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Italian singer, songwriter, DJ and record producer Giorgio Moroder is one of the originators of Italo disco and electronic dance music,[1] and his work with synthesizers heavily influenced several music genres such as house, techno and trance music.[2] [3] He has also been dubbed the "Father of Disco".[4] [5]
In the course of his career, Moroder has won three Academy Awards: Best Original Score for Midnight Express (1978), and two Best Original Song awards for "Flashdance...What a Feeling", from the film Flashdance (1983), and for "Take My Breath Away", from Top Gun (1986). 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". His other two awards were for Donna Summer's single "Carry On" and for Daft Punk's album Random Access Memories, which won Album of the Year. He has been nominated for nine Golden Globe Awards that resulted in four wins: Best Original Score for Midnight Express and Flashdance, and Best Original Song for "Flashdance... What a Feeling" and "Take My Breath Away".
On 20 September 2004 Moroder was honored at the Dance Music Hall of Fame ceremony, held in New York, when he was inducted for his achievements and contributions as a producer.[6] In 2005, Moroder was named a Commendatore Ordine al Merito della Repubblica Italiana,[7] and in 2010, the Italian city of Bolzano awarded him the Grande Ordine al Merito della Provincia autonoma di Bolzano.[8] In 2011, he received the Lifetime Achievement Award by the World Soundtrack Academy.
| Award | Year | Category | Recipient(s) and nominee(s) | Result | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Academy Awards | 1979 | Best Original Score | Midnight Express | [9] | |||
| 1984 | Best Original Song | data-sort-value="Flashdance... What a Feeling" | "Flashdance... What a Feeling" (from Flashdance) | ||||
| 1987 | "Take My Breath Away" (from Top Gun) | ||||||
| ASCAP Film and Television Music Awards | 1987 | Most Performed Songs from Motion Pictures | [10] | ||||
| 1988 | data-sort-value="Meet" | "Meet Me Half Way" (from Over the Top) | |||||
| Bambi Awards | 1984 | Composer of the Year | data-sort-value="Moroder, Giorgio" | Giorgio Moroder | [11] | ||
| British Academy Film Awards | 1984 | Best Score for a Film | Flashdance | [12] | |||
| Best Original Song | data-sort-value="Flashdance... What a Feeling" | "Flashdance... What a Feeling" (from Flashdance) | |||||
| 1985 | data-sort-value="Together" | "Together in Electric Dreams" (from Electric Dreams) | [13] | ||||
| David di Donatello | 1989 | Best Original Song | Fair Game | ||||
| 2024 | Honorary David di Donatello | ||||||
| Golden Globe Awards | 1979 | Best Original Score | Midnight Express | [14] | |||
| 1981 | American Gigolo | ||||||
| Best Original Song | data-sort-value="Call Me" | "Call Me" (from American Gigolo) | |||||
| 1983 | Best Original Score | Cat People | |||||
| Best Original Song | data-sort-value="Cat People" | "Cat People (Putting Out Fire)" (from Cat People) | |||||
| 1984 | Best Original Score | Scarface | |||||
| Flashdance | |||||||
| Best Original Song | data-sort-value="Flashdance... What a Feeling" | "Flashdance... What a Feeling" (from Flashdance) | |||||
| 1987 | data-sort-value="Take" | "Take My Breath Away" (from Top Gun) | |||||
| Golden Raspberry Awards | 1984 | Worst Musical Score | Superman III | [15] | |||
| 1985 | Metropolis (1984 version), Thief of Hearts | ||||||
| Worst Original Song | data-sort-value="Love" | "Love Kills" (from Metropolis) | |||||
| Grammy Awards | 1979 | Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media | Midnight Express | [16] | |||
| 1980 | Album of the Year | Bad Girls | |||||
| Best Disco Recording | data-sort-value="Dim" | "Dim All the Lights" | |||||
| 1984 | Album of the Year | Flashdance | |||||
| Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media | |||||||
| Record of the Year | data-sort-value="Flashdance... What a Feeling" | "Flashdance... What a Feeling" | |||||
| Best Instrumental Composition | data-sort-value="Love" | "Love Theme from Flashdance" | |||||
| 1998 | Best Dance Recording | data-sort-value="Carry On" | "Carry On" | ||||
| 2014 | Album of the Year | Random Access Memories (as a featured artist) | |||||
| Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards | 1978 | Best Music Score | Midnight Express | [17] | |||
| Palm Springs International Festival of Short Films | 1996 | Best Experimental — Audience Award | Giorgio Moroder | ||||
| Best Experimental — Jury Award | |||||||
| Saturn Awards | 1985 | Best Music | data-sort-value="Never EndingStory" | The NeverEnding Story | [18] | ||
| 2012 | Best DVD or Blu-ray Special Edition Release | data-sort-value="Moroder, Giorgio" | Giorgio Moroder Presents Metropolis | [19] | |||
| World Soundtrack Awards | 2011 | Lifetime Achievement | data-sort-value="Moroder, Giorgio" | Giorgio Moroder | [20] | ||
| Country or city | Year | Honor | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Italy | 2005 | Commendatore Ordine al Merito della Repubblica Italiana | style align="center" | ||
| Bolzano | 2010 | Grande Ordine al Merito della Provincia autonoma di Bolzano | style align="center" | [21] |