He channeled "the music of the spheres"

September 30, 2024 8:08 AM

Vangelis And The Journey To Ithaca is a 2h10m journey from 2013 through the various musical landscapes created by Evangelos Odysseas Papathanassiou across his career. Whether you know him a little or a lot, you'll probably find something new to you here.
posted by hippybear (5 comments total)

First thought: I didn’t know Vangelis went to Cornell!

I look forward to watching. Looks fascinating.
posted by kinnakeet at 8:34 AM on September 30 [1 favorite]

The title is in reference to a poem from over 100 years ago.

Ithaka
BY C. P. CAVAFY
TRANSLATED BY EDMUND KEELEY

It will be read by Sean Connery at some point during the documentary with Vangelis providing a musical bed.
posted by hippybear at 8:38 AM on September 30 [4 favorites]

something I recently bookmarked which looks to be from the movie in question

Vangelis - Music is Demanding

great stuff, and thanks for the link
posted by philip-random at 8:38 AM on September 30

Awesome. Thanks.
posted by Liquidwolf at 8:54 AM on September 30

Vangelis is fine but MonkeyToes filleted out the Connery Cafavy Ithaka angle in 2020: it's only 4 minutes. Πάντα στον νου σου νάχεις την Ιθάκη. Το φθάσιμον εκεί είν’ ο προορισμός σου. Aλλά μη βιάζεις το ταξείδι διόλου. Καλλίτερα χρόνια πολλά να διαρκέσει· και γέρος πια ν’ αράξεις στο νησί, πλούσιος με όσα κέρδισες στον δρόμο, μη προσδοκώντας πλούτη να σε δώσει η Ιθάκη. fakkin' bri'nt!
posted by BobTheScientist at 12:09 PM on September 30