Known For
Sound
Born
Jul 29, 1925
Died
Sep 02, 2021
Place of Birth
Chios, Greece
Credits
50 titles
Míkis Theodorakis
Biography
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.
Known For
Filmography
Sing For Me Arja
Self
Milva, diva per sempre
Himself
An Buachaill Geal Gáireach/The Laughing Boy
(Archive footage)
Dance Fight Love Die: With Mikis On the Road
Mikis Theodorakis
Mikis Theodorakis. Composer
Self
The Stubborn Donkey
Thanks
Ein Lied für Argyris
Himself
An All-Weather Man
Self
The Seventh Sun of Love
Music
Δροσουλίτες
Sound
About Winds and Waters
Sound
Beware of Greeks Bearing Guns
Original Music Composer
Enopios Enopio
Guest
Misioni përtej detit
Original Music Composer
Greece: The Hidden War
Music
Athens, Return to the Acropolis
Original Music Composer
An Uncompromising Man
Music
Iphigenia
Original Music Composer
Letters from Marusia
Original Music Composer
Evidence
Self
The Secret Carrier
Original Music Composer
Songs of Fire
Self
The Rehearsal
Serpico
Original Music Composer
The Battle of Sutjeska
Music
The Hunchback
Sound
State of Siege
Original Music Composer
Le Grand Échiquier
Self
Biribi
Music
The Trojan Women
Original Music Composer
Samedi soir
Self
Nausicaa
Original Music Composer
Z
Original Music Composer
Punisher
Original Music Composer
The Lost Generation
Original Music Composer
The Day the Fish Came Out
Original Music Composer
A Bullet Through the Heart
Original Music Composer
From Greece
Music
The Roundup
Music
Storm
Music
Zorba the Greek
Original Music Composer
Five Miles to Midnight
Original Music Composer
The Lovers of Teruel
Original Music Composer
Electra
Original Music Composer
Phaedra
Original Music Composer
Synoikia to Oneiro
Music
The Shadow of the Cat
Conductor
Honeymoon
Music
Ill Met by Moonlight
Original Music Composer
Eva
Music