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Giorgio Moroder

January 06, 2023

Giovanni Giorgio Moroder (Italian: [dʒoˈvanni ˈdʒɔrdʒo moˈrɔːder], German: [mɔˈʁoːdɐ]; born 26 April 1940)[3][4] is an Italian composer, songwriter, and record producer. Dubbed the "Father of Disco",[5][6][7] Moroder is credited with pioneering euro disco and electronic dance music.[2][8] His work with synthesizers had a large influence on several music genres such as Hi-NRG, Italo disco, new wave, house and techno music.[8][9][10]

Giorgio Moroder
Moroder at First Avenue, Minneapolis, in 2018
Background information
Birth nameGiovanni Giorgio Moroder
Born (1940-04-26) 26 April 1940 (age 82)
Urtijëi, South Tyrol, Kingdom of Italy
Genres
Occupation(s)
  • Composer
  • songwriter
  • record producer
Years active
  • 1958–1993
  • 2012–present
Labels
Websitegiorgiomoroder.com

When in Munich in the 1970s, Moroder started his own record label called Oasis Records, which several years later became a subdivision of Casablanca Records. He is the founder of the former Musicland Studios in Munich, a recording studio used by many artists including the Rolling Stones, Electric Light Orchestra, Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple, Queen and Elton John.[11] He produced singles for Donna Summer during the mid-to-late 1970s disco era, including "Love to Love You Baby", "I Feel Love", "Last Dance", "MacArthur Park", "Hot Stuff", "Bad Girls", "Dim All the Lights", "No More Tears (Enough Is Enough)", and "On the Radio". During this period, he also released many albums, including the synthesizer-driven From Here To Eternity (1977) and E=MC2 (1979).[12]

Moroder produced the recording artist Suzi Lane and her disco album and charting number one single "Ooh La La". She had a second minor classic single "Harmony" on Elektra Records in 1979. He began to compose film soundtracks and scores, including Midnight Express, American Gigolo, Superman III, Scarface, The NeverEnding Story, and the 1984 restoration of Metropolis. Moroder's work on the film Midnight Express (1978), which contained the international hit "Chase", won him the Academy Award for Best Original Score and the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score. He also produced a number of electronic disco songs for the Three Degrees, two albums for Sparks, and a handful of songs on Bonnie Tyler's album Bitterblue as well as her 1985 single "Here She Comes". In 1990, he composed "Un'estate italiana", the official theme song of the 1990 FIFA World Cup.

Moroder has created a score of songs for many performers including David Bowie, Kylie Minogue, Irene Cara, Janet Jackson, Madleen Kane, Melissa Manchester, Blondie, Japan and France Joli. Moroder has stated that the work of which he is most proud is Berlin's "Take My Breath Away",[13] which earned him the Academy Award for Best Original Song and the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song in 1986; he had earned the same awards in 1983 for "Flashdance... What a Feeling" (as well as the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score for all of his work on Flashdance). In addition to the three Academy Awards and four Golden Globes, Moroder has also received four Grammy Awards, two People's Choice Awards, and more than 100 Golden and Platinum discs. In 2004, he was inducted into the Dance Music Hall of Fame.[14]

Early life

Giovanni Giorgio Moroder was born on 26 April 1940 in Urtijëi (Urtijëi in Ladin, known in Italian as Ortisei and in German as St. Ulrich in Gröden) to Ladin parents in South Tyrol in what was then the Kingdom of Italy.[15] His birth name is Giovanni Giorgio,[16] though as a child his mother called him Hansjörg (pronounced [ˈhansjœʁk]), a German version of his two first names, while he was growing up they lived in a mixed Ladin-, German- and Italian-speaking environment in South Tyrol in northern Italy.[17][18] Artist Ulrich Moroder is one of his three brothers.[19] His father was a hotel concierge.[19]

Career

He began teaching himself to play guitar, at age 15, inspired by Paul Anka's Diana.[19] At age 18, he began touring Europe as a professional musician.[19] He performed at night, and during the day, made recordings with two Revox recorders.[19] Around age 25 he moved to his aunt in Berlin, working as a sound engineer.[19] Ricky Shayne's single "Ich sprenge alle Ketten" ("I bust all the chains"), composed by then-unknowns Moroder and Michael Holm, became a German hit.[19] The second hit was Moroder's and Holm's cover of Sir Douglas Quintet's single, Mendocino.[19] After 2 years in Berlin, Moroder moved to Munich.[19]

Moroder made his first steps in music in the Scotch Club in Aachen and then released a few singles under the name "Giorgio" beginning in 1963 after moving to Berlin, singing in Italian, Spanish, English, and German.[citation needed]

