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Giovanni Giorgio Moroder [15] was born to Ladin parents on 26 April 1940 in Italy in Ortisei. [16] His father was a hotel concierge . [ 17 ] He has three brothers, one of them being artist Ulrich Moroder . [ 17 ]
Thomas Ross Whitlock (February 20, 1954 – February 18, 2023) was an American songwriter, best known for co-writing the Academy Award– and Golden Globe–winning song "Take My Breath Away", performed by Berlin from the film Top Gun, with Giorgio Moroder.
The discography of Giorgio Moroder includes thirteen studio albums and ten soundtracks, as well as numerous production credits. When in Munich in the 1970s, he started his own record label called Oasis Records, which several years later became a subdivision of Casablanca Records .
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Hundreds of members of the international music industry have signed an open letter to record labels titled “Pay Songwriters,” calling for better financial treatment from the record labels that ...
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 ...
Joe "Bean" Esposito (born May 5, 1948) is an American singer-songwriter whose career spans from the 1970s to the present day. Esposito is known for creating songs that have appeared in film soundtracks, such as those of American Hot Wax, Staying Alive, Scarface, The Karate Kid, and Coming to America.
Then in 1978, Giorgio Moroder recognized his talent and brought him to Los Angeles to play keyboards and arrange the soundtrack for the film Midnight Express. Moroder and Faltermeyer continued their collaboration in the next decade, [4] producing Donna Summer albums and several hits for various artists. Soon Faltermeyer was earning an ...