Giorgio Moroder
Birth Name:
Hansjörg Moroder
Birth Place:
Urtijëi, Italy
Profession
Soundtrack, Music department, Actor, Producer
Fast Facts
- Awarded with the Commendatore Ordineal Merito della Repubblica Italiana in 2005, the highest ranking honour of the Italian Republic
- First made a name for himself in Germany after his recording "Looky Looky" won a gold disc
- Known for his galloping bass lines and his switches from acoustic to electric instrumentation, he has incorporated electronic, new wave music and rock into his film scores
- Through his production company and his own synthesizer-heavy music, he shaped the sound of disco and influenced later genres such as new wave, techno and electronic music
- Has written songs for several Olympic Games events, the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics, the 1988 Seoul Olympics and the 2008 Beijing Olympics
- Worked with Claudio Zampolli to create the Cizeta supercar in the 1980s
Awards
- 1978LAFCA Award - Best Music:Winner
- 1979Oscar - Best Music, Original Score:Winner
- 1979Golden Globe - Best Original Score - Motion Picture:Winner
- 1979Grammy - Best Album of Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or Television Special:Nominated
- 1981Golden Globe - Best Original Score - Motion Picture:Nominated
- 1981Golden Globe - Best Original Song - Motion Picture:Nominated
- 1983Golden Globe - Best Original Score - Motion Picture:Nominated
- 1983Golden Globe - Best Original Song - Motion Picture:Nominated
- 1984Oscar - Best Music, Original Song:Winner
- 1984BAFTA Film Award - Best Original Song:Nominated
- 1984BAFTA Film Award - Best Score:Nominated
- 1984Bambi - Film - National:Winner
- 1984Golden Globe - Best Original Score - Motion Picture:Nominated
- 1984Golden Globe - Best Original Score - Motion Picture:Winner
- 1984Golden Globe - Best Original Song - Motion Picture:Winner
- 1984Grammy - Best Album of Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or Television Special:Winner
- 1984Razzie Award - Worst Musical Score:Nominated
- 1985Saturn Award - Best Music:Nominated
- 1985BAFTA Film Award - Best Original Song:Nominated
- 1985Razzie Award - Worst Original Song:Nominated
- 1985Razzie Award - Worst Musical Score:Nominated
- 1987ASCAP Award - Most Performed Songs from Motion Pictures:Winner
- 1987Oscar - Best Music, Original Song:Winner
- 1987Golden Globe - Best Original Song - Motion Picture:Winner
- 1988ASCAP Award - Most Performed Songs from Motion Pictures:Winner
- 1989David - Best Song (Migliore Canzone):Nominated
- 2023OFTA Film Award - Best Adapted Song:Nominated