The film that has become a symbol for British athletics is back in this Olympic year. In a rare interview, Vangelis explains what inspired his moving, memorable soundtrack
The author of one of the most instantly recognisable pieces of music in the world is sitting in a splendid room in Claridge's, a synthesiser and a piano close at hand. Evangelos Odysseas Papathanassiou, better known as the Greek musician Vangelis, used to live in London and is back again this summer. For this eminence grise of electronic music, it's a good time to be back.
In pre-Olympic Britain, a familiar piece of film music from more than 30 years ago is once again stirring the popular imagination. This, after all, is going to be Britain's Chariots of Fire summer.
The 1981 film told the story of three extraordinary British runners at the 1924 Paris Olympics. In the buildup to London 2012, it is to be...
The author of one of the most instantly recognisable pieces of music in the world is sitting in a splendid room in Claridge's, a synthesiser and a piano close at hand. Evangelos Odysseas Papathanassiou, better known as the Greek musician Vangelis, used to live in London and is back again this summer. For this eminence grise of electronic music, it's a good time to be back.
In pre-Olympic Britain, a familiar piece of film music from more than 30 years ago is once again stirring the popular imagination. This, after all, is going to be Britain's Chariots of Fire summer.
The 1981 film told the story of three extraordinary British runners at the 1924 Paris Olympics. In the buildup to London 2012, it is to be...
- 6/30/2012
- The Guardian - Film News
Allen is adapting his 1994 movie for the stage, Matilda wins the public vote at the Whatsonstage awards, and Chortle's female-unfriendly comedy awards shortlist is no laughing matter
Screen to stage
Yet another film is being adapted into a stage musical. This might not sound like news – but the film in question is Woody Allen's Oscar-winning 1994 movie Bullets Over Broadway, and the adapter is Allen himself. You'll recall that the plot follows a struggling writer trying to get a big break into New York theatre. Which all sounds rather wonderfully circular. No word yet on when the show might open or who it might star.
Stage to screen
It's not all one-way traffic, though. Sky Arts announced that it is to broadcast a filmed version of Simon Callow's one-man play about the Bard, Being Shakespeare, while the BBC and Arts Council England unveiled a project of an even more intriguing kind,...
Screen to stage
Yet another film is being adapted into a stage musical. This might not sound like news – but the film in question is Woody Allen's Oscar-winning 1994 movie Bullets Over Broadway, and the adapter is Allen himself. You'll recall that the plot follows a struggling writer trying to get a big break into New York theatre. Which all sounds rather wonderfully circular. No word yet on when the show might open or who it might star.
Stage to screen
It's not all one-way traffic, though. Sky Arts announced that it is to broadcast a filmed version of Simon Callow's one-man play about the Bard, Being Shakespeare, while the BBC and Arts Council England unveiled a project of an even more intriguing kind,...
- 2/24/2012
- by Alistair Smith
- The Guardian - Film News
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