1963–1983: Contribution to electronic music

 
Moroder's Musicland Studios was located in the basement of the pictured Arabella High-Rise Building.[20]

In 1968, he moved to Munich and came to prominence when "Looky Looky" was awarded a gold disc in 1970.[21][22] He then founded the Musicland Studios in the early 1970s. Often collaborating with lyricist Pete Bellotte, Moroder had a number of hits in his own name including "Son of My Father"[17] in 1972, a No. 1 hit in the UK for Chicory Tip, before releasing the synthesizer-driven From Here to Eternity, a chart hit in 1977. That same year he co-wrote and produced the Donna Summer hit single "I Feel Love",[17][23] the first track in the Hi-NRG genre. The following year he released "Chase", the theme from the film Midnight Express. These songs achieved some chart success in the United Kingdom, the United States and across Europe, and everywhere disco-mania was spreading. The score for Midnight Express featured "Chase"; which brought his first Academy Award for Best Original Score in 1979.

Moroder released E=MC² in 1979. He released three albums between 1977 and 1979 under the name Munich Machine. He composed and produced two film soundtrack albums: the first for Foxes, and the second for American Gigolo (both 1980). A double album of the Foxes soundtrack was released on the disco label Casablanca Records which includes Donna Summer's hit single "On the Radio", which Moroder produced and co-wrote. The Foxes soundtrack contains a song titled "Bad Love", written and performed by Cher and produced by Moroder. The American Gigolo soundtrack featured the Moroder-produced "Call Me" by Blondie, a US and UK number one hit. The combined club play of the album's tracks was number two for five weeks on the disco/dance charts.[24] He wrote the soundtrack of the movie Cat People (1982), including the hit single "Cat People (Putting Out Fire)" featuring David Bowie, and produced the soundtrack for the film Scarface (1983). During its initial release, the album was only available in a few countries and strictly through import in the United States. Moroder-produced tracks included "Scarface (Push It to the Limit)" by Paul Engemann, "Rush Rush" by Debbie Harry and "She's on Fire" by Amy Holland.

1984–1993: Recognition and hiatus

 
Moroder with his longtime collaborator Donna Summer and her husband Bruce Sudano. On the left Moroder's wife Francisca Gutierrez.

In 1984, Moroder compiled a new restoration and edit of the silent film Metropolis (1927)[25] and provided it with a contemporary soundtrack.[26] This soundtrack includes seven pop music tracks from Pat Benatar, Jon Anderson, Adam Ant, Billy Squier, Loverboy, Bonnie Tyler and Freddie Mercury.[27] He integrated the original intertitles into the film as subtitles as a means of improving continuity. Since the original speed was unknown this choice was controversial. Known as the "Moroder version", it sparked debate among film buffs, with outspoken critics and supporters of the film falling into equal camps.[28][29] Most critics agree that, the opinion of film purists aside, Moroder's version was a welcome addition.[30][31] In 1984, Moroder worked with Philip Oakey of the Human League to make the album Philip Oakey & Giorgio Moroder, which was a UK singles chart hit with "Together in Electric Dreams", title track to the 1984 film Electric Dreams. The same year saw him collaborating with Kajagoogoo frontman Limahl for their worldwide hit "The NeverEnding Story".[32]

In 1986, Moroder collaborated with his protégé Harold Faltermeyer (of "Axel F") and lyricist Tom Whitlock to create the score for the film Top Gun (1986) which included Kenny Loggins' hit "Danger Zone" and Berlin's "Take My Breath Away". He wrote the theme song to the film Over the Top, "Meet Me Half Way", also performed by Loggins. In 1987, Moroder produced and co-wrote Falco's song "Body Next to Body". Moroder wrote the official theme songs, "Reach Out", for the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics, and "Hand in Hand", for the 1988 Seoul Olympics and "Un'estate italiana" for the 1990 FIFA World Cup. On 12 March 1992 Moroder released his fourteenth studio album, Forever Dancing, his last solo project for years and he took a long hiatus in 1993.[33] For two decades he released no new albums,[23] focusing largely on remixes and visual art during most of the 1990s and early 2000s.[34][35] With Daniel Walker he produced a soundtrack for Leni Riefenstahl's last film Impressionen unter Wasser. His song Forever Friends has been featured in the Olympic Games in Beijing 2008.[36][37]

