Giorgio Moroder

Giovanni Giorgio Moroder{{cite web|url=https://the-talks.com/interview/giorgio-moroder/|title=Giorgio Moroder: 'I Was Always Interested in the Hits' (Interview)|date=17 December 2014|access-date=29 September 2021|archive-date=21 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210121021156/https://the-talks.com/interview/giorgio-moroder/|url-status=live|quote=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 Hansjörg, it's a translation from Italian to German... So I actually didn't change it...}} was born to Ladin parents on 26 April 1940 in Italy in Ortisei.{{cite news|last1=Poglio|first1=Gianni|date=21 February 2014|title=Giorgio Moroder: vi racconto l'età dell'oro della "disco"|url=https://www.panorama.it/magazine/giorgio-moroder-disco-music-donna-summer-flair|work=Panorama|language=it|location=Milan, Italy|publisher=Arnoldo Mondadori Editore|access-date=29 December 2020|archive-date=20 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210620003539/https://www.panorama.it/magazine/giorgio-moroder-disco-music-donna-summer-flair|url-status=live}} His father was a hotel concierge. He has three brothers, one of them being artist Ulrich Moroder. Moroder grew up in a mixed Ladin-, German- and Italian-speaking environment in South Tyrol, with his mother calling him Hansjörg ({{IPA|de|ˈhansjœʁk|pron}}), a German version of his two first names.{{cite web|first=Giorgio|last=Moroder|title=Giorgio Moroder: 'I Was Always Interested in the Hits'|url=http://the-talks.com/interviews/giorgio-moroder/|work=The-Talks.com, excerpting Purple Fashion Magazine|date=17 December 2014|interviewer=Sven Schumann|access-date=19 April 2015|archive-date=21 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150421030534/http://the-talks.com/interviews/giorgio-moroder|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/giorgio-moroder-loves-edm/|title=Giorgio Moroder Loves EDM|last=Yeboah|first=Anna|date=17 April 2015|access-date=3 November 2017|archive-date=7 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107030700/https://thump.vice.com/en_uk/article/8q3xaa/giorgio-moroder-loves-edm|url-status=live}}

He began teaching himself to play the guitar, at age 15, inspired by Paul Anka's Diana. At age 18, he began touring Europe as a professional musician. He performed at night, and during the day, made recordings with two Revox recorders. Around age 25 he moved to his aunt's in Berlin, working as a sound engineer. 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. The second hit was Moroder's and Holm's cover of Sir Douglas Quintet's single, Mendocino. After two years in Berlin, Moroder moved to Munich.{{cite web|last1=Valtorta|first1=Luca|title=Giorgio Moroder, l'italiano che creò la disco: "Il suono del futuro? Non vi dico qual è"|url=https://www.repubblica.it/spettacoli/musica/2015/07/17/news/giorgio_moroder-119281902/|website=la Repubblica|access-date=4 October 2021|language=it|date=19 July 2015|archive-date=4 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211004093142/https://www.repubblica.it/spettacoli/musica/2015/07/17/news/giorgio_moroder-119281902/|url-status=live}}

