Míkis Theodorakis

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

2026

Sing For Me Arja

Self

Movie
2024

Milva, diva per sempre

Himself

Movie
2023

An Buachaill Geal Gáireach/The Laughing Boy

(Archive footage)

Movie
2017

Dance Fight Love Die: With Mikis On the Road

Mikis Theodorakis

Movie
2010

Mikis Theodorakis. Composer

Self

Movie
2008

The Stubborn Donkey

Thanks

Movie
2006

Ein Lied für Argyris

Himself

Movie
2004

An All-Weather Man

Self

Movie
2001

The Seventh Sun of Love

Music

Movie
2001

Δροσουλίτες

Sound

Tv
2000

About Winds and Waters

Sound

Tv
2000

Beware of Greeks Bearing Guns

Original Music Composer

Movie
1991

Enopios Enopio

Guest

Tv
1988

Misioni përtej detit

Original Music Composer

Movie
1986

Greece: The Hidden War

Music

Movie
1983

Athens, Return to the Acropolis

Original Music Composer

Movie
1979

An Uncompromising Man

Music

Movie
1977

Iphigenia

Original Music Composer

Movie
1975

Letters from Marusia

Original Music Composer

Movie
1975

Evidence

Self

Movie
1975

The Secret Carrier

Original Music Composer

Movie
1975

Songs of Fire

Self

Movie
1974

The Rehearsal

Movie
1973

Serpico

Original Music Composer

Movie
1973

The Battle of Sutjeska

Music

Movie
1973

The Hunchback

Sound

Movie
1972

State of Siege

Original Music Composer

Movie
1972

Le Grand Échiquier

Self

Tv
1971

Biribi

Music

Movie
1971

The Trojan Women

Original Music Composer

Movie
1971

Samedi soir

Self

Tv
1971

Nausicaa

Original Music Composer

Movie
1969

Z

Original Music Composer

Movie
1968

Punisher

Original Music Composer

Movie
1968

The Lost Generation

Original Music Composer

Movie
1967

The Day the Fish Came Out

Original Music Composer

Movie
1966

A Bullet Through the Heart

Original Music Composer

Movie
1966

From Greece

Music

Movie
1965

The Roundup

Music

Movie
1965

Storm

Music

Movie
1964

Zorba the Greek

Original Music Composer

Movie
1962

Five Miles to Midnight

Original Music Composer

Movie
1962

The Lovers of Teruel

Original Music Composer

Movie
1962

Electra

Original Music Composer

Movie
1962

Phaedra

Original Music Composer

Movie
1961

Synoikia to Oneiro

Music

Movie
1961

The Shadow of the Cat

Conductor

Movie
1959

Honeymoon

Music

Movie
1957

Ill Met by Moonlight

Original Music Composer

Movie
1953

Eva

Music

Movie