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Míkis Theodorakis
Chios, Greece
Michail "Mikis" Theodorakis (Greek: Μιχαήλ "Μίκης" Θεοδωράκης,29 July 1925 – 2 September 2021) was a Greek composer and lyricist credited with over 1,000 works. He scored for the…
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Michail "Mikis" Theodorakis (Greek: Μιχαήλ "Μίκης" Θεοδωράκης,29 July 1925 – 2 September 2021) was a Greek composer and lyricist credited with over 1,000 works. He scored for the films Zorba the Greek (1964), Z (1969), and Serpico (1973). He was a three time BAFTA nominee, winning for Z. For the score in the movie Serpico (1973), he earned Grammy nominations. Furthermore, for the unforgettable score to Zorba the Greek (1964), with its ‘Zorba’s Dance’, he was Golden Globe nominated. He composed the "Mauthausen Trilogy", also known as "The Ballad of Mauthausen", which has been described as the "most beautiful musical work ever written about the Holocaust" and possibly his best work.Up until his death, he was viewed as Greece's best-known living composer. He was awarded the Lenin Peace Prize. Politically, he was associated with the left because of his long-standing ties to the Communist Party of Greece (KKE). He was an MP for the KKE from 1981 to 1990. Despite this however, he ran as an independent candidate within the centre-right New Democracy party in 1989, in order for the country to emerge from the political crisis that had been created due to the numerous scandals of the government of Andreas Papandreou. He helped establish a large coalition between conservatives, socialists and leftists. In 1990 he was elected to the parliament (as in 1964 and 1981), became a government minister under Konstantinos Mitsotakis, and fought against drugs and terrorism and for culture, education and better relations between Greece and Turkey. He continued to speak out in favour of leftist causes, Greek–Turkish–Cypriot relations, and against the War in Iraq. He was a key voice against the 1967–1974 Greek junta, which imprisoned him and banned his songs.
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2026
Sing For Me Arja
Movie Self
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2024
Milva, diva per sempre
Movie Himself
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2023
An Buachaill Geal Gáireach/The Laughing Boy
Movie (Archive footage)
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2017
Dance Fight Love Die: With Mikis On the Road
Movie Mikis Theodorakis
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2010
Mikis Theodorakis. Composer
Movie Self
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2008
The Stubborn Donkey
Movie Thanks
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2006
Ein Lied für Argyris
Movie Himself
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2004
An All-Weather Man
Movie Self
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2001
The Seventh Sun of Love
Movie Music
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2001
Δροσουλίτες
TV show Sound
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2000
About Winds and Waters
TV show Sound
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2000
Beware of Greeks Bearing Guns
Movie Original Music Composer
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1988
Misioni përtej detit
Movie Original Music Composer
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1986
Greece: The Hidden War
Movie Music
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1983
Athens, Return to the Acropolis
Movie Original Music Composer
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1979
An Uncompromising Man
Movie Music
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1977
Iphigenia
Movie Original Music Composer
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1975
Letters from Marusia
Movie Original Music Composer
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1975
Evidence
Movie Self
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1975
The Secret Carrier
Movie Original Music Composer
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1975
Songs of Fire
Movie Self
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1974
The Rehearsal
Movie
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1973
Serpico
Movie Original Music Composer
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1973
The Battle of Sutjeska
Movie Music
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1973
The Hunchback
Movie Sound
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1972
State of Siege
Movie Original Music Composer
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1972
Le Grand Échiquier
TV show Self
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1971
Biribi
Movie Music
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1971
The Trojan Women
Movie Original Music Composer
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1971
Samedi soir
TV show Self
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1971
Nausicaa
Movie Original Music Composer
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1969
Z
Movie Original Music Composer
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1968
Punisher
Movie Original Music Composer
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1968
The Lost Generation
Movie Original Music Composer
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1967
The Day the Fish Came Out
Movie Original Music Composer
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1966
A Bullet Through the Heart
Movie Original Music Composer
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1966
From Greece
Movie Music
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1965
The Roundup
Movie Music
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1965
Storm
Movie Music
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1964
Zorba the Greek
Movie Original Music Composer