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|date=October 2021}}

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In 1968, he moved to Munich and came to prominence when "Looky Looky" was awarded a gold disc in 1970.{{cite news|last=Holm|first=Michael|url=https://www.tagesspiegel.de/kultur/pop/hommage-zum-70-geburtstag-giorgio-moroder-lucky-looky/1808378.html|title=Giorgio Moroder: Lucky Looky|newspaper=Der Tagesspiegel|language=de|date=26 April 2010|access-date=31 December 2018|archive-date=1 January 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190101051445/https://www.tagesspiegel.de/kultur/pop/hommage-zum-70-geburtstag-giorgio-moroder-lucky-looky/1808378.html|url-status=live}}{{cite book|first=Joseph|last=Murrells|year=1978|title=The Book of Golden Discs|edition=2nd|publisher=Barrie and Jenkins Ltd|location=London|page=[https://archive.org/details/bookofgoldendisc00murr/page/259 259]|isbn=0-214-20512-6|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/bookofgoldendisc00murr/page/259}} He then founded the Musicland Studios in the early 1970s. Moroder first implemented synthesizers into his work during the making of his album Son of My Father (1972), on which he used the groundbreaking Moog synthesizer.{{Cite news|last=Wolk|first=Douglas|date=April 30, 2014|title=Giorgio Moroder, Dance Music Legend, on Remixing Coldplay's 'Midnight' and 'Crazy' Lana Del Rey: The 74-Year-Old Italian Electronic Music Pioneer, Who's Worked with Everyone from Donna Summer to Daft Punk, Opens up about His Craft.|url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/giorgio-moroder-dance-music-legend-on-remixing-coldplays-midnight-and-crazy-lana-del-rey|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230906222144/https://www.thedailybeast.com/giorgio-moroder-dance-music-legend-on-remixing-coldplays-midnight-and-crazy-lana-del-rey |archive-date=2023-09-06|work=The Daily Beast|access-date=2024-04-29}} Often collaborating with lyricist Pete Bellotte, Moroder had a number of hits in his own name including "Son of My Father" 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",{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/1745806.stm|title=Hitler's filmmaker to release new film|publisher=BBC|date=7 January 2002|access-date=17 December 2008|archive-date=19 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170819025118/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/1745806.stm|url-status=live}} 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 disco-mania was spreading. Midnight Express and "Chase" brought his first Academy Award for Best Original Score in 1979.

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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.{{cite book|title=Hot Dance/Disco: 1974–2003|last=Whitburn|first=Joel|author-link=Joel Whitburn|year=2004|publisher=Record Research|page=288}}

Moroder wrote the soundtrack of the film 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.

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In 1984, Moroder compiled a new restoration and edit of the silent film Metropolis (1927){{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=leAVS0OC6Ts|title=Giorgio Moroder presents Metropolis (DVD Blu-ray Trailer)-kinolorber on YouTube|date=24 August 2011|publisher=YouTube|access-date=4 October 2020|archive-date=6 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201106120118/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=leAVS0OC6Ts|url-status=live}} and provided it with a contemporary soundtrack.{{Cite web|url=https://vimeo.com/43797072|title=Giorgio Moroder presents: Metropolis|website=Vimeo.com|access-date=4 October 2020|archive-date=1 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801043515/https://vimeo.com/43797072|url-status=live}} This soundtrack includes seven pop music tracks from Pat Benatar, Jon Anderson, Adam Ant, Billy Squier, Loverboy, Bonnie Tyler and Freddie Mercury.{{Cite web|url=https://vimeo.com/30698349|title=METROPOLIS (Giorgio Moroder Version) (Fritz Lang, 1927/1984)|website=Vimeo.com|date=17 October 2011|access-date=4 October 2020|via=Vimeo|archive-date=1 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801020455/https://vimeo.com/30698349|url-status=live}} 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.{{cite news|title=New Metropolis Sparks Controversy at Cannes|work=Variety|date=16 May 1984}}{{cite book|editor-first1=Michael|editor-last1=Minden|editor-first2=Holger|editor-last2=Bachmann|year=2002|title=Fritz Lang's Metropolis: Cinematic Visions of Technology and Fear|publisher=Boydell & Brewer|isbn=1-57113-146-9|quote=Moroder's reissue...was bound to offend the purists if only because it smacked of such crass commercialism and seemed so evidently calculated to jump the culture barrier.|first=Thomas|last=Elsaesser|page=124|chapter=Innocence Restored? Reading and Re-reading a 'Classic': Georgio Moroder's Metropolis|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oyOO_HNw0KQC&pg=PA124|via=Google Books|access-date=18 August 2017|archive-date=21 September 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140921003420/http://books.google.com/books?id=oyOO_HNw0KQC&pg=PA124|url-status=live}} Most critics agree that, the opinion of film purists aside, Moroder's version was a welcome addition.{{cite journal|quote=Although harshly criticized for its synthesized rock score, Moroder's reconstruction does have the virtue of clarifying a muddled plotline...Moroder's new version provides some illuminating changes in narrative continuity and character motivation, while still preserving the integrity of Lang's extravagant satiric vision.|last=Jurkiewicz|first=Kenneth|date=March 1990|title=Using Film in the Humanities Classroom: The Case of Metropolis|journal=The English Journal|volume=79|number=3|pages=47–50|doi=10.2307/819234|jstor=819234}}{{cite journal|author1-link=Giorgio Bertellini|last=Bertellini|first=Giorgio|date=Autumn 1995|title=Restoration, Genealogy and Palimpsests|journal=Film History|volume=7|number=3|pages=277–290}} 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 his worldwide hit "The NeverEnding Story".{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2WN0T-Ee3q4|title=Limahl – Never Ending Story (Official Music Video) on RHINO's YouTube channel|date=11 July 2019|publisher=YouTube|access-date=4 October 2020|archive-date=5 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200905173434/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2WN0T-Ee3q4|url-status=live}}

