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 Posted:   Oct 3, 2023 - 3:58 AM   
 By:   Thor   (Member)

This was -- AFAIK -- Vangelis' final film score, reuniting with ALEXANDER director Oliver Stone for this documentary about nuclear power as a possible solution to climate change. It was released in June last year, but I haven't seen any soundtrack releases. Does anyone know anything?

Found this single track on YouTube:

 
 Posted:   Oct 3, 2023 - 4:11 AM   
 By:   afn   (Member)

The power of the atom! :-)

Great track, didn't know that... Thank you!!!

 
 Posted:   Oct 3, 2023 - 5:06 AM   
 By:   First Breath   (Member)

Great track!

 
 
 Posted:   Oct 3, 2023 - 5:44 AM   
 By:   Thor   (Member)

Reading some more about it over on elsewhere, it appears the score is a combination of existing cues (ROSETTA, JUNO TO JUPITER, others) and new stuff. Still, I'd love to hear it.

 
 Posted:   Oct 3, 2023 - 9:42 AM   
 By:   nuts_score   (Member)

Exciting discovery! Juno to Jupiter was a great send off for the maestro but this little bit you have discovered it like a whipped cream topping for my ears.

 
 
 Posted:   Sep 14, 2024 - 2:33 PM   
 By:   Thor   (Member)

I forgot to report back on this.

I saw the film earlier this year -- in the cinema, no less -- and it was really good. A candidate for my top 10 of the year (although it's a 2022 film, it counts as a 2024 film for Norway). Stone has this very likeable form of rhetoric, supported beautifully by a virtuoso visual language, by the end of it even I was convinced of the virtues of nuclear power!

As for the score, there was some reuse of old Vangelis, like the always emotionally draining L'APOCALYPSE DES ANIMAUX. But also some blistering new stuff molded in his gorgeous 90s style. It was a really powerful moment. We were like three journalists in the cinema. So it felt like my own personal farewell to one of my favourite composers -- his last ever film work. Had to fight back the tears on several occasions. There won't be anyone like him.

Anyways, it just made me pine more for a soundtrack, of course. Hopefully, the Vangelis estate will open slightly after his death, including a release of this.

It saddens me that there was and is so little response to this thread.

 
 Posted:   Sep 14, 2024 - 3:00 PM   
 By:   drop_forge   (Member)

It saddens me that there was and is so little response to this thread.

It saddens me that I missed it.

I just stumbled across this. It's like a glimpse into what Vangelis would arrive at with Direct.

 
 Posted:   Sep 14, 2024 - 3:01 PM   
 By:   drop_forge   (Member)

Exciting discovery! Juno to Jupiter was a great send off for the maestro but this little bit you have discovered it like a whipped cream topping for my ears.

The vinyl-only bonus track for Juno to Jupiter, appearing at the end of Side D, i.e., Vangelis's last published (so far) piece.

 
 Posted:   Sep 14, 2024 - 7:21 PM   
 By:   Paul MacLean   (Member)

Hopefully, the Vangelis estate will open slightly after his death, including a release of this.


I'm part of a Vangelis group on Facebook, and a couple of years ago, an associate of Vangelis -- I think Frederic Rousseau, but I can't recall with 100% accuracy -- answered a query regarding unreleased music, with the comment "It is coming".

We'll see.

 
 
 Posted:   Sep 16, 2024 - 5:36 AM   
 By:   ghost of 82   (Member)

We're only now (well, in November) getting a remastered box of the Aphrodites Child album 666, a project that Vangelis was involved with just before he died, which probably indicates how long it has taken to get the legalities of his Estate sorted.

Hopefully this means that perhaps there will be some movement on unreleased music next year. Of course as a lifelong fan of his music, I'll be pleased to see any releases of unheard projects/ albums, but some of his filmscores would no doubt be of great interest to forum members here. Personally I'd love to see Bitter Moon and The Bounty get proper, substantial releases.

 
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