2012–present: Return and collaborations

 
Moroder at Melt! Festival 2015

In 2012, Moroder returned to music with the theme music for Google's "Racer".[38] Moroder contributed to Daft Punk's 2013 studio album Random Access Memories, admitting that he was a fan of their song "One More Time" before working with the group.[39] His voice and story are on the album track "Giorgio by Moroder". On the track he states "My name is Giovanni Giorgio, but everybody calls me Giorgio”. In summer 2013, he DJ'd at the Red Bull Music Academy in New York.[40][41] In 2014, Moroder reworked an old classic from the 1960s called "Doo Bee Doo" (2014 version), which was used in the Volkswagen 2014 Super Bowl commercial, "Wings".[42][43] He also announced that he was planning to work with electro-pop producer Madeon[44][non-primary source needed] and American singer Lana Del Rey.[45][46] On 9 June 2014, Adult Swim released a new Hi-NRG Disco single by Moroder (named "Giorgio's Theme").[47] Moroder also remixed Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga's rendition of "I Can't Give You Anything but Love".[48]

Moroder's solo studio album, Déjà Vu, was released in 2015.[49] It features collaborations with Kylie Minogue, Britney Spears, Sia, Charli XCX, Mikky Ekko, Foxes and Matthew Koma, among others.[48] On 16 January, the collaboration with Kylie Minogue, "Right Here, Right Now", was leaked to the internet ahead of its official release.[50] The song, along with a video teaser, was officially released on 20 January 2015[51] and on 18 April 2015 reached number one on the US Dance Club Songs, becoming Moroder's first chart-topper in 15 years.[52] In March 2015, Moroder supported Minogue during the Australian leg of her Kiss Me Once Tour.[53][54] Moroder and Sia collaborated in May 2015 on the title track from Moroder's LP Déjà Vu.[55]

In September 2015, Moroder was featured on Kylie Minogue's EP Kylie + Garibay on the song "Your Body". In 2016, he and Raney Shockne wrote and composed the music to the video game Tron RUN/r. The soundtrack album was released on 31 May 2016.[56][57] In October 2016, Moroder produced "One More Day" for Sistar, a Korean girl group.[58] They debuted the song live on 8 October, at Korea's DMC Festival 2016, with Moroder being present in the audience.[59][60] The music video for the song was released on 22 November, alongside the official digital release of the track.[58] 2021 saw Moroder return to the studio with Duran Duran, co-writing and producing two tracks, "Tonight United"[61] and "Beautiful Lies" for their October 2021 album release Future Past.[62]

Awards

Main article: List of awards and nominations received by Giorgio Moroder
 
Moroder with some of his awards in 2007

Moroder has won three Academy Awards: Best Original Score for Midnight Express (1978);[63] Best Song for "Flashdance...What a Feeling", from the film Flashdance (1983)[64] and Best Song for "Take My Breath Away", from Top Gun (1986).[65] Moroder also won two of his four Grammy Awards for Flashdance: Best Album or Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or a Television Special and Best Instrumental Composition for the track "Love Theme from Flashdance". The third was awarded for Best Dance Recording for the song "Carry On".

Moroder also won four Golden Globes: two Best Original Score for "Midnight Express" and "Flashdance... What a Feeling", and two Best Original Song for "Flashdance... What a Feeling" and "Take My Breath Away".

On 20 September 2004, Moroder was honored at the Dance Music Hall of Fame ceremony, held in New York, when he was inducted for his achievements and contributions as a producer. In 2005, Moroder was named a Commendatore Ordine al Merito della Repubblica Italiana,[66] and in 2010 Bolzano awarded him the Grande Ordine al Merito della Provincia autonoma di Bolzano. In 2011, he was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award by the World Soundtrack Academy. In 2014, Moroder won his fourth Grammy Award for Daft Punk's Random Access Memories (Album of the Year).

Legacy

 
Moroder at Pitchfork Music Festival 2014

The British alternative rock duo Curve covered "I Feel Love" in 1992. The song was later included on the double CD compilation The Way of Curve, released in 2004. Bronski Beat covered "I Feel Love" and "Love to Love You Baby" for their debut album The Age of Consent (1984). "On Fire", the second single from rapper Lil Wayne's seventh studio album Rebirth, contains allusions from Amy Holland's song "She's on Fire" and was inspired in its entirety by Scarface.[67] "Push It", the second single from rapper Rick Ross' debut album Port of Miami, samples "Scarface (Push It to the Limit)" and the story of the video has a very similar theme to the film Scarface. It was produced by J. R. Rotem.