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 began a long hiatus in 1993.{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/forever-dancing-mw0000537470|title=Giorgio Moroder – Forever Dancing|publisher=AllMusic|access-date=18 September 2014|archive-date=18 March 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150318002145/http://www.allmusic.com/album/forever-dancing-mw0000537470|url-status=live}} For two decades he released no new albums, focusing largely on remixes and visual art during most of the 1990s and early 2000s.{{cite news|url=http://www.out.com/music/2015/5/05/giorgio-moroder|title=The Comeback of the Summer: Disco King Giorgio Moroder|first=Jason|last=Lamphier|date=5 May 2015|work=Out.com|publisher=Here Media Inc.|access-date=8 April 2017|archive-date=9 April 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170409021527/http://www.out.com/music/2015/5/05/giorgio-moroder|url-status=live}} With Daniel Walker he produced a soundtrack for Leni Riefenstahl's last film Impressionen unter Wasser. His song Forever Friends was featured in the Olympic Games in Beijing 2008.{{Cite web|title=Twice Olympic Theme Song Writer Competing for a Third -- china.org.cn|url=http://www.china.org.cn/english/MATERIAL/220215.htm|access-date=30 August 2021|website=www.china.org.cn|archive-date=30 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210830213145/http://www.china.org.cn/english/MATERIAL/220215.htm|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|title=CREDITS|url=https://www.giorgiomoroder.com/credits/|access-date=30 August 2021|website=Giorgio Moroder|language=en|archive-date=16 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211016170016/https://www.giorgiomoroder.com/credits/|url-status=live}}

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In 2013, Moroder returned to music with the soundtrack for Google's Racer: A Chrome Experiment

• {{cite web|last1=Moroder|first1=Giorgio|title=Racer by Giorgio Moroder|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YT0k99hCY5I|website=Google Chrome|via=YouTube|publisher=Google|access-date=24 August 2024|date=15 May 2013|quote=The soundtrack to Racer: A Chrome Experiment (g.co/racer). Original music by Giorgio Moroder.}}
• [https://www.chrome.com/racer g.co/racer]{{cite web|url=https://soundcloud.com/giorgiomoroder/giorgio-moroder-rac|title=Giorgio Moroder – Racer (2013)|author=GiorgioMoroder|website=SoundCloud.com|access-date=28 July 2014|archive-date=16 July 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140716005345/http://soundcloud.com/giorgiomoroder/giorgio-moroder-rac|url-status=live}} 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.{{cite web|last=Cubarrubia|first=RJ|title=Giorgio Moroder: Daft Punk's New Album Is 'A Step Forward' for Dance Music|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/videos/giorgio-moroder-daft-punks-new-album-is-a-step-forward-for-dance-music-20130403|work=Rolling Stone|access-date=3 April 2013|date=3 April 2013|quote=[...] Thomas and Guy-Manuel, they are perfectionists (4:21 min). They had to do something which is different. Still dance, still electronic; but give that human touch back. (7:40 min)|archive-date=3 April 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130403221559/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/videos/giorgio-moroder-daft-punks-new-album-is-a-step-forward-for-dance-music-20130403|url-status=live}} 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 the summer of 2013, he DJ'd at the Red Bull Music Academy in New York.{{cite web|url=https://www.theverge.com/2013/5/22/4356200/listen-to-giorgio-moroders-us-dj-debut-at-brooklyns-output-club|title=Listen to Giorgio Moroder's US DJ debut at Brooklyn's Output club|website=The Verge|date=22 May 2013|access-date=28 July 2014|archive-date=10 February 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150210162734/http://www.theverge.com/2013/5/22/4356200/listen-to-giorgio-moroders-us-dj-debut-at-brooklyns-output-club|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://soundcloud.com/giorgiomoroder/giorgio-moroder-live-at-deep|title=Giorgio Moroder – DJ Set – Live @ Deep Space (New York)|author=GiorgioMoroder|website=Soundcloud.com|access-date=28 July 2014|archive-date=14 July 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714082208/https://soundcloud.com/giorgiomoroder/giorgio-moroder-live-at-deep|url-status=live}}

