Theodorakis, Mikis | Very Best Of Mikis | CD

Mikis Theodorakis was a Greek songwriter, composer, author and politician, born in Chios on 29 July 1925 and died in Athens on 2 September 2021. He wrote over 1,000 songs, including the music for the Michael Cacoyannis film Zorba the Greek (1964), and his instrumental Zorba's Dance became renowned around the world. He also scored the films Z (1969) and Serpico (1973), and he founded the Little Orchestra of Athens in 1960. In 1983 he was awarded the Lenin Peace Prize.

The Very Best Of Mikis Theodorakis is a single CD compilation released by Koch International in 2000. The album is in the éntekhno and folk styles. Theodorakis is credited as composer, Evangelos Pitsiladis as arranger, Dimitris Chionas on bouzouki, baglama and tzouras, and Nikos Sakas on guitar.