Editing Giorgio Moroder (section)

===1963–1983: Contribution to electronic music===
[[File:Arabella-Haus_Muenchen-1.jpg|thumb|left|Moroder's [[Musicland Studios]] was located in the basement of the pictured [[Arabella Hochhaus]] High-Rise Building.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Lewis|first=Dave|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oFWS0Xx3esYC|title=Led Zeppelin: The 'Tight But Loose' Files|date=4 March 2010|publisher=Omnibus Press|isbn=978-0-85712-220-9|language=en|page=40|access-date=26 April 2020|archive-date=6 September 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230906222139/https://books.google.com/books?id=oFWS0Xx3esYC|url-status=live}}</ref>]]

In 1968, he moved to [[Munich]] and came to prominence when "[[Looky Looky]]" was awarded a [[music recording sales certification|gold disc]] in 1970.<ref name="tagesspiegel">{{cite news|last=Holm|first=Michael|url=https://www.tagesspiegel.de/kultur/pop/hommage-zum-70-geburtstag-giorgio-moroder-lucky-looky/1808378.html|title=Giorgio Moroder: Lucky Looky|newspaper=[[Der Tagesspiegel]]|language=de|date=26 April 2010|access-date=31 December 2018|archive-date=1 January 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190101051445/https://www.tagesspiegel.de/kultur/pop/hommage-zum-70-geburtstag-giorgio-moroder-lucky-looky/1808378.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="The Book of Golden Discs">{{cite book|first=Joseph|last=Murrells|year=1978|title=The Book of Golden Discs|edition=2nd|publisher=Barrie and Jenkins Ltd|location=London|page=[https://archive.org/details/bookofgoldendisc00murr/page/259 259]|isbn=0-214-20512-6|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/bookofgoldendisc00murr/page/259}}</ref> He then founded the [[Musicland Studios]] in the early 1970s. Moroder first implemented synthesizers into his work during the making of his album ''Son of My Fathe''r (1972), on which he used the groundbreaking [[Moog synthesizer|Moog]] synthesizer.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Wolk|first=Douglas|date=April 30, 2014|title=Giorgio Moroder, Dance Music Legend, on Remixing Coldplay's 'Midnight' and 'Crazy' Lana Del Rey: The 74-Year-Old Italian Electronic Music Pioneer, Who's Worked with Everyone from Donna Summer to Daft Punk, Opens up about His Craft.|url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/giorgio-moroder-dance-music-legend-on-remixing-coldplays-midnight-and-crazy-lana-del-rey|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230906222144/https://www.thedailybeast.com/giorgio-moroder-dance-music-legend-on-remixing-coldplays-midnight-and-crazy-lana-del-rey <!-- Account Required https://www.proquest.com/docview/1648956796/ -->|archive-date=2023-09-06|work=[[The Daily Beast]]|access-date=2024-04-29}}</ref> Often collaborating with lyricist [[Pete Bellotte]], Moroder had a number of hits in his own name including "[[Son of My Father]]"<ref name= Always /> in 1972, a No. 1 hit in the UK for [[Chicory Tip]], before releasing the synthesizer-driven ''[[From Here to Eternity (Giorgio Moroder album)|From Here to Eternity]]'', a chart hit in 1977. That same year he co-wrote and produced the [[Donna Summer]] hit single "[[I Feel Love]]",<ref name= Always /><ref name= undr>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/1745806.stm|title=Hitler's filmmaker to release new film|publisher=BBC|date=7 January 2002|access-date=17 December 2008|archive-date=19 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170819025118/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/1745806.stm|url-status=live}}</ref> the first track in the [[Hi-NRG]] genre. The following year he released "[[Chase (instrumental)|Chase]]", the theme from the film ''[[Midnight Express (film)|Midnight Express]]''. These songs achieved some chart success in the United Kingdom, the United States and across Europe, and disco-mania was spreading. ''Midnight Express'' and "Chase" brought his first [[Academy Award for Best Original Score]] in [[51st Academy Awards|1979]].
[[File:Giorgio Moroder (1979 Casablanca Records press photo).jpg|thumb|upright=0.84|Moroder in 1979]]
Moroder released  ''[[E=MC² (Giorgio Moroder album)|E=MC²]]'' in 1979. He released three albums between 1977 and 1979 under the name Munich Machine. He composed and produced two film soundtrack albums: the first for ''[[Foxes (film)|Foxes]]'', and the second for ''[[American Gigolo]]'' (both 1980). A double album of the [[Foxes (soundtrack)|''Foxes'' soundtrack]] was released on the disco label [[Casablanca Records]] which includes [[Donna Summer]]'s hit single "[[On the Radio (Donna Summer song)|On the Radio]]", which Moroder produced and co-wrote. The ''Foxes'' soundtrack contains a song titled "Bad Love", written and performed by [[Cher]] and produced by Moroder. The [[American Gigolo (soundtrack)|''American Gigolo'' soundtrack]] featured the Moroder-produced "[[Call Me (Blondie song)|Call Me]]" by [[Blondie (band)|Blondie]], a US and UK number one hit. The combined club play of the album's tracks was number two for five weeks on the disco/dance charts.<ref>{{cite book|title=Hot Dance/Disco: 1974–2003|last=Whitburn|first=Joel|author-link=Joel Whitburn|year=2004|publisher=Record Research|page=288}}</ref> 

Moroder wrote the soundtrack of the film ''[[Cat People (1982 film)|Cat People]]'' (1982), including the hit single "[[Cat People (Putting Out Fire)]]" featuring [[David Bowie]], and produced the [[Scarface (soundtrack)|soundtrack]] for the film ''[[Scarface (1983 film)|Scarface]]'' (1983). During its initial release, the album was only available in a few countries and strictly through import in the United States. Moroder-produced tracks included "[[Scarface (Push It to the Limit)]]" by [[Paul Engemann]], "[[Rush Rush (Debbie Harry song)|Rush Rush]]" by [[Debbie Harry]] and "[[She's On Fire (Amy Holland song)|She's on Fire]]" by [[Amy Holland]].