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".{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ns-p0BdUB5o|title=2014 Volkswagen Game Day Commercial: Wings|via=YouTube|date=28 January 2014|access-date=28 July 2014|archive-date=27 July 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140727185827/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ns-p0BdUB5o|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/Doo-2014-feat-Caroline-Brooks/dp/B00I938A20/|title=Doo Bee Doo 2014 (feat. Caroline Brooks): Giorgio Moroder: MP3 Downloads|website=Amazon|date=29 January 2014|access-date=28 July 2014|archive-date=16 December 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141216133410/http://www.amazon.com/Doo-2014-feat-Caroline-Brooks/dp/B00I938A20|url-status=live}} He also announced that he was planning to work with electro-pop producer Madeon{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/GiorgioMoroderOfficial/photos/a.132011813543769.32971.108533245891626/649931821751763/?type=1&theater|title=Giorgio Moroder – Timeline Photos|work=Facebook.com|access-date=28 July 2014|archive-date=17 May 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200517123722/https://www.facebook.com/GiorgioMoroderOfficial/photos/a.132011813543769.32971.108533245891626/649931821751763/?type=1&theater=|url-status=live}}{{Primary source inline|date=June 2020}} and American singer Lana Del Rey.{{cite news|first=Douglas|last=Wolk|url=http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/04/30/giorgio-moroder-dance-music-legend-on-remixing-coldplay-s-midnight-and-crazy-lana-del-rey.html|title=Giorgio Moroder, Dance Music Legend, on Remixing Coldplay's 'Midnight' and 'Crazy' Lana Del Rey|newspaper=The Daily Beast|date=30 April 2014|access-date=28 July 2014|archive-date=5 August 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140805214420/http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/04/30/giorgio-moroder-dance-music-legend-on-remixing-coldplay-s-midnight-and-crazy-lana-del-rey.html|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=http://blog.lessthan3.com/2014/04/madeon-collaborating-with-giorgio-moroder/|title=Madeon Collabs With Giorgio Moroder|publisher=Blog.lessthan3.com|date=2 July 2014|access-date=28 July 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140711081637/http://blog.lessthan3.com/2014/04/madeon-collaborating-with-giorgio-moroder/|archive-date=11 July 2014|url-status=dead}} On 9 June 2014, Adult Swim released a new Hi-NRG Disco single by Moroder (named "Giorgio's Theme").{{cite web|url=https://soundcloud.com/giorgiomoroder/giorgios-theme|title=Giorgio Moroder – Giorgio's Theme (2014)|author=GiorgioMoroder|website=Soundcloud.com|access-date=28 July 2014|archive-date=1 August 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140801065145/https://soundcloud.com/giorgiomoroder/giorgios-theme|url-status=live}} Moroder also remixed Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga's rendition of "I Can't Give You Anything but Love".{{cite magazine|last1=Peters|first1=Mitchell|title=Giorgio Moroder to Release First Studio Album in Over 30 Years|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/6319826/giorgio-moroder-74-is-the-new-24-new-album|magazine=Billboard|access-date=10 February 2015|date=17 November 2014|archive-date=8 February 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150208234557/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/6319826/giorgio-moroder-74-is-the-new-24-new-album|url-status=live}}