His song "Tears" was sampled and used as the basis of the DJ Shadow song "Organ Donor" on his 1996 album Endtroducing...... Canadian hip hop group Swollen Members sampled the song in "Fuel Injected" and "Meltdown". It also appears on the song "Tragedy" by RZA. The main melody and chord progression form the basis of "Marz" by folk musician John Grant and "Only Light" by Australian ska band the Cat Empire. Hip hop duo Mobb Deep used a sample from the song "Tony's Theme" in their song G.O.D. Pt. III. His song "E=MC²" was sampled and used for J. Dilla's song of the same title. One of his early compositions, "Doo-Bee-Doo-Bee-Doo" from 1969, was featured for many years in silent sketches on The Benny Hill Show as part of a medley that also included "Mah Nà Mah Nà", a 4/4 adaptation of Ludwig van Beethoven's "Für Elise", and "Gimme Dat Ding".

The theme from Midnight Express was sampled by hip hop duo OutKast for their song "Return of the Gangsta", and by hip-hop producer J Dilla for "Phantom of the Synths", a beat later used by MF Doom for "Gazzillion Ear" and by Jay Electronica for "Dimethyltryptamine".

 
Moroder performing at First Avenue in Minneapolis, 2018

"Chase" was used as the entrance theme music for the professional wrestling tag team the Midnight Express throughout the early 1980s as well as in a number of montage videos for NBC's Major League Baseball coverage and CBS's coverage of the NBA. Art Bell also used "Chase" as the theme for his late-night talk radio programs Coast to Coast AM and Midnight in the Desert.

Moroder's opening theme from the 1983 film Scarface is sampled by Nas and Mobb Deep for the track "It's Mine". "Leopard Tree Dream" from Cat People is sampled by Cannibal Ox in the song "Iron Galaxy." "The Legend of Babel" theme from the Metropolis soundtrack was covered by DJ Dado. British electronica musician Little Boots covered "Love Kills", which was written in collaboration with Freddie Mercury. "Future Lovers", a song from American recording artist Madonna's 2005 album Confessions on a Dance Floor, has a bass line inspired by Donna Summer's Moroder-produced hit "I Feel Love". Furthermore, Madonna opened her 2006 Confessions Tour with a medley of "Future Lovers" and "I Feel Love". The version of "Live To Tell" Madonna performed on The Confessions Tour heavily samples Moroder's song "Tears". Suns of Arqa's album "Technomor" includes the track "Moroder Vibe" which contains elements of "I Feel Love". Underworld's 1999 album, Beaucoup Fish, contains a song titled "Shudder/King of Snake", which contains an interpolation of the bass line from "I Feel Love".[68]

"I Feel Love" was inducted into the National Recording Registry in 2011.[69]

In 2013, a dance club opened in Hollywood's Standard Hotel name after Moroder, called Georgio's.[70] Moroder even visited it and for the first time saw people dancing to his music, stating: “I never saw people dancing to my music. I was too busy working. I was always in the studio. I never took the coca.”[71]

In February 2016, Shooter Jennings, the son of outlaw country singer Waylon Jennings, released a tribute album entitled Countach (For Giorgio), his seventh studio album.[72] Shooter Jennings stated that Moroder's music from the movies Midnight Express (1978), Cat People (1982) and The NeverEnding Story (1984) had a major influence on him as a child which "...set the foundation for the music of my entire life."[72]

Before his career reboot with Daft Punk, Moroder dedicated decades to his personal hobbies/projects. He designed a car with Marcello Gandini and ex-Lamborghini personnel, the Cizeta-Moroder V16T. Also in a 2013 interview, he spoke about architectural design of a pyramid-like apartment that was supposed to take place in Dubai. It was never built. Other projects included creating his own cognac liquor and getting involved with digital and neon art and putting on shows.[35]

Moroder is a character in Summer: The Donna Summer Musical, in reference to his work with disco diva Donna Summer.[73]

Personal life

Moroder currently lives in Beverly Hills, California. He was married to Francisca Gutierrez from 1990 until her death in 2022, and they have a son, Alessandro.[74][75]

He is a friend of Michael Holm, with whom he composed the 1973 album Spinach 1 under the moniker "Spinach". Holm's song Giorgio und ich is dedicated to Moroder.

