Editing Giorgio Moroder (section)

===1984–1993: Recognition and hiatus===
[[File:Donna Summer Bruce Sudano Giorgio Moroder Beverly Hills.jpg|thumb|upright=0.84|Moroder with his longtime collaborator [[Donna Summer]] and her husband [[Bruce Sudano]]. On the left is Moroder's wife Francisca Gutierrez.]]
In 1984, Moroder compiled a new restoration and edit of the [[silent film]] ''[[Metropolis (1927 film)|Metropolis]]'' (1927)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=leAVS0OC6Ts|title=Giorgio Moroder presents Metropolis (DVD Blu-ray Trailer)-kinolorber on YouTube|date=24 August 2011|publisher=[[YouTube]]|access-date=4 October 2020|archive-date=6 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201106120118/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=leAVS0OC6Ts|url-status=live}}</ref> and provided it with a contemporary soundtrack.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://vimeo.com/43797072|title=Giorgio Moroder presents: Metropolis|website=Vimeo.com|access-date=4 October 2020|archive-date=1 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801043515/https://vimeo.com/43797072|url-status=live}}</ref> This soundtrack includes seven pop music tracks from [[Pat Benatar]], [[Jon Anderson]], [[Adam Ant]], [[Billy Squier]], [[Loverboy]], [[Bonnie Tyler]] and [[Freddie Mercury]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://vimeo.com/30698349|title=METROPOLIS (Giorgio Moroder Version) (Fritz Lang, 1927/1984)|website=Vimeo.com|date=17 October 2011|access-date=4 October 2020|via=Vimeo|archive-date=1 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801020455/https://vimeo.com/30698349|url-status=live}}</ref> He integrated the original [[intertitle]]s into the film as subtitles as a means of improving continuity. Since the original speed was unknown this choice was controversial. Known as the "Moroder version", it sparked debate among film buffs, with outspoken critics and supporters of the film falling into equal camps.<ref>{{cite news|title=New Metropolis Sparks Controversy at Cannes|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=16 May 1984}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|editor-first1=Michael|editor-last1=Minden|editor-first2=Holger|editor-last2=Bachmann|year=2002|title=Fritz Lang's Metropolis: Cinematic Visions of Technology and Fear|publisher=Boydell & Brewer|isbn=1-57113-146-9|quote=Moroder's reissue...was bound to offend the purists if only because it smacked of such crass commercialism and seemed so evidently calculated to jump the culture barrier.|first=Thomas|last=Elsaesser|page=124|chapter=Innocence Restored? Reading and Re-reading a 'Classic': Georgio Moroder's ''Metropolis''|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oyOO_HNw0KQC&pg=PA124|via=Google Books|access-date=18 August 2017|archive-date=21 September 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140921003420/http://books.google.com/books?id=oyOO_HNw0KQC&pg=PA124|url-status=live}}</ref> Most critics agree that, the opinion of film purists aside, Moroder's version was a welcome addition.<ref>{{cite journal|quote=Although harshly criticized for its synthesized rock score, Moroder's reconstruction does have the virtue of clarifying a muddled plotline...Moroder's new version provides some illuminating changes in narrative continuity and character motivation, while still preserving the integrity of Lang's extravagant satiric vision.|last=Jurkiewicz|first=Kenneth|date=March 1990|title=Using Film in the Humanities Classroom: The Case of Metropolis|journal=[[The English Journal]]|volume=79|number=3|pages=47–50|doi=10.2307/819234|jstor=819234}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|author1-link=Giorgio Bertellini|last=Bertellini|first=Giorgio|date=Autumn 1995|title=Restoration, Genealogy and Palimpsests|journal=Film History|volume=7|number=3|pages=277–290}}</ref> In 1984, Moroder worked with [[Philip Oakey]] of [[the Human League]] to make the album ''[[Philip Oakey & Giorgio Moroder]]'', which was a UK singles chart hit with "[[Together in Electric Dreams]]", title track to the 1984 film ''[[Electric Dreams (film)|Electric Dreams]]''. The same year saw him collaborating with [[Kajagoogoo]] frontman [[Limahl]] for his worldwide hit "[[The NeverEnding Story (song)|The NeverEnding Story]]".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2WN0T-Ee3q4|title=Limahl – Never Ending Story (Official Music Video) on RHINO's YouTube channel|date=11 July 2019|publisher=[[YouTube]]|access-date=4 October 2020|archive-date=5 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200905173434/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2WN0T-Ee3q4|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 1986, Moroder collaborated with his protégé [[Harold Faltermeyer]] (of "[[Axel F]]") and lyricist [[Tom Whitlock]] to create the score for the film ''[[Top Gun]]'' (1986) which included [[Kenny Loggins]]' hit "[[Danger Zone (song)|Danger Zone]]" and [[Berlin (band)|Berlin]]'s "[[Take My Breath Away]]". He wrote the theme song to the film ''[[Over the Top (1987 film)|Over the Top]]'', "[[Meet Me Half Way]]", also performed by Loggins. In 1987, Moroder produced and co-wrote [[Falco (musician)|Falco]]'s song "Body Next to Body". Moroder wrote the official theme songs, "[[Reach Out (Olympic theme song)|Reach Out]]", for the [[1984 Summer Olympics|1984 Los Angeles Olympics]], and "[[Hand in Hand (Olympics)|Hand in Hand]]", for the [[1988 Summer Olympics|1988 Seoul Olympics]] and "[[Un'estate italiana]]" for the [[1990 FIFA World Cup]]. On 12 March 1992, Moroder released his fourteenth studio album, ''Forever Dancing'', his last solo project for years and he began a long hiatus in 1993.<ref name="Giorgio Moroder – Forever Dancing">{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/forever-dancing-mw0000537470|title=Giorgio Moroder – Forever Dancing|publisher=AllMusic|access-date=18 September 2014|archive-date=18 March 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150318002145/http://www.allmusic.com/album/forever-dancing-mw0000537470|url-status=live}}</ref> For two decades he released no new albums,<ref name= undr /> focusing largely on remixes and visual art during most of the 1990s and early 2000s.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.out.com/music/2015/5/05/giorgio-moroder|title=The Comeback of the Summer: Disco King Giorgio Moroder|first=Jason|last=Lamphier|date=5 May 2015|work=Out.com|publisher=Here Media Inc.|access-date=8 April 2017|archive-date=9 April 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170409021527/http://www.out.com/music/2015/5/05/giorgio-moroder|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=spin /> With Daniel Walker he produced a soundtrack for [[Leni Riefenstahl]]'s last film ''[[Impressionen unter Wasser]]''. His song ''Forever Friends'' was featured in the Olympic Games in Beijing 2008.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Twice Olympic Theme Song Writer Competing for a Third -- china.org.cn|url=http://www.china.org.cn/english/MATERIAL/220215.htm|access-date=30 August 2021|website=www.china.org.cn|archive-date=30 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210830213145/http://www.china.org.cn/english/MATERIAL/220215.htm|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=CREDITS|url=https://www.giorgiomoroder.com/credits/|access-date=30 August 2021|website=Giorgio Moroder|language=en|archive-date=16 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211016170016/https://www.giorgiomoroder.com/credits/|url-status=live}}</ref>