If you ever wanted to sit back and listen to music that takes you to another time or place then this is the CD for you! Vangelis at his VERY best - not one track can be disregarded as 'fluff or filler'. I first heard it playing in the background in a big time bookstore. I ran all over the store trying to find someone who could tell me WHO & what & where that music was coming from! I finally found someone to help me & I purchased the CD that VERY day. Have loved it ever since. I never ever get tired of it.

Vangelis is best known to many music fans for his film soundtracks. His score for Hugh Hudson's "Chariots of Fire" (1981) made quite a splash in its time; nowadays, however, his soundtrack music for Ridley Scott's "Blade Runner" (1982) is probably best-known and most highly regarded. Vangelis worked with Scott again on the 1992 film "1492: Conquest of Paradise," one of two films released that year in commemoration of the 500th anniversary of Christopher Columbus's voyage across the Atlantic. Even if "1492" the soundtrack does not quite reach the heights that Vangelis achieved in "Blade Runner," it still provides tuneful, anthemic music of the kind for which Vangelis is known. If you like Vangelis's work on film scores, or if you are a fan of the film "1492," you should enjoy this soundtrack.

Movie sucked, but the music will live on! Love this CD, great emotion! Vangelis has always deliver the best emotional music scores. Chariots of Fire and 1492 rock!

I like the way it was composed. Vangelis adds the right score for the movie. I listen to it when reading history.

Yet another wonderful cd to add to my growing Vangelis collection. Just a hint of rennaisance to capture the mood. Have listened to it over and over.