Discography

Main article: Giorgio Moroder discography

See also

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giorgio, moroder, giovanni, italian, dʒoˈvanni, ˈdʒɔrdʒo, moˈrɔːder, german, mɔˈʁoːdɐ, born, april, 1940, italian, composer, songwriter, record, producer, dubbed, father, disco, moroder, credited, with, pioneering, euro, disco, electronic, dance, music, work, . Giovanni Giorgio Moroder Italian dʒoˈvanni ˈdʒɔrdʒo moˈrɔːder German mɔˈʁoːdɐ born 26 April 1940 3 4 is an Italian composer songwriter and record producer Dubbed the Father of Disco 5 6 7 Moroder is credited with pioneering euro disco and electronic dance music 2 8 His work with synthesizers had a large influence on several music genres such as Hi NRG Italo disco new wave house and techno music 8 9 10 Giorgio MoroderMoroder at First Avenue Minneapolis in 2018Background informationBirth nameGiovanni Giorgio MoroderBorn 1940 04 26 26 April 1940 age 82 Urtijei South Tyrol Kingdom of ItalyGenresEuro disco 1 2 discosynth popelectronicrocknew waveOccupation s Composersongwriterrecord producerYears active1958 19932012 presentLabelsLondonOasisCasablancaHansaRCAVirginWebsitegiorgiomoroder com When in Munich in the 1970s Moroder started his own record label called Oasis Records which several years later became a subdivision of Casablanca Records He is the founder of the former Musicland Studios in Munich a recording studio used by many artists including the Rolling Stones Electric Light Orchestra Led Zeppelin Deep Purple Queen and Elton John 11 He produced singles for Donna Summer during the mid to late 1970s disco era including Love to Love You Baby I Feel Love Last Dance MacArthur Park Hot Stuff Bad Girls Dim All the Lights No More Tears Enough Is Enough and On the Radio During this period he also released many albums including the synthesizer driven From Here To Eternity 1977 and E MC2 1979 12 Moroder produced the recording artist Suzi Lane and her disco album and charting number one single Ooh La La She had a second minor classic single Harmony on Elektra Records in 1979 He began to compose film soundtracks and scores including Midnight Express American Gigolo Superman III Scarface The NeverEnding Story and the 1984 restoration of Metropolis Moroder s work on the film Midnight Express 1978 which contained the international hit Chase won him the Academy Award for Best Original Score and the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score He also produced a number of electronic disco songs for the Three Degrees two albums for Sparks and a handful of songs on Bonnie Tyler s album Bitterblue as well as her 1985 single Here She Comes In 1990 he composed Un estate italiana the official theme song of the 1990 FIFA World Cup Moroder has created a score of songs for many performers including David Bowie Kylie Minogue Irene Cara Janet Jackson Madleen Kane Melissa Manchester Blondie Japan and France Joli Moroder has stated that the work of which he is most proud is Berlin s Take My Breath Away 13 which earned him the Academy Award for Best Original Song and the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song in 1986 he had earned the same awards in 1983 for Flashdance What a Feeling as well as the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score for all of his work on Flashdance In addition to the three Academy Awards and four Golden Globes Moroder has also received four Grammy Awards two People s Choice Awards and more than 100 Golden and Platinum discs In 2004 he was inducted into the Dance Music Hall of Fame 14 Contents 1 Early life 2 Career 2 1 1963 1983 Contribution to electronic music 2 2 1984 1993 Recognition and hiatus 2 3 2012 present Return and collaborations 3 Awards 4 Legacy 5 Personal life 6 Discography 7 See also 8 References 9 External linksEarly life EditGiovanni Giorgio Moroder was born on 26 April 1940 in Urtijei Urtijei in Ladin known in Italian as Ortisei and in German as St Ulrich in Groden to Ladin parents in South Tyrol in what was then the Kingdom of Italy 15 His birth name is Giovanni Giorgio 16 though as a child his mother called him Hansjorg pronounced ˈhansjœʁk a German version of his two first names while he was growing up they lived in a mixed Ladin German and Italian speaking environment in South Tyrol in northern Italy 17 18 Artist Ulrich Moroder is one of his three brothers 19 His father was a hotel concierge 19 Career EditHe began teaching himself to play guitar at age 15 inspired by Paul Anka s Diana 19 At age 18 he began touring Europe as a professional musician 19 He performed at night and during the day made recordings with two Revox recorders 19 Around age 25 he moved to his aunt in Berlin working as a sound engineer 19 Ricky Shayne s single Ich sprenge alle Ketten I bust all the chains composed by then unknowns Moroder and Michael Holm became a German hit 19 The second hit was Moroder s and Holm s cover of Sir Douglas Quintet s single Mendocino 19 After 2 years in Berlin Moroder moved to Munich 19 Moroder made his first steps in music in the Scotch Club in Aachen and then released a few singles under the name Giorgio beginning