{{Infobox Album | <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Albums -->
 | Name        = 1492: Conquest of Paradise
 | Cover       = 1492_album_cover_dual.jpg
 | Type        = Album
 | Artist      = Vangelis
 <!--EPs salmon|Original studio albums orange|Live albums darkturquoise|Greatest hits, box sets and other compilations darkseagreen|Cover and tribute albums plum|Movie soundtracks gainsboro-->
 | Released    = 1992
 | Recorded    = 1992
 | Genre       = Film score
 | Length      = 54:47
 | Label       = Atlantic/WEA
 | Producer    = Vangelis
 | Reviews     = 
* Allmusic [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:d7lvad7kt8w6] 
 | Last album  = ''The City''<br />(1990)
 | This album  = ''1492: Conquest of Paradise''<br /> (1992) 
 | Next album  = ''Blade Runner''<br />(1994)
 |
}} __NOTOC__
'''''1492: Conquest of Paradise''''' is a 1992 music score by Greek electronic composer and artist The film, a recount of the voyage to America in 1492 by Christopher Columbus, was directed by Ridley Scott, for whom Vangelis had previously composed the music score for ''Blade Runner'', in 1982. The album and the single "Conquest of Paradise" enjoyed a revival in 1995 for various reasons and broke many sales records[http://www.elsew.com/data/albums.htm].

== Track listing ==
# Opening – 1:20
# Conquest of Paradise – 4:47
# Monastery of La Rabida – 3:37
# City of Isabel – 2:16
# Light and Shadow – 3:46
# Deliverance – 3:28
# West Across the Ocean Sea – 2:52
# Eternity – 1:59
# Hispañola – 4:56
# Moxica and the Horse – 7:06
# Twenty Eighth Parallel – 5:14
# Pinta, Santa Maria (into Eternity) – 13:20

A number of pieces can be identified in the film, but it is clear that Scott preferred the haunting "Hispañola" (track 9) to set the tone of the film, rather than the heroic and more upbeat theme "Conquest of Paradise" (track 2).

The CD was released in each market with one of two different covers.

An EP disc was released with four tracks, two of which not included in the album:
# Conquest of Paradise 
# Moxica and The Horse
# Line Open
# Landscape

== Instrumentation ==

On this soundtrack, Vangelis plays together with a number of performers, including two Flamenco guitarists and vocalists, violin, mandolin and flutes. As on a number of previous albums by Vangelis, the English Chamber Choir, directed by Guy Protheroe, performs the choral parts.

The sound engineering and coordination was done by French musician Alexander soundtrack. 

Vangelis plays all synthesizers, using mainly string patches but also several ethnic ones, to reflect the character of the film, and electric piano and harp patches. Some calmer, atmospheric pieces (tracks 3, 7, 11 and 12) are entirely performed by Vangelis, using pianos, strings and harp.

For the ethnic music, Vangelis consulted with French specialist Xavier Belanger, who has advised other artists on similar issues, including Jean Michel Jarre.

A video clip was shot in Paris with Vangelis in his Epsilon Studios (since dismantled), with the choir performing.

== Lyrics ==

Three tracks of this album contain lyrics. In "Monastery of La Rabida" and "Deliverance", the choir sings Latin hymns ("De Profundo" and "Dies Irae"). In "Conquest of Paradise" Vangelis used "pseudo-Latin" invented language. This is called "wordpainting". [http://www.engelen.demon.nl/1492.htm]

'''1492: Conquest of Paradise''' is een soundtrack van Grieks muzikant Vangelis voor de gelijknamige film 1492: Conquest of Paradise uit 1992.

==Geschiedenis==
''1492: Conquest of Paradise'' is een wereldberoemde soundtrack. Qua opbrengst viel de film ietwat tegen maar de Duitse bokskampioen Henry Maske. Hij gebruikte het nummer ''Conquest of Paradise'' als theme voor zijn optredens en het werd daarna een heuse hype. Er zijn meer dan 200.000 albums over de toonbank gegaan, wat het tot één van de meest succesvolle soundtracks ooit maakt in Nederland. De single deed het ook erg goed: deze stond 10 weken op nummer 1 in de Nederlandse Top 40 en de geschatte verkoop lag om en nabij de 100.000 stuks.

==Soundtrack==
De soundtrack bevat 12 nummers, waarvan het bekendste toch wel Conquest of Paradise is. Verreweg het langste qua duur is ''Pinta, Nina, Santa Maria (Into Eternity)'', met meer dan 13 minuten speeltijd. Er is ook een soundtrack van ''1492: Conquest of Paradise'' met 10 nummers, maar deze bevat eigenlijk dezelfde nummers. Het album klinkt melodieus en is rijkelijk gevuld met de nodige synthesizerklanken waar Vangelis om bekend staat, terwijl de lokale instrumenten ook goed aan bod komen. De opnamens verschillen op veel punten met de opnames uit de film. Sommige passages zijn vrijwel hetzelfde gebleven, maar er zijn ook nummers die niet voorkomen in de film, en sommige nummers verschijnen in een geheel andere vorm. Ook niet alle muziek staat op het album, zoals de vele karakterthema's (Leitmotive) die voorbijkomen of grote omwentelingen in de film (zoals de storm aan het eind). Dit heeft de verkoopcijfers echter niet gedrukt.