Vangelis
publication date: Thursday, January 25, 2018 (part of Winter 2018)
category: 
Music
clue: Columbus sailed the ocean blue and Carl Sagan traversed space to his music. The running blade and fiery chariots of his other works were purely metaphorical.
explanation: Among Vangelis's film scores are 1492: Conquest of Paradise, Cosmos: A Personal Voyage, Blade Runner, and Chariots of Fire. more…
difficulty: medium
solved by: Russ Wilhelm, LaVonne Lemler, Chris Lemler, Samir Mehta, Richard Slominsky, Matthew Preston, and Erik Bates
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