in 1963 after moving to Berlin singing in Italian Spanish English and German citation needed 1963 1983 Contribution to electronic music Edit Moroder s Musicland Studios was located in the basement of the pictured Arabella High Rise Building 20 In 1968 he moved to Munich and came to prominence when Looky Looky was awarded a gold disc in 1970 21 22 He then founded the Musicland Studios in the early 1970s Often collaborating with lyricist Pete Bellotte Moroder had a number of hits in his own name including Son of My Father 17 in 1972 a No 1 hit in the UK for Chicory Tip before releasing the synthesizer driven From Here to Eternity a chart hit in 1977 That same year he co wrote and produced the Donna Summer hit single I Feel Love 17 23 the first track in the Hi NRG genre The following year he released Chase the theme from the film Midnight Express These songs achieved some chart success in the United Kingdom the United States and across Europe and everywhere disco mania was spreading The score for Midnight Express featured Chase which brought his first Academy Award for Best Original Score in 1979 Moroder released E MC in 1979 He released three albums between 1977 and 1979 under the name Munich Machine He composed and produced two film soundtrack albums the first for Foxes and the second for American Gigolo both 1980 A double album of the Foxes soundtrack was released on the disco label Casablanca Records which includes Donna Summer s hit single On the Radio which Moroder produced and co wrote The Foxes soundtrack contains a song titled Bad Love written and performed by Cher and produced by Moroder The American Gigolo soundtrack featured the Moroder produced Call Me by Blondie a US and UK number one hit The combined club play of the album s tracks was number two for five weeks on the disco dance charts 24 He wrote the soundtrack of the movie Cat People 1982 including the hit single Cat People Putting Out Fire featuring David Bowie and produced the soundtrack for the film Scarface 1983 During its initial release the album was only available in a few countries and strictly through import in the United States Moroder produced tracks included Scarface Push It to the Limit by Paul Engemann Rush Rush by Debbie Harry and She s on Fire by Amy Holland 1984 1993 Recognition and hiatus Edit Moroder with his longtime collaborator Donna Summer and her husband Bruce Sudano On the left Moroder s wife Francisca Gutierrez In 1984 Moroder compiled a new restoration and edit of the silent film Metropolis 1927 25 and provided it with a contemporary soundtrack 26 This soundtrack includes seven pop music tracks from Pat Benatar Jon Anderson Adam Ant Billy Squier Loverboy Bonnie Tyler and Freddie Mercury 27 He integrated the original intertitles into the film as subtitles as a means of improving continuity Since the original speed was unknown this choice was controversial Known as the Moroder version it sparked debate among film buffs with outspoken critics and supporters of the film falling into equal camps 28 29 Most critics agree that the opinion of film purists aside Moroder s version was a welcome addition 30 31 In 1984 Moroder worked with Philip Oakey of the Human League to make the album Philip Oakey amp Giorgio Moroder which was a UK singles chart hit with Together in Electric Dreams title track to the 1984 film Electric Dreams The same year saw him collaborating with Kajagoogoo frontman Limahl for their worldwide hit The NeverEnding Story 32 In 1986 Moroder collaborated with his protege Harold Faltermeyer of Axel F and lyricist Tom Whitlock to create the score for the film Top Gun 1986 which included Kenny Loggins hit Danger Zone and Berlin s Take My Breath Away He wrote the theme song to the film Over the Top Meet Me Half Way also performed by Loggins In 1987 Moroder produced and co wrote Falco s song Body Next to Body Moroder wrote the official theme songs Reach Out for the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics and Hand in Hand for the 1988 Seoul Olympics and Un estate italiana for the 1990 FIFA World Cup On 12 March 1992 Moroder released his fourteenth studio album Forever Dancing his last solo project for years and he took a long hiatus in 1993 33 For two decades he released no new albums 23 focusing largely on remixes and visual art during most of the 1990s and early 2000s 34 35 With Daniel Walker he produced a soundtrack for Leni Riefenstahl s last film Impressionen unter Wasser His song Forever Friends has been featured in the Olympic Games in Beijing 2008 36 37 2012 present Return and collaborations Edit Moroder at Melt Festival 2015 In 2012 Moroder returned to music with the theme music for Google s Racer 38 Moroder contributed to Daft Punk s 2013 studio album Random Access Memories admitting that he was a fan of their song One More Time before working with the group 39 His voice and story are on the album track Giorgio by Moroder On the track he states My name is Giovanni Giorgio but everybody calls me Giorgio In summer 2013 he DJ d at the Red Bull Music Academy in New York 40 41 In 2014 Moroder reworked an old classic from the 1960s called