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Alter Ego (soundtrack)
''Alter Ego'' is the soundtrack for the film of the same name. It was released in June 2007 by Minos EMI. All five singles from the soundtrack are sung by popular singer Sakis Rouvas, who also made his feature film début, interpreting the lead role of Stefanos. Album information Producers and collaborators The soundtrack was produced by Soumka, who composed all of the instrumental pieces for the film score. Singer-songwriter Pimis Petrou composed all of the lyrical songs, while Antonis Vardis, one of the most successful Greek composers, composed the song " Zise Ti Zoi" for Sakis Rouvas, which was the main theme to promote the film in the mainstream. Rouvas contributed vocally to five songs on the soundtrack, two of which, namely "One With This World" and "Nothing" were duets with his co-star Doretta Papadimitriou and were performed in the film by the actors as the group ''Alter Ego''. The song "Suspicious Minds" was written by Mark James and originally performed by Elvis Presle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sakis Rouvas
Anastasios "Sakis" Rouvas (, ; born 5 January 1972), also known :wikt:mononym, mononymously as Sakis, is a Greeks, Greek singer, actor, businessman and former pole vaulter. Born in Corfu, Rouvas won medals with Greece's U18 and U20 national sport of athletics, athletics team during the 1980s before pursuing a music career. He rose to fame in 1991 with his Sakis Rouvas (1991 album), debut album and became one of Greece's most prominent musical artists, with numerous number-one albums and singles—most of which have been certified platinum or higher—as well as widely attended tours and live shows. Over the course of his career, he has released Sakis Rouvas discography, fourteen studio albums, including five under PolyGram Records and nine under Minos EMI. His entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2004, "Shake It (Sakis Rouvas song), Shake It" became one of the best-selling CD singles in Greece. In addition to maintaining a successful recording career, Rouvas has also expanded i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ambient Music
Ambient music is a genre of music that emphasizes Musical tone, tone and atmosphere over traditional Musical form, musical structure or rhythm. Often "peaceful" sounding and lacking Musical composition, composition, beat, and/or structured melody,The Ambient Century by Mark Prendergast, Bloomsbury, London, 2003. ambient music uses textural layers of sound that can reward both passive and active listening, and encourage a sense of calm or contemplation. The genre evokes an "atmospheric", "visual",Prendergast, M. ''The Ambient Century''. 2001. Bloomsbury, USA or "unobtrusive" quality. Nature soundscapes may be included, and some works use sustained or repetition (music), repeated notes, as in drone music. Bearing elements with new-age music, acoustic music, instruments such as the piano, string section, strings and flute may be emulated through a synthesizer. The genre originated in the 1960s and 1970s, when new musical instruments were being introduced to a wider market, such as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greek Language
Greek (, ; , ) is an Indo-European languages, Indo-European language, constituting an independent Hellenic languages, Hellenic branch within the Indo-European language family. It is native to Greece, Cyprus, Italy (in Calabria and Salento), southern Albania, and other regions of the Balkans, Caucasus, the Black Sea coast, Asia Minor, and the Eastern Mediterranean. It has the list of languages by first written accounts, longest documented history of any Indo-European language, spanning at least 3,400 years of written records. Its writing system is the Greek alphabet, which has been used for approximately 2,800 years; previously, Greek was recorded in writing systems such as Linear B and the Cypriot syllabary. The Greek language holds a very important place in the history of the Western world. Beginning with the epics of Homer, ancient Greek literature includes many works of lasting importance in the European canon. Greek is also the language in which many of the foundational texts ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Minos EMI
Minos EMI is a record label, record company based in Athens, Greece. The company serves as the Greek record label and offices of the multinational Universal Music Group. EMI is credited for founding the record business in Greece in the 1930s, by producing the first records and building the country's first recording studio. Founding of recorded music in Greece In 1930, British Columbia Graphophone Company and Gramophone Company, which a year later merged to form EMI Group, formed a partnership along with Greek investor Lambropoulos Brothers Limited to produce records in Greece. By 1931, company operations were in full swing and the first disc produced in Greece had been pressed under the company name ''EMIAL''. After five years of using the halls of large hotels to record songs, EMIAL built Greece's first recording studio and became the front runner in the Greek music industry for many years. The company continued to be incorporated as EMIAL, although it predominantly used the tr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zise Ti Zoi
"Zise Ti Zoi" is a single by popular Greek singer Sakis Rouvas from the ''Alter Ego'' original soundtrack, released on 28 May 2007 in Greece and Cyprus by Minos EMI. Background Production history The song "Zise Ti Zoi" was composed as the theme to the Greek film ''Alter Ego'' that was released on 10 May 2007 and starred Sakis Rouvas. The song was composed by Antonis Vardis, while the lyrics were written by Vasilis Giannopoulos. The CD single included four of the radio singles from the ''Alter Ego'' soundtrack, all of which were performed by Rouvas. Two of the songs are duets with Doretta Papadimitriou who played Nefeli in the film, opposite Rouvas. Track listing CD single iTunes release Music video The music video was directed by production company ''White Room''. It features many scenes from the film ''Alter Ego An alter ego (Latin for "other I") means an alternate Self (psychology), self, which is believed to be distinct from a person's normal or true original Personalit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alter Ego (2007 Film)
