*Official* 2022 celebrity R.I.P. thread

[Laurel Green]

Sad news indeed.

[Bright Halo]

“I’ll find my way home” with Jon Anderson was excellent.
Amazing talent and quite the eccentric.

[vaud]

I always thought (in my younger brain) that Vangelis did the theme for Johnny Balls "Think Again", a series that got me into science as a child:

Vangelis Pulstar
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1cQnhOxqXw

Francis Monkman - The Achievements of Man
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tk3Bnk251bE

It seems the latter broadly emulated the former...

[Honk]

[The Hypno-Toad]

Terribly sad news about Vangelis.

A genius composer and electronic pioneer who did some amazing work with soundtracks. The music from Blade Runner is the theme to a very important part of my life and will always be.

Off to put it on now.

[Composer62]

Vangelis - very sad to hear that. The music from "Cosmos" was from his album "Heaven and Hell" as I recall

"Pulstar" was the theme for the BBC1 program "Horses Galore" in the 1970s. I first heard it as a teenager and always wondered who did it. Then I heard his album "Albedo 0.39" and it was on there. I was a happy boy !

[vaud]

...and let us not forget «Antartica».

[Last Visit]

Real shame that news, great musical composer.

[The Hypno-Toad]

vaud said:

...and let us not forget Antartica .

Or the theme to Missing.

https://youtu.be/Xg4fjNL0328

[paulguitar]

Love this one:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GqHSKz78i2U

[Cotty]

The Hypno-Toad said:

Terribly sad news about Vangelis.

A genius composer and electronic pioneer who did some amazing work with soundtracks. The music from Blade Runner is the theme to a very important part of my life and will always be.

Off to put it on now.

Very sad. I love Blade Runner Blues
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RScZrvTebeA

[kowalski655]

Colin Cantrell, designer of the iconic spaceships from Star Wars.. X wing, Tie Fighter, etc. Apparently because the Death Star mould had a gap where the 2 halves joined, to save a week's work in filling it, he suggested to George Lucas that the Death Star had a trench running around it, he liked the idea,and that led to the best scene of the film

[Byker28i]

Side note: The Millenium Falcon was the last 'ship' built in Pembrook Docks, and they've just opened an exhibition
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/may/20/mi...

[FourWheelDrift]

The Hypno-Toad said:

vaud said:

...and let us not forget Antartica .

Or the theme to Missing.

https://youtu.be/Xg4fjNL0328

The missing C ?

[p1doc]

just watched chariots of fire yesterday with middle daughter-great soundtrack

[RosscoPCole]

Colin Cantwell, the chap who came up with original designs and concept models for the Death Star, X-Wing and Tie Fighter.
He also worked for CBS with Walter Cronkite during the Apollo 11 moon landing.

[Mammasaid]

RosscoPCole said:

Colin Cantwell, the chap who came up with original designs and concept models for the Death Star, X-Wing and Tie Fighter.
He also worked for CBS with Walter Cronkite during the Apollo 11 moon landing.

It's only taken him an hour and 20 minutes to die again!

RIP.

[A Winner Is You]

Cotty said:

The Hypno-Toad said:

Terribly sad news about Vangelis.

A genius composer and electronic pioneer who did some amazing work with soundtracks. The music from Blade Runner is the theme to a very important part of my life and will always be.

Off to put it on now.

Very sad. I love Blade Runner Blues
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RScZrvTebeA

Blade Runner had such a great soundtrack. It's not the type of thing I'd really listen to by itself, but it helps give the film such hypnotic atmosphere that means it still holds up today (2049was really good as well).

[Eric Mc]

RosscoPCole said:

Colin Cantwell, the chap who came up with original designs and concept models for the Death Star, X-Wing and Tie Fighter.
He also worked for CBS with Walter Cronkite during the Apollo 11 moon landing.

He was also instrumental in designing some of the scenes in "2001: A Space Odyssey". Apparently, the opening title sequence showing the lined up earth, moon and sun was his idea.

[Earl of Hazzard]

Ray Liotta. Only 67