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Giorgio Moroder
From HitStory, the pop encyclopedia of School of Rock · Artist
Giorgio Moroder comes from South Tyrol and worked as a producer in Munich from the late 1960s. With Donna Summer he made I Feel Love (1977), a disco hit created almost entirely with synthesizers and a sequencer. He brought that technique to film. For Alan Parker's Midnight Express (1978) he wrote pulsating electronic music, for which he won an Oscar. American Gigolo (1980), Cat People (1982), with a title song sung by David Bowie, and Scarface (1983) followed. Moroder also won Oscars for the songs Flashdance... What a Feeling (1983) and Take My Breath Away from Top Gun (1986).
Listening
Listening tip. Notice the continuous sequencer pulse in the bass, and how the music is built up like a disco track.
Chase · Giorgio Moroder, 1978
Cat People (Putting Out Fire) · David Bowie, 1982
Tony's Theme · Giorgio Moroder, 1983
Discography
Studio albums
- 1969That’s Bubble Gum — That’s Giorgio
- 1970Giorgio
- 1972Son of My Father
- 1973Giorgio's Music
- 1976Knights in White Satin
- 1977From Here to Eternity
- 1978Love’s in You, Love’s in Me
- 1978Midnight Express: Music From the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (soundtrack)
- 1978Music From "Battlestar Galactica"
- 1979E=MC²
- 1980American Gigolo (soundtrack)
- 1982Cat People (soundtrack)
- 1983Solitary Men
- 1984The NeverEnding Story: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (soundtrack)
- 1985Innovisions
- 1985Philip Oakey & Giorgio Moroder
- 1988Fair Game (soundtrack)
- 1988Mamba (soundtrack)
- 1990The Neverending Story II: The Next Chapter (soundtrack)
- 1990To Be Number One
- 1992Forever Dancing
- 2015Déjà-Vu
- 2016TRON RUN/r (soundtrack)
- 2017Scarface: Expanded Motion Picture Soundtrack (soundtrack)
- 2018Queen of the South: Original Series Soundtrack (soundtrack)
Other work
- 1978Midnight Express
- 1983Scarface
- 1986Top Gun (songs)
In School of Rock
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- Film Music MapNL Map
- Mixtape 6: Fear of a Black PlanetNL Reader
- Mixtape 7: The 1980sNL Reader
- Mixtape 8: Electronic MusicNL Reader
- The Dream Factory: Film Reel 5NL Reader
- Magazine: Een film die platen verkooptNL Magazine
Mentioned in other articles
- Synth disco and Hi-NRG Genre
In Munich in 1977, the producer Giorgio Moroder made I Feel Love with Donna Summer, without a band: the bass line comes from a Moog driven by a sequencer.
- Italo disco Genre
In Italy a form of electronic dance music of its own emerged, a mixture of synth-pop and Eurodisco, with Giorgio Moroder as the great forerunner.
- Disco and synth-pop scores Genre
The Italian producer Giorgio Moroder made electronic disco with sequencers in Munich, including for Donna Summer.