Vangelis - Themes
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Free Music Review: Quite impressive.
Hit: 3 Stars
Vangelis is a very good musician. I got Themes a few months ago in order to acquire a comprehensive taste of his music. I really enjoy listening to this collection from time to time. It's quite ambient and relaxing. Every one of the pieces is satisfying and has something to offer. Vangelis plays all of the instruments himself, and his keyboard work is very good, indeed. He is the composer, arranger, and producer. All fourteen tracks are keyboard-based instrumentals. I'm very impressed with two of them. "Chung Kuo" and "Love Theme from 'Bladerunner'" are great pieces. "Chung Kuo" emanates wonder and mystery and sports attractive keyboard textures. "Love Theme from 'Bladerunner'" is an emotional and enjoyable track, also. Both of these tracks are infectious, beautiful, and imaginative. I'm glad that I got Themes because it really is quite impressive. I actually give it 3.5 stars. I recommend it.Free Music Review: This really IS the best of Vangelis
Hit: 5 Stars
It's the best of solo Vangelis anyway. It would really be the best if it included "Friends of Mr. Cairo." But that is the only significant omission.People who encounter this album for the first time will probably be shocked at the number of familiar melodies on it. Vangelis will undoubtedly endure past the "new age" bin in the record store. He certainly does not belong in the same category as Yanni and John Tesh. As a composer of simple, memorable instrumental melodies, he has no modern superior. "Hymn[e]" will survive for hundreds of years or until the apocalypse.
Themes displays the full range of Vangelis's performance and arrangement skills. By and large he performs all of his music himself (on a variety of instruments). He also has a deft touch as an arranger--generally preferring the sparse (L'Enfant, Hymn, Chariots of Fire) but capable of extraordinarily dense layerings that threaten to become sonic smears, but never quite do (Blade Runner).
You can't go wrong with this collection. Many people will be mesmerized by it and hardly anyone will be completely turned off by it. Even if you think the rest is too sugary, you can put on the Blade Runner titles and turn the stereo all the way up. Who can argue with that?
Free Music Review: One of the Songs Will Make You Cry...
Hit: 5 Stars
Vangelis' "Main Theme from Missing" is one of the saddest, most beautiful pieces of music I've ever heard. The only piece that compares is Barber's "Adagio for Strings" (which can be heard, for example, at the end of the movie 'The Elephant Man'). You'll never be the same again.Free Music Review: One of the best compilations of new-age music!
Hit: 5 Stars
THEMES is an album that truly expresses what Vangelis is all about:a new-age music genius.The compilation contains many of his best tracks like CHUNG KUO,TAO OF LOVE,HYMN,2 themes from BLADE RUNNER( the end titles and the love theme) and CHARIOTS OF FIRE, to name a few.This album is perfect for any VANGELIS lover.Most of the tracks on this compilation are soft and calming.Along with THE BEST OF VANGELIS,featuring his best electronic tracks of the 1970s, it is one of the best new-age compilations.Vangelis makes beautiful music and his art can never be imitated.Just by popping in this incredible CD you will relax and travel millions of miles away in your thoughts.This is a purchase you will not regret!Free Music Review: Exquisite...exquisito!
Hit: 5 Stars
I first purchased this in cassette way back in the Philippines when I was over there....I have since purchased it in CD and have yet to tire of it, even after all these years...there is so much textures on these electronic melodies...these themes are gathered from a wide range of film soundtracks from "The Bounty" to "Bladerunnner" and of course "Chariots of Fire" ...favorites of mine"The Tao Of Love", "Theme From Antartica", and "Love Theme From Bladerunner"...the music invokes so much more than the great film soundtracks...much of the music has a melancholic touch...with some unexpected upliftings turns...if you listen to this CD on headphones in the dark you are in for an experience bordering on the mystical...