Vangelis - Themes (1989)

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Artist: Vangelis
Title: Themes
Year Of Release: 1989
Label: Polydor #839 518-2 (US)
Genre: Electronic, New Age, Stage & Screen
Quality: EAC Rip -> FLAC (Img+Cue,Log) / MP3 CBR320
Total Time: 01:03:54
Total Size: 422 / 234 Mb (Full Scans)
WebSite: Album Preview

Themes is a 1989 compilation album of works by Greek electronic composer and artist Vangelis. It featured some previously released tracks from Vangelis's other albums, as well as some pieces from movie soundtracks that had not previously been released. The album is notable because it marked the first official appearances of Vangelis' music from the films Blade Runner, The Bounty, and Missing. Of these three film scores, only the Blade Runner soundtrack has since received an official release.

Themes is one of the most entertaining and thorough of any of Vangelis' collections, with excerpts spanning such albums as Opera Sauvage, China, and the ever-popular Chariots of Fire release from 1981. Most of the selections from Themes speak for Vangelis' movie contributions, including the infamous "Chariots of Fire" track as well as the lonesome-sounding theme from Missing and the powerful openings from Mutiny on the Bounty. With this music, Vangelis has implemented some variations in rhythm and some noticeable fluctuation in his synthesizer work, making these tracks much more colorful and animated than his new age meanderings of the '70s. Also, his ability to cast visual imagery through his keyboard playing is represented by many of these excerpts, but proven best on tracks like "Antarctica," in which the white, barren wasteland is conjured up perfectly through his wispy synthesized textures, and then again on "End Titles From Bladerunner," which was previously unreleased, simulating the impersonal, android-like world in which the movie was based. Both of his cuts from China include oriental-flavored backdrops, while Bladerunner's love theme remains one of Vangelis' most beautiful pieces. Themes is a definitive purchase as far as compilations are concerned, since a majority of his best material lies in the 14 tracks.

~ Mike DeGagne, All Music

Track List:

01. End Titles [from Blade Runner] [0:04:59.02]
02. Main Theme [from Missing] [0:04:01.35]
03. L'Enfant [from Opera Sauvage] [0:05:02.28]
04. Hymn [from Opera Sauvage] [0:02:47.42]
05. Chung Kuo [from China] [0:05:32.00]
06. The Tao of Love [from China] [0:02:47.00]
07. Theme from Antarctica [from Antarctia] [0:03:54.35]
08. Love Theme [from Blade Runner] [0:05:00.43]
09. Opening Titles [from The Bounty] [0:04:18.37]
10. Closing Titles [from The Bounty] [0:05:00.00]
11. Memories of Green [from See You Later] [0:05:44.73]
12. La Petite Fille De La Mer [from L'Apocalypse Des Animaux] [0:05:54.02]
13. Five Circles [from Chariots of Fire] [0:05:20.58]
14. Chariots of Fire [from Chariots of Fire] [0:03:31.17]

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