Moroder's solo studio album, Déjà Vu, was released in 2015.{{cite web|last1=Geslani|first1=Michelle|title=Listen to Britney Spears and Giorgio Moroder's surprisingly great cover of "Tom's Diner" — listen|url=https://consequence.net/2015/04/listen-to-britney-spears-and-giorgio-moroders-surprisingly-great-cover-of-toms-diner-listen/|website=Consequence of Sound|access-date=29 April 2015|date=24 April 2015|archive-date=27 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150427202832/https://consequence.net/2015/04/listen-to-britney-spears-and-giorgio-moroders-surprisingly-great-cover-of-toms-diner-listen/|url-status=live}} It features collaborations with Kylie Minogue, Britney Spears, Sia, Charli XCX, Mikky Ekko, Foxes and Matthew Koma, among others. On 16 January, the collaboration with Kylie Minogue, "Right Here, Right Now", was leaked to the internet ahead of its official release.{{cite web|url=http://exclaim.ca/Music/article/giorgio_moroder-right_here_right_now_ft_kylie_minogue|title=Giorgio Moroder "Right Here, Right Now" (ft. Kylie Minogue)|website=Exclaim!|access-date=18 January 2014|archive-date=18 January 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150118174112/http://exclaim.ca/Music/article/giorgio_moroder-right_here_right_now_ft_kylie_minogue|url-status=live}} The song, along with a video teaser, was officially released on 20 January 2015{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop-shop/6443612/giorgio-moroder-kylie-minogue-drop-single-right-here-right-now|title=Giorgio Moroder & Kylie Minogue Drop Single 'Right Here, Right Now'|first=Keith|last=Caulfield|date=20 January 2015|access-date=21 January 2015|magazine=Billboard|archive-date=21 January 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150121140841/http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop-shop/6443612/giorgio-moroder-kylie-minogue-drop-single-right-here-right-now|url-status=live}} and on 18 April 2015 reached number one on the US Dance Club Songs, becoming Moroder's first chart-topper in 15 years.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6612674/giorgio-moroder-returns-dance-charts|title=Giorgio Moroder Returns to Dance Charts After 38 Years|magazine=Billboard|access-date=21 April 2020|archive-date=26 April 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200426050958/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6612674/giorgio-moroder-returns-dance-charts|url-status=live}} In March 2015, Moroder supported Minogue during the Australian leg of her Kiss Me Once Tour.{{cite web|last1=Fonseca|first1=Nicholas|title=Giorgio Moroder will join Kylie Minogue for her Kiss Me Once tour|url=http://sydneyland.au.timeout.com/2015/02/13/giorgio-moroder-will-join-kylie-minogue-for-her-kiss-me-once-tour/|website=Sydneyland Time Out|access-date=29 April 2015|date=13 February 2015|archive-date=22 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150422224123/http://sydneyland.au.timeout.com/2015/02/13/giorgio-moroder-will-join-kylie-minogue-for-her-kiss-me-once-tour/|url-status=live}}{{cite web|title=Kylie Minogue teams up with Giorgio Moroder on 'Kiss Me Once' tour – watch|url=https://www.nme.com/news/kylie-minogue--2/83587|website=NME|publisher=Time Inc. UK|access-date=29 April 2015|date=16 March 2015|archive-date=25 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150425061257/http://www.nme.com/news/kylie-minogue--2/83587|url-status=live}} Moroder and Sia collaborated in May 2015 on the title track from Moroder's LP Déjà Vu.{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pNYFpTLazvA|title=Giorgio Moroder – Déjà vu ft. Sia|via=YouTube|date=5 May 2015|access-date=24 August 2015|archive-date=23 August 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150823104638/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pNYFpTLazvA|url-status=live}}

