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. Now comes "Oddisey: The Definitive Collection". But they never got it right, something was always off, or one period or another of his career was not covered. Off the top of my head, I can think of "The Best of", "Greatest Hits", "Themes", "Portraits", and "Reprise". It's hard to keep track of the number of compilations of Vangelis. As a beginner or novice of collecting Vangelis' works you will not be disappointed ! Whether he is the "father of new age music" or a genius composer of film scores and soundtracks this does highlight some of his best movie soundtrack work. Whether a new Vangelis fan or the compulsive Vangelis collector who must have this, than this is a proper but not perfect compilation. On a more positive note, if you do not own Themes or any other compilation then this will whet the appetite for now.
Enough of another rehashed compilation and enough of my complaining. This should have been a double cd with alternate versions and new material as an added bonus. Themes or selected tracks from Roman Polanski's 1992 film Bitter Moon as well as more tracks from The Bounty should be included.
There are PLENTY of tracks or themes missing rarities that fans would love (like me) to get their mitts on. Ugh ! I already have the majority of these tracks either on Vangelis' Themes compilation or the actual cds.Enough with another artist or the artist's record company releasing rehashed and retreaded compilations.In this case, the word definitive should not have been used at all.
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