''Alter Ego'' is a 2007 film produced by Village Roadshow Films (Greece). It premiered on May 10, 2007 in Greek theaters. The film stars Sakis Rouvas in his film debut. The film's soundtrack, which includes 5 songs by Sakis Rouvas. Plot summary Stefanos is the frontman, guitarist, and soul of the incredibly popular rock band Alter Ego. In recent years, the band has had groundbreaking success, and their potential surpasses those of international standards. However, a twist of fate changes their path on their journey to fortune and fame, and the group is ultimately rocked by a heartbreaking tragedy, especially Stefanos who needs to find the will and determination to move on. Cast *Sakis Rouvas - Stefanos *Danae Skiadi - Ariadne *Doretta Papadimitriou - Nefele *Kostis Kallivretakis - Philippos *Dimitris Kouroubalis - Timos *Alexandros Logothetis - Argyris *Laertis Malkotsis - Andreas *Evdokia Statiri - Nadia *Mairi Louisi - Roula *Joseph King - Himself DVD release The film was re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Film Score
A film score is original music written specifically to accompany a film. The score comprises a number of orchestral, instrumental, or choral pieces called cues, which are timed to begin and end at specific points during the film in order to enhance the dramatic narrative and the emotional impact of the scene in question. Scores are written by one or more composers under the guidance of or in collaboration with the film's director or producer and are then most often performed by an ensemble of musicians – usually including an orchestra (most likely a symphony orchestra) or band, instrumental soloists, and choir or vocalists – known as playback singers – and recorded by a sound engineer. The term is less frequently applied to music written for media such as live theatre, television and radio programs, and video games, and said music is typically referred to as either the soundtrack or incidental music. Film scores encompass an enormous variety of styles of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suspicious Minds
"Suspicious Minds" is a 1968 song written and first recorded by the American songwriter Mark James. After this recording failed commercially, it was recorded by Elvis Presley with the producer Chips Moman. Presley's version reached No.1 on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100, his 18th and final no. 1 single on that chart. In 1999, Presley's RCA Victor Records version was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame. Song The song is about a mistrusting and dysfunctional relationship, and the need of the characters to overcome their issues in order to maintain it. Written in 1968 by Mark James, who was also the co-writer of "Always on My Mind" (which Elvis Presley would later record), the song was first recorded and released by James on Scepter Records in 1968. Chips Moman had asked James to come to Memphis to write songs for American Sound Studio. At the time, James was residing in Houston. He had written three songs that became No.1 hits in the Southern United States. American Soun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark James (songwriter)
Francis Rodney Zambon (November 29, 1940 – June 8, 2024), known professionally as Mark James, was an American songwriter. He wrote hits for B.J. Thomas, Brenda Lee and Elvis Presley, including " Hooked on a Feeling", "Always on My Mind", and Presley's hit single " Suspicious Minds". Early life Mark James was born an Italian-American in Houston, Texas, on November 29, 1940, the son of an Italian-born building contractor and a school teacher, and he was raised there. At High School he played the violin and the accordion and conducted the school orchestra, but he said later that he had not realised how much he loved music until he picked up a guitar. James befriended singer B.J. Thomas when both were young. He began writing songs and performing in clubs in Houston, and changed his name to Mark James after he was told that 'Francis Zambon' was "a non-starter" . Career beginning and songwriting At first James intended to record his songs himself rather than give them to other ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elvis Presley
Elvis Aaron Presley (January 8, 1935 – August 16, 1977) was an American singer and actor. Referred to as the "King of Rock and Roll", he is regarded as Cultural impact of Elvis Presley, one of the most significant cultural figures of the 20th century. Presley's sexually provocative performance style, combined with a mix of influences across color lines during a civil rights movement, transformative era in race relations, brought both great success and Cultural impact of Elvis Presley#Danger to American culture, initial controversy. Presley was born in Tupelo, Mississippi; his family relocated to Memphis, Tennessee, when he was 13. He began his music career in 1954 at Sun Records with producer Sam Phillips, who wanted to bring the sound of African-American music to a wider audience. Presley, on guitar and accompanied by lead guitarist Scotty Moore and bassist Bill Black, was a pioneer of rockabilly, an uptempo, Backbeat (music), backbeat-driven fusion of country music and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
V-Sag
Vasileios Nektarios Sagonas (; born 28 January 1983) known professionally as V-Sag is a Greek music producer, pianist, DJ and music teacher. Early life Sagonas learned how to use computers at an early age, and learned to compose music using Digital Audio Workstations. He came out as gay to his friends and family on his early teens and as a shy person he started expressing his feelings through music. Career In 2006, Sagonas released a single ''Fossil'' at Pure Substance record label and started touring around the world. The same year, Hernan Cattaneo picked Sagonas' single ''I Wasn't Impressed Enough'' as one of his favorites which was released on Dave Seaman's record label, Audio Therapy (record label). In 2008, he collaborated with the record labels Armada Music, EMI and Universal and gained significance success with his release ''Feather''. In the same year he composed the titles music of the soundtrack of the movie ''Alter Ego'' starring the Greek singer Sakis Rouvas. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2000s Greek-language Albums
S, or s, is the nineteenth letter of the Latin alphabet, used in the English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and other latin alphabets worldwide. Its name in English is ''ess'' (pronounced ), plural ''esses''. History Northwest Semitic šîn represented a voiceless postalveolar fricative (as in 'ip'). It originated most likely as a pictogram of a tooth () and represented the phoneme via the acrophonic principle. Ancient Greek did not have a "sh" phoneme, so the derived Greek letter Sigma () came to represent the voiceless alveolar sibilant . While the letter shape Σ continues Phoenician ''šîn'', its name ''sigma'' is taken from the letter ''Samekh'', while the shape and position of ''samekh'' but name of ''šîn'' is continued in the '' xi''. Within Greek, the name of ''sigma'' was influenced by its association with the Greek word (earlier ), "to hiss". The original name of the letter "Sigma" may have been ''san'', but due to the ear ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
