The Collection (Vangelis album)

The 2xCD compilation was released in order to coincide with the 2012 Summer Olympics, where Vangelis's music from Chariots of Fire was used.{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/fj4z/ |title=Vangelis The Collection Review |author=Mike Diver |year=2012 |publisher=BBC |accessdate=19 August 2016}} The compilation includes 31 tracks from his scores, solo albums and collaborations.{{cite web |url=https://www.discogs.com/Vangelis-The-Collection/release/3747633 |title=Vangelis - The Collection |publisher=Discogs |accessdate=19 August 2016}}{{cite web |url=http://theseconddisc.com/2012/09/10/in-case-you-missed-it-rhino-u-k-goes-the-distance-for-vangelis/ |title=In Case You Missed It: Rhino U.K. Goes the Distance for Vangelis |author=Mike Duquette |date=10 September 2012 |publisher=The Second Disc |accessdate=19 August 2016}} The new unreleased track "Remembering" is a mix of ethereal chimes with jovial saxophone. "Blade Runner (Main Titles)" appears in extended form for the first time on an official release.

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|rev2=Daily Express

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The compilation has generally received positive reviews. Jonny Trunk of Record Collector noted that the track "Remembering" was previously unreleased, that the album includes some obvious classics, "mixed in with some of the lesser-known but equally worthy cues, such as the superb "Theme From Bitter Moon" ... Also great are the inclusion of instrumentals such as "Petite Fille de La Mer" and "To The Unknown Man", works from Vangelis' 70s back catalogue", and gave it 4/5 stars.

Mike Diver of BBC commented that the album is "welcomed as an entry point for absolute beginners", but "it might not be the most important of the choices contained herein", as there's much material from Blade Runner, the songs with Jon Anderson "have not dated amazingly well", and rather "more splendid-sounding in the 21st century is "La Petite Fille de la mer", written back in 1973".

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|headline = CD 1

|extra_column = Original release

|title1 = Conquest of Paradise

|extra1 = 1492: Conquest of Paradise

|length1 = 4:53

|title2 = Titles

|extra2 = Chariots of Fire

|length2 = 3:29

|title3 = End Titles

|extra3 = Blade Runner

|length3 = 4:38

|title4 = Pulstar

|extra4 = Albedo 0.39

|length4 = 5:46

|title5 = Eternal Alexander

|extra5 = Alexander

|length5 = 4:36

|title6 = Anthem

|extra6 = The Official Album of the 2002 FIFA World Cup

|length6 = 2:57

|title7 = Line Open

|extra7 = 1492: Conquest of Paradise

|length7 = 4:27

|title8 = To the Unknown Man

|extra8 = Spiral

|length8 = 5:42

|title9 = Hymne

|extra9 = Opéra sauvage

|length9 = 2:41

|title10 = Voices

|extra10 = Voices

|length10 = 6:58

|title11 = Up and Running

|extra11 = Blade Runner Trilogy

|length11 = 3:09

|title12 = Main Titles

|extra12 = Blade Runner

|length12 = 5:32

|title13 = Tears in Rain

|extra13 = Blade Runner

|length13 = 3:02

|title14 = So Long Ago, So Clear

|extra14 = Heaven and Hell

|length14 = 5:01

|title15 = I'll Find My Way Home

|note15 = Jon & Vangelis

|extra15 = The Friends of Mr Cairo

|length15 = 4:29

|title16 = State of Independence

|note16 = Jon & Vangelis

|extra16 = The Friends of Mr Cairo

|length16 = 5:00

|title17 = I Hear You Now

|note17 = Jon & Vangelis

|extra17 = Short Stories

|length17 = 5:13

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{{tracklist

|headline = CD 2

|extra_column = Original release

|title1 = Rachel's Song

|extra1 = Blade Runner

|length1 = 4:47

|title2 = Missing

|extra2 = Missing

|length2 = 3:55

|title3 = Love Theme From Blade Runner

|extra3 = Blade Runner

|length3 = 4:54

|title4 = Ask the Mountains

|extra4 = Voices

|length4 = 7:53

|title5 = Theme From Bitter Moon

|extra5 = Bitter Moon

|length5 = 3:38

|title6 = Dream in an Open Place

|extra6 = Voices

|length6 = 5:50

|title7 = Twenty Eighth Parallel

|extra7 = 1492: Conquest of Paradise

|length7 = 5:11

|title8 = Memories of Green

|extra8 = See You Later

|length8 = 5:04

|title9 = La Petite Fille de La Mer

|extra9 = L'Apocalypse des animaux

|length9 = 5:52

|title10 = Song of the Seas

|extra10 =Oceanic

|length10 = 5:55

|title11 = Memories of Blue

|extra11 = Oceanic

|length11 = 5:28

|title12 = L'Enfant

|extra12 = Opéra sauvage

|length12 = 4:53

|title13 = Echoes

|extra13 = Voices

|length13 = 8:19

|title14 = Remembering

|extra14 = New track

|length14 = 6:29

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{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|type=album|artist=Vangelis|title=The Collection|award=Silver|id=6847-1420-2|relyear=2012|certyear=2022|access-date=29 August 2022}}

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• Dan Massie – Mastering
• Vangelis Saitis – Engineer
• Andy Tribe – Project Manager
• Dmitris Tsakas – Saxophone
• Vangelis – Arranger, composer, primary artist, producer
• Stathis Zalidis – Photography

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