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1492: Conquest of Paradise is a 1992 music score to the film of the same name by Greek electronic composer and artist Vangelis. The film , a recount of the voyage to America in 1492 by Christopher Columbus , was directed by Ridley Scott , for whom Vangelis had previously composed the music score for Blade Runner , in 1982.
It was the soundtrack from Ridley Scott's 1992 film 1492: Conquest of Paradise [2] and the lead single from the album of the same name. The song achieved success in many territories, including Flanders, Germany, the Netherlands, and Switzerland where it topped the singles chart, but was a relative failure in UK where it only peaked at number 60.
1492: Conquest of Paradise is a 1992 epic historical drama film directed and produced by Ridley Scott, written by Roselyne Bosch and starring Gérard Depardieu, Armand Assante, and Sigourney Weaver. It portrays a version of the travels to the New World by the Italian explorer Christopher Columbus and the effect this had on indigenous peoples.
26th Street Pictures is an American film production company founded by Chris Columbus, Mark Radcliffe and Michael Barnathan in 1994 as 1492 Pictures. [1] The name is a play on Columbus's more famous namesake, Christopher Columbus , and his 1492 landing in the Americas . [ 2 ]
1492 (song) C. Christopher Columbus (A1 song) Conquest of Paradise (song) D. Dr. Livingstone, I Presume (song) E. Ein Mann, der sich Kolumbus nannt
Christopher Columbus is an opera in one act by composer Eugene Zador with a German-language libretto by Archduke Joseph Francis of Austria. [1] Zador, a Hungarian Jew, wrote the opera while voyaging across the Atlantic Ocean in 1939 to flee persecution from Nazi Germany. [2] The work depicts the first voyage of Christopher Columbus to America in
On October 11 in 1492: Christopher Columbus reached new land across the Atlantic Ocean in the Bahamas. He claimed the land on behalf of Isabella and Ferdinand of Spain. Other Events on October 11: ...
The musical closed before reaching Broadway. Richard Morris was the director, Edwin Lester was the producer, and Danny Daniels was the choreographer. John Cullum starred as Christopher Columbus and Chita Rivera starred as his mistress. [7] Jean Fenn played Queen Isabella. [8] Initially, Sergio Franchi had been cast as Columbus. [9]