Giorgio Moroder
Italian producer, composer and DJ behind Donna Summer’s I Feel Love, the scores for Midnight Express and Scarface, and collaborations with Daft Punk and The Weeknd.
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Known for
- I Feel Love1977 · Co-writer and co-producer with Donna Summer
- Midnight Express1978 · Film score and Chase
- Scarface1983 · Composer and soundtrack producer
- Take My Breath Away1986 · Co-writer and producer for Berlin
- Giorgio by Moroder2013 · Spoken autobiography on Daft Punk’s album
- Déjà Vu2015 · Album with Sia, Kylie Minogue and Britney Spears
Overview
- Born
- 26 April 1940 · Ortisei, South Tyrol, Italy
- Work
- Producer, songwriter, composer, performer and DJ
- Early breakthrough
- Looky Looky, a gold-disc single in 1969
- Disco partnership
- Donna Summer and Pete Bellotte
- Academy Awards
- Three wins: Midnight Express, Flashdance and Top Gun
Mini bio
How it started.
Giorgio grew up in Italy’s Val Gardena and spent his early musical years touring Europe on bass and guitar. He worked in Berlin before settling in Munich, where his 1969 single Looky Looky earned a gold disc.
The sound fans know.
With Pete Bellotte and Donna Summer, he helped shape disco through Love to Love You Baby and I Feel Love. The latter appeared on Summer’s 1977 album I Remember Yesterday, pairing her voice with a synthesizer-driven arrangement that became a reference point for electronic dance music.
From dance floors to films.
His film work includes the scores for Midnight Express and Scarface, the song Flashdance... What a Feeling, and Berlin’s Take My Breath Away for Top Gun. Those projects brought three Academy Awards.
New listeners, new collaborators.
Daft Punk put Giorgio’s own account of his life at the centre of Giorgio by Moroder in 2013. His 2015 album Déjà Vu brought together singers including Sia, Kylie Minogue and Britney Spears. In 2025, he joined The Weeknd on Big Sleep as a featured artist, producer and songwriter.
Creditschronological, newest first
Music
- 2025Big Sleep with The WeekndFeatured artist, co-writer and co-producer
- 2015Déjà VuArtist and producer
- 2013Giorgio by Moroder, Daft PunkSpoken-word contributor
- 1977I Remember Yesterday, Donna SummerCo-writer and co-producer
Film music
- 1986Top Gun: Take My Breath AwayCo-writer with Tom Whitlock and producer
- 1983ScarfaceComposer and soundtrack producer
- 1983Flashdance... What a FeelingComposer and producer
- 1978Midnight ExpressComposer
Awards
- David di Donatello lifetime achievement award2024 · David alla carriera
- Grammy: Album of the Year2014 · Contributor to Daft Punk’s Random Access Memories
- Grammy: Best Dance Recording1998 · Carry On with Donna Summer
- Oscar: Original Song1987 · Take My Breath Away from Top Gun, with Tom Whitlock
- Oscar: Original Song1984 · Flashdance... What a Feeling, with Keith Forsey and Irene Cara
- Oscar: Original Score1979 · Midnight Express
Quotes
My name is Giovanni Giorgio, but everybody calls me Giorgio.Giorgio Moroder, Daft Punk’s Giorgio by Moroder
His spoken introduction on Daft Punk’s 2013 track turns his own life story into part of the music.
Trivia
- The kick drum on I Feel Love was played by a drummer because the synthesizer could not deliver the sound he wanted.
- For I Feel Love, he built the chords and bassline before he knew the melody.
- His early European touring work included playing both bass and guitar.
- Déjà Vu includes Britney Spears singing Tom’s Diner.
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