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"Zorba's Dance" (Greek: Ο Χορός Του Ζορμπά) is an instrumental by Greek composer Mikis Theodorakis. [1] The music is part of the soundtrack for the 1964 film Zorba the Greek, [2] and used in the film to accompany the dance known as sirtaki. It is now commonly played and danced to in Greek tavernas. The film's track has since been ...
Map showing the location of the Greek island of Rhodes. The "Swallow Song of Rhodes" is a famous ancient Greek folk song.In a tradition closely resembling the modern custom of trick-or-treating, [1] during the month of Boedromion, the children on the Greek island of Rhodes would go out dressed as swallows and beg from door to door, singing the song.
The film, directed by Oliver Stone, portrays the life of Alexander the Great in an epic style that is also reflected in the score. Alexander was a king of the ancient Greek kingdom of Macedon who expanded the Hellenic civilisation with his conquests on the 4th Century BC; Vangelis, himself a Greek, was already famous for his scores to Chariots of Fire, Blade Runner and Conquest of Paradise.
Janus Plousiadenos (~1429–1500), Greek Renaissance composer and hymn writer; Harilaos Perpessas (1907–1995), 20th-century composer; Spyridon Samaras (1861–1917), composer of operas, but widely known as for composition of the song "Olympic Hymn" Kyriakos Sfetsas (born 1945) Nikos Skalkottas (1904–1949), 20th-century composer
Greek films or (Greek co-productive films) have won accolades in the most famous International Film Festival such as Academy Awards, Golden Globe Awards, Cannes Festival, Venice Festival, Berlin Festival, Cyprus International Film Festival and other. Below are considered the awarded Greek films in the most notable international film festival.
Also in 2003 he started to compose the music for a movie of the famous Greek director Nikos Perakis. The song of the movie 'Meine mazi mou apopse' reached the number one position in the charts. In 2004 he composes the song 'Esena mono' for famous Greek singer Katy Garbi. In 2005, Kontopoulos again wrote a song for Eurovision, but this time for ...
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Zorba the Greek (Αλέξης Ζορμπάς) Michael Cacoyannis: Anthony Quinn, Alan Bates: Drama: English language; won 3 Oscars, +2 wins, +16 nom IMDb: Treason (Προδοσία) Kostas Manoussakis: 2 Awards in Thessaloniki Film Festival Entered into the 1965 Cannes Film Festival: Doloma, To (Το δόλωμα) Alekos Sakellarios