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.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/dance/7370632/giorgio-moroder-tron-runr-video-game-soundtrack-release|title=Giorgio Moroder's 'TRON RUN/r' Video Game Soundtrack Getting Release With Remixes|magazine=Billboard|access-date=21 April 2020|archive-date=3 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200603015531/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/dance/7370632/giorgio-moroder-tron-runr-video-game-soundtrack-release|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/news/65532-giorgio-moroder-releasing-tron-soundtrack-with-autechre-plaid-bibio-remixes-more|title=Giorgio Moroder Releasing Tron Soundtrack With Autechre, Plaid, Bibio Remixes, More|website=Pitchfork|date=17 May 2016|access-date=21 April 2020|archive-date=7 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200807032650/https://pitchfork.com/news/65532-giorgio-moroder-releasing-tron-soundtrack-with-autechre-plaid-bibio-remixes-more/|url-status=live}} In October 2016, Moroder produced "One More Day" for Sistar, a Korean girl group.{{Cite web|url=http://popcrush.com/sistar-giorgio-moroder-one-more-day-music-video/|title='One More Day': Sistar's Giorgio Moroder Collabo Is a LGBT Vengeance Thriller|website=PopCrush|date=21 November 2016|access-date=22 November 2016|archive-date=22 November 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161122154801/http://popcrush.com/sistar-giorgio-moroder-one-more-day-music-video/|url-status=live}} They debuted the song live on 8 October, at Korea's DMC Festival 2016, with Moroder being present in the audience.{{cite web|url=http://officiallykmusic.com/sistar-collaborates-legendary-giorgio-moroder-new-song-one-day/|title=Sistar Collaborates With Legendary Giorgio Moroder On Their New Song 'One More Day'|website=OfficiallyKmusic.com|date=9 October 2016|access-date=25 October 2016|archive-date=25 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161025173702/http://officiallykmusic.com/sistar-collaborates-legendary-giorgio-moroder-new-song-one-day/|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VuuMGh-Wnu4|title=[2016 DMC Festival] SISTAR (Produced by.Giorgio Moroder) – One More Day, 씨스타 – 원 모어 데이 20161008|date=8 October 2016|via=YouTube|access-date=25 October 2016|archive-date=8 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161008083547/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VuuMGh-Wnu4&gl=US&hl=en|url-status=live}} The music video for the song was released on 22 November, alongside the official digital release of the track. 2021 saw Moroder return to the studio with Duran Duran, co-writing and producing two tracks, "Tonight United"{{Cite magazine|last=Kreps|first=Daniel|date=24 September 2021|title=Duran Duran Team With Giorgio Moroder for New Single 'Tonight United'|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/duran-duran-giorgio-moroder-tonight-united-1231456/|access-date=18 November 2022|magazine=Rolling Stone|language=en-US|archive-date=18 November 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221118025844/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/duran-duran-giorgio-moroder-tonight-united-1231456/|url-status=live}} and "Beautiful Lies" for their 2021 album Future Past.{{Cite web|date=9 October 2021|title=Duran Duran » DURAN DURAN News|url=http://www.duranduran.com/wordpress/new-site-news/|access-date=14 February 2023|archive-date=9 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211009132842/http://www.duranduran.com/wordpress/new-site-news/|url-status=dead}} In January 2025, Moroder co-produced The Weeknd's album Hurry Up Tomorrow, as well as co-writing the songs "Big Sleep" and "Without a Warning", serving as a sonic influence on the entire album.{{Cite web |last=Aswad |first=Jem |date=2025-01-10 |title=The Weeknd on the ‘Breakdown’ That Inspired His ‘Hurry Up Tomorrow’ Album and Film, and Why He Might Retire the Weeknd: ‘It Never Ends Until You End It’ |url=https://variety.com/2025/music/news/the-weeknd-hurry-up-tomorrow-interview-ending-career-1236268897/ |access-date=2025-01-31 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}

