From the Vangelis list, I came across an alternative history of the Greek composer who scored Chariots of Fire and Bladerunner. It’s in the Uncyclopedia. 
I’m probably the last person on the planet to discover this take-off site on Wikipedia. The Vangelis entry scores a direct hit on the enigmatic composer who is praised as a modern day Mozart by supporters and a modern day Mantovani by detractors. I think the critical concensus on Vangelis has shifted over the years. Parodies making him out to be practitioner of shlock and pomposity have been the norm, but I’m hearing more and more younger musicians name-checking Vangelis as an influence. He’s been cited in recent years by artists like BT and Digitonal, the latter who said that their song, “93 Years On” from Save Your Light For Darker Days, was directly inspired by Vangelis’ Bladerunner score.
While Vangelis can lapse into sappy melodies and bombastic arrangements, he’s also made some of the most propulsive, driving electronic music of the modern age with Albedo 0.39 and Spiral as well as some music that seems to reach out and grab you by the heart on albums like Opera Sauvage and his score to 1492: Conquest of Paradise. The composer, who turned 65 last March, has slowed down in recent years, but his influence continues. But enough of praise, go have a laugh at Vangelis’s Uncyclopedia entry.
John Diliberto ((( Echoes )))
I have some much respect for guy. What I can I say that hasn’t been said. His a master of his work. His like a teacher to me. And I the student always trying to learn abit more of what he does. And thankful that theres someone that I can look up to and respect. Yancuic Music
Thanks for writing this article. I was recently thinking about who were early pioneers in electronic music and what influenced my taste in music to include trance and techno. Blade Runner has always been one of my favorite movies. It came out when I was in high school and I think it opened me up to this type of sound.