展，他自組的「愛神之子合唱團」（Aphrodite’s Child）紅遍整個歐洲，也成功開發了前衛搖滾樂的新方向。

1970年代的范吉利斯全心投入電子音樂創作，並轉往倫敦為電影製作配樂，開啟他輝煌的電影配樂時代，其中包括1981年榮獲奧斯卡金像獎最佳配樂的「火戰車」、1982年的「銀翼殺手」、1983年的「南極物語」、1992年的「1492征服天堂」等重要作品，范吉利斯開創了電子音樂與電影配樂的嶄新前景，奠定了所謂未來太空音樂的發展，可謂居功厥偉。

也許正是因為范吉利斯的無師自通，他的音樂具有獨特的無法複製性，他以鍵盤音樂為基礎，巧妙融合古典、流行、電子、new age 等音樂元素，發展出綿密的管弦樂法以及嶄新的電子音樂語法，而他身兼作曲、編曲、製作的能力，更完整地呈現他的音樂理念，從早期古典樂器到後來的新電子音樂，在范吉利斯手中誕生出嶄新的表現方式，成為一種未來感十足的新音樂。

這專輯是為了配合2012年倫敦夏季奧運會發布，而Vangelis的音樂“戰車之火”被採用。 CD中的31首樂曲包括他的電影配樂，獨奏和合作專輯。 最新未發行的曲目“Remembering”是一個薩克斯風的伴奏樂。


"Over the course of his long-lasting career, musical genius Evangelos Odyssey Papathanassiou has lived up to his middle name by taking listeners on a wide-ranging journey through music.

In doing so, the man better known as Vangelis has become probably the world's foremost electric composer, with more than 50 albums, several hit singles, countless honours - and an Oscar - to his name.

Synonymous with soundtracks for films and television, his many scores include: Blade Runner, 1492, The Bounty and Chariots of Fire - for which he won an Oscar in 1981. But there is far more to the work of Vangelis, who is driven only by pushing back musical boundaries in his quest for perfection.

A pioneer of the synthesiser from its earliest days, Vangelis was making ambient music before the genre had been defined: New Age music before anyone coined the phrase: Chill-out Soundscapes before we knew how to chill anything but wine.

The collection compiles many of the best-known works from a remarkable career that began when he turned his back on pop superstardom in 1960s hitmakers Aphrodite’s Child, instead, intrigued by the many possibilities of the newly-invented synthesizer, he decided, by blending symphonic structures with electronic instrumentation, to create a unique new sound that, despite all efforts, still defies categorisation.

These two discs span the length and breadth of a solo career that began in 1970 with soundtracks for French nature documentaries, moved on to film and ballet scores and took the profolic partnership with with Jon Anderson from the rock titans Yes.

Adjectives such an “haunting” and “epic” seem to have been invented especially for the music of Vangelis - music that goes straight to the listener’s emotions.

Disc one takes us from sweeping Conquest of Paradise, through the stirring Chariots of Fire to the stark soundscapes of Blade Runner and onwards to the hit-making collaborations with Jon Anderson of I Hear You Now and I’ll Find My Way Home.

Disc two offers listeners to the more ‘ambient’ side of Vangelis. Highlights include the minimalist piano melodies of Memories Of Green and the magical beauty of Ask The Mountains, featuring the angelic vocals of Stina Nordenstam. The album ends with a dreamlike new composition, Remembering, that seamlessly weaves a Sax solo into its mesmeric musical web.

So, with The Collection arriving as London prepares to host the Olympic Games, what better time could there be to discover - or rediscover - the vast catalogue of a composer for ever synonymous with the Olympic ideal of striving for perfection."


[專輯曲目]：

Disc 1:
1. Vangelis - Conquest Of Paradise [04:53]
2. Vangelis - Titles From Chariots Of Fire [03:29]
3. Vangelis - Blade Runner End Titles [04:38]
4. Vangelis - Pulstar [05:45]
5. Vangelis - Eternal Alexander [04:35]
6. Vangelis - Anthem - 2002 Fifa World Cup Official Anthem [02:57]
7. Vangelis - Line Open [04:26]
8. Vangelis - To The Unknown Man [05:41]
9. Vangelis - Hymne [02:41]
10. Vangelis - Voices [06:58]
11. Vangelis - Up And Running [03:08]
12. Vangelis - Blade Runner (Main Titles) [05:32]
13. Vangelis - Tears In Rain [03:01]
14. Jon & Vangelis - So Long Ago So Clear [05:01]
15. Jon & Vangelis - I'll Find My Way Home [04:29]
16. Jon & Vangelis - State Of Independence [05:00]
17. Jon & Vangelis - I Hear You Now [05:13]



Disc 2:
18. Vangelis - Rachel's Song [04:46]
19. Vangelis - Missing [03:55]
20. Vangelis - Love Theme (From Blade Runner) [04:53]
21. Vangelis - Ask The Mountains [07:53]
22. Vangelis - Theme From 'Bitter Moon' [03:37]
23. Vangelis - Dream In An Open Place [05:50]
24. Vangelis - Twenty Eighth Parallel [05:10]
25. Vangelis - Memories Of Green [05:04]
26. Vangelis - La Petite Fille De La Mer [05:51]
27. Vangelis - Song Of The Seas [05:55]
28. Vangelis - Memories Of Blue [05:28]
29. Vangelis - L'Enfant [04:53]
30. Vangelis - Echoes [08:18]
31. Vangelis - Remembering [06:28]
32. Vangelis - Theme from 'Antarctica' (Bonus) [07:26]


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