 On the other hand, some original themes from the film did not make it to the album.Although Vangelis had already done a number of film scores, including those for animal documentaries by Frédéric Rossif, "Chariots of Fire" was his first major film score, and it immediately gave him his big breakthrough as a composer, as "Titles" was an international hit and changed the whole course of his career.In addition to Vangelis' original music, the album includes an arrangement of "Jerusalem", sung by the Ambrosian Singers, as performed at the 1978 funeral of Harold Abrahams, the event which bookends the film and inspired its title.