{{Main|List of awards and nominations received by Giorgio Moroder}}

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Moroder has won three Academy Awards: Best Original Score for Midnight Express (1978);{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tYGnxGYqYFI|title=Music Oscars® for "Midnight Express" and "The Buddy Holly Story"|date=10 September 2013|publisher=YouTube|access-date=4 October 2020|archive-date=8 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200908010323/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tYGnxGYqYFI|url-status=live}} Best Song for "Flashdance...What a Feeling", from the film Flashdance (1983){{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2fpbQrdVDpc|title="Flashdance...What a Feeling" winning Best Original Song Oscar®|date=24 November 2010|publisher=YouTube|access-date=4 October 2020|archive-date=8 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200908015436/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2fpbQrdVDpc|url-status=live}} and Best Song for "Take My Breath Away", from Top Gun (1986).{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4y19tWzDGQ|title="Take My Breath Away" winning Best Original Song Oscar®|date=4 February 2016|publisher=YouTube|access-date=4 October 2020|archive-date=8 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200908031713/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4y19tWzDGQ|url-status=live}} 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 honoured 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,{{cite web|url=http://www.quirinale.it/elementi/DettaglioOnorificenze.aspx?decorato=158014|title=Presidenza della Repubblica|publisher=Quirinale.it|date=26 May 2005|access-date=15 May 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140116073743/http://www.quirinale.it/elementi/DettaglioOnorificenze.aspx?decorato=158014|archive-date=16 January 2014}} 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).

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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.[http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1627696/20091204/lil_wayne.jhtml Lil Wayne's 'On Fire' Inspired By 'Scarface,' Producer Dre Says] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091207015803/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1627696/20091204/lil_wayne.jhtml |date=7 December 2009 }} – MTV "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".

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"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 frequently used the song as the main theme and bumper music 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" that 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".{{Cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/underworld-beaucoup-fish/|title=Underworld: Beaucoup Fish|website=Pitchfork.com|access-date=4 October 2020|archive-date=30 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200930184951/https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/underworld-beaucoup-fish/|url-status=live}}

"I Feel Love" was inducted into the National Recording Registry in 2011.{{cite web|title=Complete National Recording Registry Listing|url=https://www.loc.gov/programs/national-recording-preservation-board/recording-registry/complete-national-recording-registry-listing/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210416153614/https://www.loc.gov/programs/national-recording-preservation-board/recording-registry/complete-national-recording-registry-listing/|archive-date=16 April 2021|access-date=3 December 2017|publisher=Library of Congress}}

In 2013, a dance club named after Moroder called Georgio's opened in Hollywood's Standard Hotel.{{Cite web|date=20 December 2013|title=Hollywood Nightlife: Inside the Exclusive Giorgio's, the New Spot That's Drawn Mick Jagger|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/hollywood-nightlife-inside-giorgios-new-667061/|access-date=18 November 2022|website=The Hollywood Reporter|language=en-US|archive-date=18 November 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221118035938/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/hollywood-nightlife-inside-giorgios-new-667061/|url-status=live}} 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."{{Cite web|last=Rabin|first=Bryan|date=27 January 2021|title=Bidding Farewell to The Standard Hotel After Its 22-Year Run (Guest Column)|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lifestyle/style/bidding-farewell-to-the-standard-hotel-after-its-22-year-run-guest-column-4122198/|access-date=18 November 2022|website=The Hollywood Reporter|language=en-US|archive-date=18 November 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221118040726/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lifestyle/style/bidding-farewell-to-the-standard-hotel-after-its-22-year-run-guest-column-4122198/|url-status=live}}

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. 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."Sterdan, Darryl. "Lord of Moroder" in The Ottawa Sun. 19 March 2016

