Evangelos Odysseas Papathanassiou (Greek: ????????? ???????? ???????????? IPA:) (var. Papathanssiou), is a Greek composer of electronic, new age and classical music and musical performer, under the artist name Vangelis Papathanassiou (???????? ????????????) or just Vangelis (a diminutive of Evangelos; pronounced /væn?g?l?s/ in English). A frequent mispronunciation is with a soft g, as in gin . He is best known for his Academy Award winning score for the film Chariots of Fire, and scores for the films Blade Runner and 1492: Conquest of Paradise.   Wikipedia