Rahman meets Vangelis

When Rahman has become the inspiration to most of the younger generation composers...Rahman's inspiration was Vangelis

Recently Rahman had met Vangelis in greece....this is what Rahman says about Vangelis



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I was visiting the late L Vaidyanathan, composer brother of L Subramaniam in 1987 when he first played me the music of Vangelis and explained to me his ability to bring soul into synthesizers.

My memories of listening to his music on headphones on the way from Bangalore to Chennai after finishing arranging work for music composer Vijay Anand while travelling in third class due to delayed bookings are still fresh.

Vangelis' music used to transport me to another planet, releasing me from those inevitable noises in a train.

It was such a surprise when one of my friends took me to Vangelis' house last week in Greece. He is very philosophical and a great lover of art and science. He still plays the keyboard with a child-like interest.

I asked him if he is interested in doing an Indian project with talent in India. His response was, 'Why not?'

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Below is the Academy award song from Vangelis, CHARIOTS OF FIRE
It is from him rahman learned that even electronic synthesizers can produce soul touching music. When you listen to the song below you can feel ROJA,THIRUDA THIRUDA :)