Posts Tagged ‘Vangelis’

Time after time, New Age music is chosen to provide the chemistry to accomplish the director’s objective in bringing out the full emotion and depth of a character’s identity.

Our segment on movie music and scores takes a look at the popular Science Fiction thriller Blade Runner.  This movie directed by Ridley Scott & produced by Michael Deeley, remains a classic film with a long list of popular actors including Harrison Ford, Daryl Hannah, Rutger Hauer, Sean Young, and Edward James Olmos.

Over the years New Age music has been the appropriate choice for many great movies, and we expect this to continue well into the future.  Perhaps more of the talented artists we currently interview and write about will be the next artists to perform some great movie moments for the film industry.

With many soundtrack scores to his credit, Vangelis provides the entire music score for this Science Fiction thriller.  For those who have already seen Blade Runner, do you remember when Roy the ” replicant ” human asks the age old question of how long do I have to live, and how much time do I have left to his ” creator “ Dr. Tyrell  ?  We soon discover the answer to that question, only to find out Rachael is an exception for the how long do I have to live question.  Deckard then must decide in the following movie scene whether to ” retire ” Rachael, or to fall in love with her.  Rachael’s character happily endures in both the storyline and in the timeless New Age music score provided by Vangelis Papathanassiou. 

The YouTube song video below from the motion picture Blade Runner, features this exact pivotal moment during the movie storyline, along with the song Love Theme by Vangelis. 

This song is also on rotation at our Stars Radio if you want to tune in.