Míkis Theodorakis

Known for SoundBorn 1925-07-29Died 2021-09-02Chios, 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 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.Read more

Movies & web series

Punisher

The Seventh Sun of Love

Misioni përtej detit

Mikis Theodorakis. Composer

Athens, Return to the Acropolis

Le Grand Échiquier

Z

Serpico

The Hunchback

The Lost Generation

Zorba the Greek

About Winds and Waters

State of Siege

Synoikia to Oneiro

Iphigenia

From Greece

Electra

Δροσουλίτες

The Shadow of the Cat

Songs of Fire

The Battle of Sutjeska

Nausicaa

Biribi

The Trojan Women

The Stubborn Donkey

Ill Met by Moonlight

Samedi soir

A Bullet Through the Heart

Honeymoon

An Uncompromising Man

Phaedra

Five Miles to Midnight

The Lovers of Teruel

Letters from Marusia

Evidence

The Rehearsal

Ein Lied für Argyris

Beware of Greeks Bearing Guns

The Day the Fish Came Out

The Secret Carrier

Milva, diva per sempre

An Buachaill Geal Gáireach/The Laughing Boy

Dance Fight Love Die: With Mikis On the Road

An All-Weather Man

Greece: The Hidden War

Laula minulle Arja