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Vangelis
Evangelos Odysseas Papathanassiou (, ; 29 March 1943 – 17 May 2022), known professionally as Vangelis ( ; , ), was a Greek musician, composer, and producer of electronic, progressive, ambient, and classical orchestral music. He composed the Academy Award-winning score to Chariots of Fire (1981), as well as scores for the films Blade Runner (1982), Missing (1982), Antarctica (1983), The Bounty (1984), 1492: Conquest of Paradise (1992), and Alexander (2004), and the 1980 PBS documentary series Cosmos: A Personal Voyage by Carl Sagan.
Jean-Michel Jarre
French composer, performer and record producer (born 1948)
Jon Lord
English composer, pianist, and Hammond organ player (1941–2012)
Richard Wright
English keyboardist, co-founder of Pink Floyd (1943–2008)
Mike Oldfield
English musician (born 1953)
Alan Parsons
British audio engineer, musician, and record producer
Keith Emerson
British recording artist; keyboard player and composer (1944–2016)
Steven Wilson
English musician, songwriter and record producer
Jeff Lynne
English musician (born 1947)
Jordan Rudess
American keyboardist
Rick Wakeman
English keyboardist
Geddy Lee
Canadian musician
Nobuo Uematsu
Japanese video game composer
Tony Banks
British musician
George Duke
American musician (1946–2013)
Czesław Niemen
Polish rock musician (1939–2004)
Rick Davies
Richard Davies was an English musician best known as founder, vocalist and keyboardist of the rock band Supertramp. Davies was the band's only constant member and wrote or co-wrote songs including "Bloody Well Right", "Goodbye Stranger", "My Kind of Lady", "Cannonball", and "I'm Beggin' You". He was known for his rhythmic blues piano solos, jazz-tinged progressive rock compositions and cynical lyrics.
Trevor Rabin
South African musician (born 1954)
Geoff Downes
English keyboardist
Eric Woolfson
Scottish songwriter, lyricist, vocalist, executive producer, pianist (1945–2009)
Roy Wood
English rock musician (born 1946)
Gary Brooker
English singer, composer and pianist (1945–2022)
Roger Hodgson
UK musician and songwriter
Manfred Mann
South African-born musician (born 1940)
Tony Kaye
British keyboardist
Ian McDonald
English musician, co-founder of King Crimson and Foreigner (1946–2022)
Neal Morse
American rock musician
Patrick Moraz
Swiss musician
Steve Hogarth
English singer
Richard Tandy
British keyboardist (1948–2024)
Richard Barbieri
English musician
Eddie Jobson
British keyboardist and violinist
Gary Wright
American, singer, musician and composer
Mike Ratledge
British musician
Mark Kelly
Irish keyboardist
Mike Pinder
British musician (1941–2024)
Gregg Rolie
American musician
Steve Walsh
American singer
Dave Stewart
English keyboardist and composer
Matthew Fisher
British musician
Dave Sinclair
British musician
John Evan
British musician and composer; best know as the keyboard player for the rock band Jethro Tull from April 1970 to June 1980
Thijs van Leer
Dutch musician
Rod Argent
British rock musician
Peter Bardens
English keyboardist (1945-2002)
Motoi Sakuraba
Japanese composer
Kerry Livgren
American guitarist (born 1949)
J. Peter Robinson
film score composer
Jan Schelhaas
British musician
Hugh Banton
British musician
Clive Nolan
British musician
Isaiah "Ikey" Owens
American keyboardist (1974–2014)
Jeff Wayne
American-British composer (born 1943)
Peter-John Vettese
British keyboardist, songwriter, arranger and record producer
Ton Scherpenzeel
Dutch musician
Kerry Minnear
British rock musician
Darryl Way
British musician
David Kaff
British actor and musician (1946-2025)