Vangelis

He is best known for his Academy Award winning score for the film Chariots of Fire, and scores for the films Blade Runner and 1492: Conquest of Paradise.
France made Vangelis a Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters in 1992.
In 1995, Vangelis had a minor planet named after him (6534 Vangelis) by the International Astronomical Union's Minor Planet Centre at the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory.

Evángelos Odysséas Papathanassíu, also known as Vangelis, was born in March 29, 1943 in Vólos, Greece
Composer and arranger of eletronic, orchestral and progressive music
He's most known for the themes of 1492: Conquest of Paradise, Chariots of Fire and Blade Runner