Doo Bee Doo 2014 version which was used in the Volkswagen 2014 Super Bowl commercial Wings 42 43 He also announced that he was planning to work with electro pop producer Madeon 44 non primary source needed and American singer Lana Del Rey 45 46 On 9 June 2014 Adult Swim released a new Hi NRG Disco single by Moroder named Giorgio s Theme 47 Moroder also remixed Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga s rendition of I Can t Give You Anything but Love 48 Moroder s solo studio album Deja Vu was released in 2015 49 It features collaborations with Kylie Minogue Britney Spears Sia Charli XCX Mikky Ekko Foxes and Matthew Koma among others 48 On 16 January the collaboration with Kylie Minogue Right Here Right Now was leaked to the internet ahead of its official release 50 The song along with a video teaser was officially released on 20 January 2015 51 and on 18 April 2015 reached number one on the US Dance Club Songs becoming Moroder s first chart topper in 15 years 52 In March 2015 Moroder supported Minogue during the Australian leg of her Kiss Me Once Tour 53 54 Moroder and Sia collaborated in May 2015 on the title track from Moroder s LP Deja Vu 55 In September 2015 Moroder was featured on Kylie Minogue s EP Kylie Garibay on the song Your Body In 2016 he and Raney Shockne wrote and composed the music to the video game Tron RUN r The soundtrack album was released on 31 May 2016 56 57 In October 2016 Moroder produced One More Day for Sistar a Korean girl group 58 They debuted the song live on 8 October at Korea s DMC Festival 2016 with Moroder being present in the audience 59 60 The music video for the song was released on 22 November alongside the official digital release of the track 58 2021 saw Moroder return to the studio with Duran Duran co writing and producing two tracks Tonight United 61 and Beautiful Lies for their October 2021 album release Future Past 62 Awards EditMain article List of awards and nominations received by Giorgio Moroder Moroder with some of his awards in 2007 Moroder has won three Academy Awards Best Original Score for Midnight Express 1978 63 Best Song for Flashdance What a Feeling from the film Flashdance 1983 64 and Best Song for Take My Breath Away from Top Gun 1986 65 Moroder also won two of his four Grammy Awards for Flashdance Best Album or Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or a Television Special and Best Instrumental Composition for the track Love Theme from Flashdance The third was awarded for Best Dance Recording for the song Carry On Moroder also won four Golden Globes two Best Original Score for Midnight Express and Flashdance What a Feeling and two Best Original Song for Flashdance What a Feeling and Take My Breath Away On 20 September 2004 Moroder was honored at the Dance Music Hall of Fame ceremony held in New York when he was inducted for his achievements and contributions as a producer In 2005 Moroder was named a Commendatore Ordine al Merito della Repubblica Italiana 66 and in 2010 Bolzano awarded him the Grande Ordine al Merito della Provincia autonoma di Bolzano In 2011 he was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award by the World Soundtrack Academy In 2014 Moroder won his fourth Grammy Award for Daft Punk s Random Access Memories Album of the Year Legacy Edit Moroder at Pitchfork Music Festival 2014 The British alternative rock duo Curve covered I Feel Love in 1992 The song was later included on the double CD compilation The Way of Curve released in 2004 Bronski Beat covered I Feel Love and Love to Love You Baby for their debut album The Age of Consent 1984 On Fire the second single from rapper Lil Wayne s seventh studio album Rebirth contains allusions from Amy Holland s song She s on Fire and was inspired in its entirety by Scarface 67 Push It the second single from rapper Rick Ross debut album Port of Miami samples Scarface Push It to the Limit and the story of the video has a very similar theme to the film Scarface It was produced by J R Rotem His song Tears was sampled and used as the basis of the DJ Shadow song Organ Donor on his 1996 album Endtroducing Canadian hip hop group Swollen Members sampled the song in Fuel Injected and Meltdown It also appears on the song Tragedy by RZA The main melody and chord progression form the basis of Marz by folk musician John Grant and Only Light by Australian ska band the Cat Empire Hip hop duo Mobb Deep used a sample from the song Tony s Theme in their song G O D Pt III His song E MC was sampled and used for J Dilla s song of the same title One of his early compositions Doo Bee Doo Bee Doo from 1969 was featured for many years in silent sketches on The Benny Hill Show as part of a medley that also included Mah Na Mah Na a 4 4 adaptation of Ludwig van Beethoven s Fur Elise and Gimme Dat Ding The theme from Midnight Express was sampled by hip hop duo OutKast for their song Return of the Gangsta and by hip hop producer J Dilla for Phantom of the Synths a beat later used by MF Doom for Gazzillion Ear and by Jay Electronica for Dimethyltryptamine Moroder performing at First Avenue in Minneapolis 2018 Chase was used as the entrance