Vangelis-1492: The Conquest of Paradise (1992)

In 1992, "1492: The Conquest of Paradise" was published, the film by Ridley Scott that recreates the feat of Christopher Columbus and its subsequent consequences.
Ridley Scott made a film in which a situation similar to that of the Tower of Babel took place: a few Spanish actors, a French Christopher Columbus, an American Queen Elizabeth ... It is clear that the historical rigor was obviously suffered, and probably was one of the causes of its unfair commercial failure.
The entire film and as it would happen a decade before with another film masterpiece and its soundtrack "Blade Runner" was actually an immense video clip in which the music and sounds created by Vangelis, almost constantly accompany the images creating unique environments. All the sound creativity manifested in the form of a soundtrack was unable to be reflected in a disc that contained everything that the musician worked on, and coinciding with the premiere of the film the "official" soundtrack was published, which and due to its timing (not yet it is understood that it was not published as a double album) it does not contain much less all the music of the film and if instead it contains musical pieces that are not included in the film itself.
But unlike the film, the album that contained the soundtrack was a resounding sales success.
Coming from Vangelis we already know that his is a pure electronic composition, of course, but that it adequately captures the epicism of the story, despite breaking the fine line between his own musical style and the service he provides to the film on certain occasions. In addition, his desire for prominence is imposed on the images of the film - due, above all, to the fact that he surpasses them. The isolated musical composition is superb and spectacularly beautiful, as evidenced by that imposing and stately central theme that, in my opinion, although sacrilege, far exceeds that of his famous "Chariots of Fire".
The album (as evidently the film itself) is an almost interrupted succession of impressive choral passages, electronic ambient sounds, beautiful melodies of medieval, tribal, dreamy influences ... and acoustic sounds that cover a wide range of instruments, from violins to mandolins. , including flutes, Spanish guitar, and even in one of the songs a flamenco singer, in addition to the inevitable electronic sounds so characteristic of Vangelis
Perhaps the most striking thing about this album are the choral pieces of which, without a doubt, one of them, has become a classic of current music, with a strange vocabulary in the meaning of the words and is that this song is built with a curious invented language ... without a doubt a true jewel of electronic music in particular and contemporary music.