About

Known credits:
29
Birthday:
1929-03-03
Place of birth:
Rethymno, Crete, Greece
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Nikos Mamangakis

Overview

Nikos Mamagakis (Rethymno, 3 March 1929 − Athens, 24 July 2013) was a Greek composer. He began his studies at the Athens Conservatory and then, from 1957, he studied at the Munich Conservatory alongside Carl Orff and Harald Gendsmer. His initial research concerned the renewal of timbre and structural and rhythmic relationships based on numerical proportions, both based on Western standards and with references to our folk music, mainly from his homeland. He was, moreover, related to the lyre player Andreas Rodinos, while his father also played the bulgari. A consequence of this search was the use in his works of various folk instruments (Cretan lyre, santouri, etc.) or, conversely, the use of their sound alone without the instruments themselves. Among his best-known works are: Anarchy for percussion and orchestra, Scenario for two improvised technocrites for instrumental ensemble, film and stage action, Performances for flute, voice and stage action, Music for four protagonists, Cassandra, Erotokritos, music for Aristophanes' Plutarch, Trittys, Tetraktys, Encomium to N. Skalkotas and recently, the modern opera Odyssey (based on the epic of the same name by Nikos Kazantzakis). He wrote music for Greek cinema, such as: The Teacher with the Blonde Hair, The Fairy and the Boy, The Lady and the Tramp (all by Dinos Dimopoulos), Loofah and Variation, Harpa-kolla, Life and State (by Nikos Perakis), The Avenue of Hate (by Nikos Foskolos) and many others. In April 1997, he presented his three-act opera "Opera of Shadows" (inspired by shadow theatre) to a libretto by Nasos Theophilos. He died of cancer on July 24, 2013.

Known for

Acting

2018 Nikos Mamangakis: The Last Word Actor Self N/A
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2010 Odyssea Corporum - Ballad for Nikos Koundouros Actor Self N/A
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Production

1966 Excursion Production Musical Casting 59
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Sound

2024 Subject: Filmmaking Sound Music 58
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2018 Nikos Mamangakis: The Last Word Sound Music N/A
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1995 The Night of the Filmmakers Sound Music 58
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1993 Kaspar Hauser Sound Original Music Composer 58
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1987 Living Dangerously Sound Music 59
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1984 Loafing and Camouflage Sound Music 59
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1984 Heimat Sound Music 72
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1982 Arpa Colla Sound Music 59
Average
1982 The Dam Sound Music 59
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1979 Milo-Milo Sound Music 58
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1978 The Tailor from Ulm Sound Music 58
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1977 Maiden's War Sound Music N/A
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1977 Zero Hour Sound Original Music Composer 58
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1976 Bomber & Paganini Sound Music 59
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1975 The Lifetaker Sound Music 59
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1972 The Golden Thing Sound Original Music Composer 59
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1969 I Neraida Kai to Palikari Sound Music 58
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1969 The Teacher with the Golden Hair Sound Music 58
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1968 The Lady and the Tramp Sound Music 58
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1968 An Italian girl from Kypseli Sound Music 59
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1968 The Private Right Sound Music N/A
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1968 Interlude Sound Music 59
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1967 Open Letter Sound Original Music Composer 58
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1966 Excursion Sound Music 59
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1966 Face to Face Sound Music 58
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1966 Face to Face Sound Original Music Composer 58
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