Chariots Of Fire Movie Soundtrack. The movie (1983) jerry goldsmith: I have also added the album versions for completeness and the vocal version.
Chariots of fire was initially created for the 1981 film of the same name. Chariots of fire is a 1981 musical score by greek electronic composer vangelis (credited as vangelis papathanassiou) for the british film chariots of fire, which won four academy awards including best picture and original music score. Chariots of fire is a 1981 british historical drama film.
A devout scottish christian who runs for the glory of god, and harold abrahams, an english jew who runs to overcome prejudice.
The film won both the bafta award and the academy award for best picture and also garnered the golden globe award for best foreign movie. The opening number is indeed the theme to chariots of fire, but sped up to be danceable. 5 out of 5 stars (636) 636 reviews $ 8.00. The album topped billboard top 200 for 4 weeks and the opening theme of the film (called titles on the album track listing but widely known as chariots.