Vangelis, the composer of soundtracks like 'Chariots of Fire' and 'Blade Runner,' has died at the age of 79
. ‘When I wrote the score, I didn’t write it to be number one — I did it because I liked the people I was working with. It was a very humble, low-budget film.”Vangelis was born in 1943 in Agria, Greece as Evángelos Odysséas Papathanassíou and was a musical prodigy from an early age.
“When I’m successful in one field, I don’t stay with that, because I don’t want to become a prisoner of any label, any image,” he told“For 33 years I have accompanied you on this long and beautiful musical path that has been your work,” longtime collaborator Philippe Colonna. “An intuitive journey, filled with surprises, enthusiasm and sometimes sadness or disappointment, but a creative, warm and attentive way of life.