Are any of Vangelis' other albums similar to the Blade Runne

Hey there, I just wanted to check in with everyone to see if anybody here is familiar with any of Vangelis' non BR music, and if so, which albums are similar?<BR><BR>Actually, any insights at all on Vangelis and his music would be appreciated (BR or non-BR).

upon lookin through my copy of Future Noir i found a small section mentioning <!-- BBCode Start --><I>Vangelis Music Similar to That but Not Heard in Blade Runner</I><!-- BBCode End --> he mentions Antartica,and Opera Sauvage according to the book Famants Roses sound remakably like Blade Runner Blues. the above mentioned Opera Sauvage was available on cd in 1995 whether or not its still in stores i'll leave that up to you
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A good place to start would be the <!-- BBCode u2 Start --><A HREF="http://www.bladezone.com/contents/film/production/soundtrack/i_dreamt_music/i_dreamt_music.php" TARGET="_blank">article</A><!-- BBCode u2 End --> that Bentley Ousley did for Bladezone...<BR><BR>Have you heard the <!-- BBCode u2 Start --><A HREF="http://www.bladezone.com/contents/film/production/soundtrack/visions_in_sound/visions_in_sound.php" TARGET="_blank">radio show</A><!-- BBCode u2 End --> also by Bentley?<BR><BR>_________________<BR><!-- BBCode Start --><IMG SRC="http://www.deckard.worldonline.co.uk/filez/BR26354.gif" BORDER="0"><!-- BBCode End --><BR><BR>Richard Gunn<BR>News and Content Manager for Bladezone<BR><!-- BBCode Start --><A HREF="mailto:richardg@bladezone.com">richardg@bladezone.com</A><!-- BBCode End --><BR><BR><font size=-1>[ This Message was edited by: Deckard BR26354 on 2003-02-12 06:42 ]</font>

Should check out the Japanese new agey musician Kitaro, there are some excellent synth pieces reminiscent to Vangelis' work on Tunhuang and Light of the Spirit among others.
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Many of the albums put forth by Vangelis during the same period as the <!-- BBCode Start --><I> Blade Runner Soundtrack </I><!-- BBCode End --> have a similar "feel" to them. You might be interested in the soundtracks to the films <!-- BBCode Start --><I>Antarctica</I><!-- BBCode End -->, <!-- BBCode Start --><I> Mutiny on the Bounty </I><!-- BBCode End -->, as well as some of his other works such as <!-- BBCode Start --><I>Opera Sauvage</I><!-- BBCode End -->, <!-- BBCode Start --><I>Beaubourg</I><!-- BBCode End -->, <!-- BBCode Start --><I>Soil Festivities</I><!-- BBCode End -->. His music from this period tends to be more electronic in nature as opposed to the more recent releases such as <!-- BBCode Start --><I> Mythodea </I><!-- BBCode End --> which are mainly orchestral in their final form.

The music he made for BR is rather unique.<BR><BR>However, I'd like torecommend these:<BR><BR>-"Antarctica" soundtrack<BR>-"Chariots of Fire" closing theme<BR>-"Bounty" soundtrack <BR>-"The City" album<BR>-"Direct" album (one of his most inventive <BR> works, hard to get these times)<BR><BR>There are plenty of compilations, but my most favourite one is (how predictable) <BR>Greates Hits. It contains his songs from the 70s (I think he made his best back then). It contains classic songs, like Alpha, Dervish D., To the Unknown Man, Pulstar, Bacchanale, Theme from Cosmos and more...<BR><BR>
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I am surprised no one mentioned vangelis's Themes. For a long time it was the only CD that had music from BR in it. It also has themes from both opera savage and antartica (I tink). I also would second Direct. I used to listen to that album every day when working for a friend's computer company in 91'. Also check out Tangerine Dream(the group).

Thank you very much for all the replies, I will certainly look into what you people suggested.<BR><BR>The Dark Knight, thanks for suggesting the Japanese musician Kitaro. That reminds me, I am willing to look into similar music to BR wether it's by Vangelis or somebody else, so any ideas would be great.<BR><BR>I have tried looking into similar artists, but I must say I really don't have much of a liking for most new age music, actually most of it annoys me.<BR><BR>But on the other hand, I think I can appreciate synthesized music(and basically 80's music which I think is unfairly ignored by many) more than most. <BR><BR>I have unexpectedly become a big Prince fan in the past year, BTW.

<!-- BBCode Quote Start --><TABLE BORDER=0 ALIGN=CENTER WIDTH=85%><TR><TD><font size=-1>Quote:</font><HR></TD></TR><TR><TD><FONT SIZE=-1><BLOCKQUOTE><BR>On 2003-02-12 16:19, Lost Painting wrote:<BR><BR><BR>I really don't have much of a liking for most new age music... But on the other hand, I think I can appreciate synthesized music(and basically 80's music which I think is unfairly ignored by many)...<BR></BLOCKQUOTE></FONT></TD></TR><TR><TD><HR></TD></TR></TABLE><!-- BBCode Quote End --><BR><BR>But then, New Wave is basically one of the most important synth "movements" of the early 80s, isn't it? <IMG SRC="/forum/images/smiles/icon_smile.gif"><BR><BR>(here we can put whole pool of artists from Gary Numan, through Depeche Mode, up to<BR>Einsturzende Neubauten)
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Yay!
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Speaking of New Wave, I was a big Duran Duran fan back in the 80's. Three of my favourite songs by them are instrumentals: <!-- BBCode Start --><I> Tel Aviv </I><!-- BBCode End -->, <!-- BBCode Start --><I>Tiger, Tiger </I><!-- BBCode End -->, and <!-- BBCode Start --><I>Rose Arcana </I><!-- BBCode End --> (actually recorded by their side project, Arcadia).

Kraftwerk, anyone?

for me Druan Duran's best was <!-- BBCode Start --><I> View To A Kill</I><!-- BBCode End --> the theme to the james bond movie of the same name
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Yeah, I really liked Duran Duran's View to a Kill theme song, too. Loved the thumping drums. <BR><BR>And all the neon colors during the opening credits, so 80's but so good!<BR><BR>I know this is not new wave music, but is anyone familiar with Joy Division? Boy, some of there stuff is so cold and creepy. Lots of good bass <IMG SRC="/forum/images/smiles/icon_smile.gif"><BR><BR><font size=-1>[ This Message was edited by: Lost Painting on 2003-02-17 00:16 ]</font>