Odyssey: The Definitive Collection
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Odyssey: The Definitive Collection is a 2003 compilation album of works by Greek
Greece
Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....

 electronic composer and artist Vangelis
Vangelis
Evangelos Odysseas Papathanassiou is a Greek composer of electronic, progressive, ambient, jazz, pop rock and orchestral music, under the artist name Vangelis...

. It includes two unreleased tracks, being the opening theme from Cavafy, and a new composition called "Celtic Dawn". All tracks were remastered.

Track listing

Track Title Time From album Year Notes
1 "Pulstar" 5:24 Albedo 0.39
Albedo 0.39
Albedo 0.39 is an album by the artist Vangelis, released in 1976. It is a concept album around space and space physics.Albedo 0.39 was the second album produced by Vangelis in Nemo Studios, London, which was his creative base until the late 1980s...

1976
2 "Hymn" 2:43 Opéra Sauvage
Opera Sauvage
Opéra sauvage is a 1979 album, by Greek composer and artist Vangelis, of the score for the nature documentary by the same title by French filmmaker Frédéric Rossif. The album sleeve design is by Vangelis himself....

1979 originally titled "Hymne"
3 "Titles from 'Chariots of Fire'" 3:31 Chariots of Fire
Chariots of Fire (album)
Chariots of Fire is a 1981 musical score by Greek electronic composer Vangelis for the British film Chariots of Fire, which won four Academy Awards including Best Picture and Original Music Score....

1981
4 "Main Theme from 'Missing
Missing (film)
Missing is a 1982 American drama film directed by Costa Gavras, and starring Jack Lemmon, Sissy Spacek, Melanie Mayron, John Shea, Charles Cioffi and Janice Rule...

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3:57 Themes 1989
5 "Love Theme from 'Blade Runner
Blade Runner
Blade Runner is a 1982 American science fiction film directed by Ridley Scott and starring Harrison Ford, Rutger Hauer, and Sean Young. The screenplay, written by Hampton Fancher and David Peoples, is loosely based on the novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K...

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4:54 Themes 1989
6 "End Titles from 'Blade Runner'" 4:10 Themes 1989
7 "The Tao of Love" 2:19 China
China (album)
China is a 1979 album by the Greek artist Vangelis. Although he had never been to China, he employed Chinese instruments and compositional styles on this concept album.- Track listing :# "Chung Kuo" – 5:31# "The Long March" – 2:01...

1979
8 "Theme from 'Antarctica
Nankyoku Monogatari
is a 1983 Japanese film directed by Koreyoshi Kurahara and starring Ken Takakura. Its plot centers on the 1958 ill-fated Japanese scientific expedition to the South Pole, its dramatic rescue from the impossible weather conditions on the return journey, the relationship between the scientists and...

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3:52 Antarctica
Antarctica (Vangelis album)
- Personnel :* Vangelis – arrangements, all instruments and producer* Raine Shine – engineer...

1983
9 "Main Theme from 'Cavafy'" 2:49 previously unreleased
10 "Opening Titles from 'Mutiny on the Bounty
The Bounty
The Bounty is a 1984 British historical film directed by Roger Donaldson, starring Mel Gibson and Anthony Hopkins, and produced by Bernard Williams with Dino De Laurentiis as executive producer. It is the fifth film version of the story of the mutiny on the Bounty. The screenplay was by Robert Bolt...

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3:52 Themes 1989
11 "Conquest of Paradise" 6:08 1492: Conquest of Paradise
1492: Conquest of Paradise (album)
1492: Conquest of Paradise is a 1992 music score by Greek electronic composer and artist Vangelis. The film, a recount of the voyage to America in 1492 by Christopher Columbus, was directed by Ridley Scott, for whom Vangelis had previously composed the music score for Blade Runner, in 1982...

1992
12 "La Petite Fille De La Mer" 5:54 L'Apocalypse des Animaux
L'Apocalypse des Animaux (album)
L'Apocalypse des animaux is a soundtrack album by Greek composer Vangelis. The album's music accompanied a documentary series about the animal kingdom directed by Frédéric Rossif that was first broadcasted on French TV in 1970.-Track listing:...

1973
13 "L'Enfant" 4:57 Opéra Sauvage
Opera Sauvage
Opéra sauvage is a 1979 album, by Greek composer and artist Vangelis, of the score for the nature documentary by the same title by French filmmaker Frédéric Rossif. The album sleeve design is by Vangelis himself....

1979
14 "Alpha" 5:13 Albedo 0.39 1976 on the US/UK version
"Anthem - FIFA World Cup 2002" 2:58 2002 not on the US/UK version, previously only released as a single
15 "Celtic Dawn" 4:06 previously unreleased
16 "Movement 1 from 'Mythodea'" 5:23 Mythodea: Music for the NASA Mission: 2001 Mars Odyssey
Mythodea
Mythodea: Music for the NASA Mission: 2001 Mars Odyssey is a choral symphony by Greek electronic composer and artist Vangelis. Originally premiered in concert in 1993, it was published in 2001 by Vangelis' new record label Sony Classical, which also set up the NASA connection and promoted a new...

2001
17 "I'll Find My Way Home" 4:30 The Friends of Mr. Cairo
The Friends of Mr. Cairo
The Friends of Mr Cairo is the second album by Jon and Vangelis.There are two editions of this album, with different sleeves. Both versions were released in 1981 within a few weeks of each other. The title track, "The Friends Of Mr Cairo", peaked at #1 for 5 consecutive weeks on the Canadian...

1981 bonus track, performed by Jon & Vangelis
18 "State of Independence
State of Independence
"State of Independence" is a song originally written and recorded by Jon and Vangelis for their 1981 album The Friends of Mr. Cairo.- Jon and Vangelis version :...

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4:59 The Friends of Mr. Cairo 1981 bonus track, performed by Jon & Vangelis

Tracklisting note: on some editions, "L'Enfant" is misprinted as being from "L'apocalypse Des Animaux".

Chart Performance

Chart (2003) Peak
position
Belgian Albums Chart 23
Dutch Albums Chart 68
Finnish Albums Chart 37
Norwegian Albums Chart 14
Portuguese Albums Chart 8
Swedish Albums Chart 29
Swiss Albums Chart 89
UK Albums Chart 20



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