Míkis Theodorakis
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.
Fotos
Películas (46)
Sing For Me Arja
2026 · Self
Milva, diva per sempre
2024 · Himself
An Buachaill Geal Gáireach/The Laughing Boy
2023 · (Archive footage)
Dance Fight Love Die: With Mikis On the Road
2017 · Mikis Theodorakis, Music
Mikis Theodorakis. Composer
2010 · Self
The Stubborn Donkey
2008 · Thanks, Music
Ein Lied für Argyris
2006 · Himself
An All-Weather Man
2004 · Self
The Seventh Sun of Love
2001 · Music
Beware of Greeks Bearing Guns
2000 · Original Music Composer
Misioni përtej detit
1988 · Original Music Composer
Greece: The Hidden War
1986 · Music
Athens, Return to the Acropolis
1983 · Original Music Composer
An Uncompromising Man
1979 · Music
Iphigenia
1977 · Original Music Composer
Letters from Marusia
1975 · Original Music Composer
Evidence
1975 · Self, Music, Songs
The Secret Carrier
1975 · Original Music Composer
Songs of Fire
1975 · Self, Songs, Music
The Rehearsal
1974 · Music
Serpico
1973 · Original Music Composer
The Battle of Sutjeska
1973 · Music
The Hunchback
1973 · Sound
Bouzouki
1973 · Self
State of Siege
1972 · Original Music Composer
Biribi
1971 · Music
The Trojan Women
1971 · Original Music Composer
Nausicaa
1971 · Original Music Composer
Z
1969 · Original Music Composer
Punisher
1968 · Original Music Composer
The Lost Generation
1968 · Original Music Composer
The Day the Fish Came Out
1967 · Original Music Composer
A Bullet Through the Heart
1966 · Original Music Composer
From Greece
1966 · Music
The Roundup
1965 · Music
Storm
1965 · Music
Zorba the Greek
1964 · Original Music Composer
Five Miles to Midnight
1962 · Original Music Composer
The Lovers of Teruel
1962 · Original Music Composer
Phaedra
1962 · Original Music Composer
Electra
1962 · Original Music Composer
Synoikia to Oneiro
1961 · Music
The Shadow of the Cat
1961 · Conductor, Original Music Composer
Honeymoon
1959 · Music
Ill Met by Moonlight
1957 · Original Music Composer
Eva
1953 · Music