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 the 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.{{cite news|url=http://www.spin.com/2013/05/giorgio-moroder-daft-punk-donna-summer-interview-2013/|title=Giorgio Moroder: Back to the Future|newspaper=Spin|date=22 May 2013|access-date=29 March 2017|archive-date=26 April 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170426071344/http://www.spin.com/2013/05/giorgio-moroder-daft-punk-donna-summer-interview-2013/|url-status=live|last1=Marchese|first1=David}}

Moroder is a character in Summer: The Donna Summer Musical, in reference to his work with disco diva Donna Summer.{{Cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/summer-donna-summer-musical-theater-review-1105049|title='Summer: The Donna Summer Musical': Theater Review | Hollywood Reporter|website=Hollywoodreporter.com|date=23 April 2018|access-date=4 October 2020|archive-date=29 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201129210503/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/summer-donna-summer-musical-theater-review-1105049|url-status=live}}

Moroder currently lives in Los Angeles, California. He was married to his Mexican manager Francisca Gutiérrez from 1990 until her death in 2022.{{Cite web|title=Hit-Musiker Moroder trauert um Ehefrau: "Auf Wiedersehen, meine Schöne"|url=https://www.bild.de/unterhaltung/leute/leute/hit-musiker-moroder-trauert-um-ehefrau-auf-wiedersehen-meine-schoene-80132820.bild.html|access-date=13 February 2023|website=Bild|date=18 May 2022|language=de|archive-date=13 February 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230213064209/https://www.bild.de/unterhaltung/leute/leute/hit-musiker-moroder-trauert-um-ehefrau-auf-wiedersehen-meine-schoene-80132820.bild.html|url-status=live}}{{Cite tweet|number=1524112125848915968|user=giorgiomoroder|title=Adiós Guappita, amore nostro 1962 Pegueros Mexico - 2022 Beverly Hills USA|author=Giorgio Moroder}} Their son Alessandro was born in 1989.{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/interviews/giorgio-moroder-interview-not-party-guy-anyway/|title=Giorgio Moroder interview: 'I'm not a party guy anyway'|newspaper=The Telegraph|date=28 March 2019|last1=Monahan|first1=Mark|access-date=9 May 2021|archive-date=6 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210506022100/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/interviews/giorgio-moroder-interview-not-party-guy-anyway/|url-status=live}}

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.{{cn|date=December 2024}}

{{main|Giorgio Moroder discography}}

• That's Bubblegum – That's Giorgio (1969)
• Giorgio (1970)
• Son of My Father (1972)
• Giorgio's Music (1973)
• Einzelgänger (1975)
• Knights in White Satin (1976)
• From Here to Eternity (1977)
• Love's in You, Love's in Me (1978)
• E=MC² (1979)
• Solitary Men (1983) (with Joe Esposito){{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/solitary-men-mw0000476251|title=Giorgio Moroder – Solitary Men|publisher=AllMusic|access-date=18 September 2014|archive-date=19 February 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150219032157/http://www.allmusic.com/album/solitary-men-mw0000476251|url-status=live}}
• Innovisions (1985)
• Philip Oakey & Giorgio Moroder (with Philip Oakey) (1985)
• To Be Number One (1990){{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/to-be-number-one-mw0000922271|title=Giorgio Moroder – To Be Number One|publisher=AllMusic|access-date=18 September 2014|archive-date=27 June 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150627212929/http://www.allmusic.com/album/to-be-number-one-mw0000922271|url-status=live}}
• Forever Dancing (1992)
• Déjà Vu (2015)

• Cizeta-Moroder V16T supercar project
• Honorific nicknames in popular music
• List of artists who reached number one on the U.S. Dance Club Songs chart
• List of Billboard number-one dance club songs

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• {{Official website|https://www.giorgiomoroder.com/}}
• [https://soundcloud.com/giorgiomoroder Giorgio Moroder] at SoundCloud
• [https://www.encyclopedia.com/education/news-wires-white-papers-and-books/moroder-giorgio Giorgio Moroder] at encyclopedia.com
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• [https://vimeo.com/95496624 Official trailer for Moroder's version of Metropolis] on Vimeo

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