Vangelis, the electronic music pioneer best known for his soundtracks to both Chariots of Fire and Blade Runner, has died.

Vangelis is also revered for his score to 1982’s Blade Runner, and his music was prominently featured in Carl Sagan’s iconic 1980 documentary Cosmos: A Personal Voyage.

“Blade Runner” and “Chariots of Fire” composer Vangelis, the electronic music pioneer and sole Greek to win an Academy Award for best original score, died late Tuesday aged 79.

The music world just lost one of its more influential figures. Deadline reports Vangelis, the composer behind the scores for Blade Runner and Chariots of Fire, has died in France at the age of 79.

Vangelis, whose instantly recognizable, Oscar-winning musical theme for 1981’s Chariots of Fire won an Oscar and became a sort of aural shorthand for tales of endurance and triumph, died May 17 ...

Vangelis, whose instantly recognizable musical theme for 1981's 'Chariots of Fire' won an Oscar and topped charts, has died at 79.

Vangelis, the electronic-music pioneer who won an Oscar for “ Chariots of Fire ” and composed such other landmark film scores as “Blade Runner,” died Tuesday, the Athens News Agency ...

The Greek composer Vangelis, dead at 79, won a best original score Oscar for "Chariots of Fire" and composed the music for "Blade Runner." The composer who helped shape the sound of the 1980s as ...

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Vangelis, the Greek electronic composer who wrote the unforgettable Academy Award-winning score for the film “Chariots of Fire” and music for dozens of other movies ...

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Vangelis, the Greek electronic composer who wrote the unforgettable Academy Award-winning score for the film “Chariots of Fire” and music for dozens of other movies ...