theme music for the professional wrestling tag team the Midnight Express throughout the early 1980s as well as in a number of montage videos for NBC s Major League Baseball coverage and CBS s coverage of the NBA Art Bell also used Chase as the theme for his late night talk radio programs Coast to Coast AM and Midnight in the Desert Moroder s opening theme from the 1983 film Scarface is sampled by Nas and Mobb Deep for the track It s Mine Leopard Tree Dream from Cat People is sampled by Cannibal Ox in the song Iron Galaxy The Legend of Babel theme from the Metropolis soundtrack was covered by DJ Dado British electronica musician Little Boots covered Love Kills which was written in collaboration with Freddie Mercury Future Lovers a song from American recording artist Madonna s 2005 album Confessions on a Dance Floor has a bass line inspired by Donna Summer s Moroder produced hit I Feel Love Furthermore Madonna opened her 2006 Confessions Tour with a medley of Future Lovers and I Feel Love The version of Live To Tell Madonna performed on The Confessions Tour heavily samples Moroder s song Tears Suns of Arqa s album Technomor includes the track Moroder Vibe which contains elements of I Feel Love Underworld s 1999 album Beaucoup Fish contains a song titled Shudder King of Snake which contains an interpolation of the bass line from I Feel Love 68 I Feel Love was inducted into the National Recording Registry in 2011 69 In 2013 a dance club opened in Hollywood s Standard Hotel name after Moroder called Georgio s 70 Moroder even visited it and for the first time saw people dancing to his music stating I never saw people dancing to my music I was too busy working I was always in the studio I never took the coca 71 In February 2016 Shooter Jennings the son of outlaw country singer Waylon Jennings released a tribute album entitled Countach For Giorgio his seventh studio album 72 Shooter Jennings stated that Moroder s music from the movies Midnight Express 1978 Cat People 1982 and The NeverEnding Story 1984 had a major influence on him as a child which set the foundation for the music of my entire life 72 Before his career reboot with Daft Punk Moroder dedicated decades to his personal hobbies projects He designed a car with Marcello Gandini and ex Lamborghini personnel the Cizeta Moroder V16T Also in a 2013 interview he spoke about architectural design of a pyramid like apartment that was supposed to take place in Dubai It was never built Other projects included creating his own cognac liquor and getting involved with digital and neon art and putting on shows 35 Moroder is a character in Summer The Donna Summer Musical in reference to his work with disco diva Donna Summer 73 Personal life EditMoroder currently lives in Beverly Hills California He was married to Francisca Gutierrez from 1990 until her death in 2022 and they have a son Alessandro 74 75 He is a friend of Michael Holm with whom he composed the 1973 album Spinach 1 under the moniker Spinach Holm s song Giorgio und ich is dedicated to Moroder Discography EditMain article Giorgio Moroder discography That s Bubblegum That s Giorgio 1969 Giorgio 1970 Son of My Father 1972 Giorgio s Music 1973 Einzelganger 1975 Knights in White Satin 1976 From Here to Eternity 1977 Love s in You Love s in Me 1978 E MC 1979 Solitary Men 1983 with Joe Esposito 76 Innovisions 1985 Philip Oakey amp Giorgio Moroder 1985 To Be Number One 1990 77 Forever Dancing 1992 33 Deja Vu 2015 See also EditHonorific nicknames in popular music List of number one dance hits United States List of artists who reached number one on the U S Dance chart Cizeta Moroder V16T supercar projectReferences Edit Krettenauer Thomas 2017 Hit Men Giorgio Moroder Frank Farian and the eurodisco sound of the 1970s 80s In Michael Ahlers Jacke Christoph eds Perspectives on German Popular Music London Routledge ISBN 978 1 4724 7962 4 a b Allen Jeremy 14 August 2015 Giorgio Moroder 10 of the best The Guardian Archived from the original on 8 November 2020 Retrieved 17 September 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Panorama in Italian Milan Italy Arnoldo Mondadori Editore Retrieved 29 December 2020 Giorgio Moroder I Was Always Interested in the Hits Interview Archived from the original on 21 January 2021 Retrieved 29 September 2021 I actually didn t change my name that is a misconception My name is Giovanni Giorgio that s how it is in my passport and that s what my birth certificate says But my mommy called me Hansjorg it s a translation from Italian to German So I actually didn t change it a b c Moroder Giorgio 17 December 2014 Giorgio Moroder I Was Always Interested in the Hits The Talks com excerpting Purple Fashion Magazine Interviewed by Sven Schumann Archived from the original on 21 April 2015 Retrieved 19 April 2015 Yeboah Anna 17 April 2015 Giorgio Moroder Loves EDM Archived from the original on 7 November 2017 Retrieved 3 November 2017 a b c d e f g h i Valtorta Luca 19 July 2015 Giorgio Moroder l italiano che creo la disco Il suono del futuro Non vi dico qual e la Repubblica in Italian 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