El Greco Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
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El Greco Original Motion Picture Soundtrack is an audio CD featuring the music score for the 2007 film El Greco, by Greek electronic composer and artist Vangelis
, released in Greece and Cyprus by Universal Music Greece
. The film, directed by Yannis Smaragdis
, follows the life of Greek painter, Doménicos Theotokópoulos, as he travels to Italy and Spain where he becomes known as El Greco
(The Greek). Vangelis previously worked with Yannis Smaragdis on his 1996 movie about the Greek poet Kavafis
(aka Cavafy).
The album has reached # 1 position in Greek Charts and kept the position for three weeks.
All tracks, except 5, 8, & 11, composed and performed by Vangelis. All tracks Arranged and Produced by Vangelis.
Track 5 features the Choir of the Historical, Cultural and Folklore Association of Chania, Crete, "Kritikes Madares"
Voices: The Choir of the Greek Radio and Television
Choir music score transcription & Choir master: Irina Valentinova
Sound engineer: Frederick Rousseau
Assistant sound engineer: Vangelis Saitis
Cover design: Stathis Zalidis
had a limited release (3,000 signed copies) as part of a fund raising campaign for Greek art.
Three years later, in 1998, Vangelis recompiled the album, including 3 additional tracks, and retitled it El Greco
.
On this soundtrack for the film El Greco, Vangelis does not borrow from his previous work. His method is to watch the images and let them inspire his creative process. Typical of his film work, each track paints a different picture while fitting into the whole, even the three tracks not composed by Vangelis himself. Tracks 1 and 18 are different compositions of the same melody. Track 1 is a choral piece composed for the movie's climax and track 18 is a piano version that serves as the end titles. Track 2 is the actual opening titles.
Vangelis
Evangelos Odysseas Papathanassiou is a Greek composer of electronic, progressive, ambient, jazz, pop rock and orchestral music, under the artist name Vangelis...
, released in Greece and Cyprus by Universal Music Greece
Universal Music Group
Universal Music Group is an American music group, the largest of the "big four" record companies by its commanding market share and its multitude of global operations...
. The film, directed by Yannis Smaragdis
Yannis Smaragdis
Yannis Smaragdis is a Greek film director.He was born in Crete in 1946 and studied film in Greece and Paris, France. He appeared in 1972 with his short film Two Three Things... which received the first prize in the Athens Festival as well as a Special Mention in the Montreal Film Festival...
, follows the life of Greek painter, Doménicos Theotokópoulos, as he travels to Italy and Spain where he becomes known as El Greco
El Greco
El Greco was a painter, sculptor and architect of the Spanish Renaissance. "El Greco" was a nickname, a reference to his ethnic Greek origin, and the artist normally signed his paintings with his full birth name in Greek letters, Δομήνικος Θεοτοκόπουλος .El Greco was born on Crete, which was at...
(The Greek). Vangelis previously worked with Yannis Smaragdis on his 1996 movie about the Greek poet Kavafis
Constantine P. Cavafy
Constantine P. Cavafy, also known as Konstantin or Konstantinos Petrou Kavafis, or Kavaphes was a renowned Greek poet who lived in Alexandria and worked as a journalist and civil servant...
(aka Cavafy).
The album has reached # 1 position in Greek Charts and kept the position for three weeks.
Track listing
- Part 1 - 3:59
- Part 2 - 1:56
- Part 3 - 4:20
- Part 4 - 2:26
- Part 5 (Traditional Folk Song of Chania, Crete) - 3:06
- Part 6 - 2:05
- Part 7 - 1:30
- Part 8 (composed and performed by Psarantonis) - 1:56
- Part 9 - 1:00
- Part 10 - 1:51
- Part 11 (written and performed by Loudovicos Ton Anogion) - 2:50
- Part 12 - 4:56
- Part 13 - 2:36
- Part 14 - 1:06
- Part 15 - 2:40
- Part 16 - 2:46
- Part 17 - 2:28
- Part 18 - 3:16
All tracks, except 5, 8, & 11, composed and performed by Vangelis. All tracks Arranged and Produced by Vangelis.
Track 5 features the Choir of the Historical, Cultural and Folklore Association of Chania, Crete, "Kritikes Madares"
Voices: The Choir of the Greek Radio and Television
Choir music score transcription & Choir master: Irina Valentinova
Sound engineer: Frederick Rousseau
Assistant sound engineer: Vangelis Saitis
Cover design: Stathis Zalidis
The three El Greco albums
This is not the first project regarding El Greco with which Vangelis has been involved. In 1995, the album Foros Timis Ston GrecoForos Timis Ston Greco
Foros Timis Ston Greco is a classical album by Greek electronic composer and artist Vangelis...
had a limited release (3,000 signed copies) as part of a fund raising campaign for Greek art.
Three years later, in 1998, Vangelis recompiled the album, including 3 additional tracks, and retitled it El Greco
El Greco (album)
El Greco is a 1998 classical album by Greek electronic composer and artist Vangelis . The title is an a reference to the man who inspired the composition, Δομήνικος Θεοτοκόπουλος , the Cretan-born painter and sculptor better known as El Greco.This album is an expansion of an earlier album by...
.
On this soundtrack for the film El Greco, Vangelis does not borrow from his previous work. His method is to watch the images and let them inspire his creative process. Typical of his film work, each track paints a different picture while fitting into the whole, even the three tracks not composed by Vangelis himself. Tracks 1 and 18 are different compositions of the same melody. Track 1 is a choral piece composed for the movie's climax and track 18 is a piano version that serves as the end titles. Track 2 is the actual opening titles.