The Father of DISCO

Giorgio Moroder (born 1940) , is an Italian record producer , songwriter and performer .
His work with synthesizers during the 1970s and 1980s had a significant influence on new wave , house , techno and electronic music in general .

Moroder released singles simply as "Giorgio" as early as 1966, singing in English, German, and Italian. He had a number of hits in his own name including "Son of My Father" in 1972 and "From Here to Eternity" in 1977 . The following year (1978) he released "Chase" , the theme from the film «Midnight Express» .
All were hits in the UK .
In 1979 Moroder released his album "E=MC²" . On the album's cover it was stated that it was the "first electronic live-to-digital album" . He also released three albums between 1977-1979 under the name "Munich Machine" .
He scored many popular films in the 70's and 80's including «Midnight Express» , «American Gigolo» , «Flashdance» , «The Never Ending Story» , «Thief of Hearts» , «Electric Dreams» , «Over the Top» and «Scarface» .



In 1984 , Moroder worked with Philip Oakey of The Human League to make the album "Philip Oakey & Giorgio Moroder" ; with "Together in Electric Dreams" being a solid hit ! It was the title track to the movie of the same name as well . In 1986, Moroder collaborated with other names in music to create the score for the film «Top Gun» (1986) , with the most noteworthy hit being Berlin's "Take My Breath Away" .



Giorgio Moroder also wrote the official theme songs , "Reach Out" for the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics , and "Hand in Hand" for the 1988 Seoul Olympics . "Un'estate italiana" was the theme for the 1990 Football World Cup.



On September 20 , 2004 Moroder was honored at the ' Dance Music Hall of Fame ' ceremony , held in New York , he was inducted for his many outstanding achievements and contributions as producer .

Many say he was the father of disco .