Odyssey: The Definitive Collection | 
 enlarge | Creators: Vangelis, Blake Neely, Guy Protheroe, London Metropolitan Orchestra
Label: Hip-O Records
Category: Music
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Rating:  10 reviews
Sales Rank: 62304
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
UPC: 602498131497
EAN: 0602498131497
ASIN: B0000DHK5T
Release Date: November 4, 2003
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| Tracks:
| • | Pulstar - Vangelis, Vangelis | | • | Hymne - Vangelis, Vangelis | | • | Main Theme - Vangelis, | | • | Main Theme - Vangelis, | | • | Love Theme - Vangelis, | | • | End Titles - Vangelis, | | • | The Tao of Love - Vangelis, Vangelis | | • | Main theme - Vangelis, | | • | Main theme - Vangelis, | | • | Opening Titles - Vangelis, | | • | Conquest of Paradise - Vangelis, Vangelis | | • | La Petite Fille de la Mer - Vangelis, Vangelis | | • | L 'Enfant - Vangelis, Vangelis | | • | Alpha - Vangelis, Vangelis | | • | Celtic Dawn - Vangelis, Vangelis | | • | Movement 1 - Vangelis, | | • | I'll Find My Way Home - Vangelis, Vangelis | | • | State of Independence - Vangelis, Vangelis |
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Album Description
18 remastered tracks including titles from 'Missing', 'Blade Runner', '1492 Conquest Of Paradise' & the Oscar-winning 'Chariots Of Fire', as well as 2 bonus tracks, 'I'll Find My Way Home' & 'State Of Independence'. Digipak. Universal. 2003.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 5 more reviews...
A Dark & Brooding World February 29, 2008
Jerry Anderson (Yankton, SD)
Purchased This CD On A Whim! Having Liked Vangelis Blade Runner Soundtack, I Thought I Would Give This A Try. Overall It Seems To Take You On A Rather Dark Journey At Times! The Quality Of The CD Is Very Nice! If You Have Good Speakers, It Is A Detailed And Rich CD Worthy Of A Critical Listen! I'm Not An Overly Huge Fan Of Vangelis, So This Was Just The Right Amount For My Tastes. The Other Reviews Pretty Much Put This CD Into It's Proper Perspective!!!!
 Almost perfect October 31, 2007
Steven Burns (-)
It's not perfect because every Vangelis fan will be able to mention several songs that should have made it into this album.
Maybe it should have been a double album.
But, at least the songs that made it into the album are great.
Just make sure you get the US version that has Alpha as track 14. The imported version has some stupid FIFA song which means nothing to me.
Oh, by the way, the Celtic Dawn (track 15) is a new song and it's very good indeed.
 Disappointing August 19, 2006
zugzwang
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
I like the music, but the sound quality is terrible. I bought this CD because it was released in 2003, but there is ZERO improvement in sound quality from previous older tracks.
worth buying, has seven good Vangelis songs May 25, 2005
whatever (USA)
3 out of 5 found this review helpful
Some may complain that this is not a definitive Vangelis CD. Nope, it is far from being that, but it has seven good songs on it that make it worth purchasing for less than $20. Those seven good songs are: Hymne, Alpha, Chariots of Fire, Missing, Pulsar, Petite Fille de la Mer, and L'enfant. Of course, those are just my personal favorites.
Excellent Overview of Vangelis' Best Known Songs June 10, 2004
Paul Allaer (Cincinnati)
11 out of 13 found this review helpful
It's hard to keep track of the number of compilations of Vangelis. Off the top of my head, I can think of "The Best of", "Greatest Hits", "Themes", "Portraits", and "Reprise". But they never got it right, something was always off, or one period or another of his career was not covered. Now comes "Oddisey: The Definitive Collection". While it may be pushing your luck to proclaim anything as a Vangelis "definitive" compilation", given his prolific output over the years, I am here nevertheless to tell you that this compilation is as good as it will get."Oddisey: The Definitive Collection" (18 tracks, 78 min.) in my opinion truly does compile all of Vangelis' best know tracks and greatest hits. Most of the tracks on here will sound immediately familiar, many because they are movie themes (Chariots of Fire being the most famous of course, but also The Missing, Blade Runner, thankfully containing both the beginning and end titles, Mutiny on the Bounty, and others), and other that became well known in commercials (Hymne, L'Enfant, among others). There can be no denying the creativity and talents of Vangelis. There are 2 bonus tracks, "I'll Find My Way Home" and "State of Independence", the 2 best known tracks of Jon & Vangelis, a nice touch to the album. I share my frustration with other reviewers here that there is tons of great Vangelis music out there that remains unreleased. To be sure, Vangelis deserves a box-treatment of rare and unreleased tracks. But if you are looking for a single-disk overview of his best known songs, look no further: "Oddisey" is it. Released in Fall, 2003, it is a nice way to commemorate Vangelis turning 60 (say it ain't so!).
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