Born Giovanni Giorgio Moroder in Ortisei, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy. An Italian multi-artist. Designer of buildings and cars (the "Cizeta Moroder"), but he is perhaps best known as one of the greatest innovators of disco music in the 70s (the other is his colleague, Pete Bellotte, and these two were the men behind Donna Summer's many successes such as "Hot Stuff" and "I Feel Love"). Only few know him, but everyone has heard his works. In the 80s he composed a massive range of hits - some of them immortal film hits such as "Take My Breath Away" (performed by Berlin), "Neverending Story" (Limahl) and "Flashdance - What A Feeling" (Irene Cara). In 1984 he restored most of the original version of Fritz Lang's legendary sci-fi movie METROPOLIS (from 1924-6). "Metropolis" (the music album which he composed alongside) contained Bonnie Tyler's performance of "Here She Comes" and Freddie Mercury's "Love Kills". He also composed some of the music for the summer Olympics in both 1984 and 1988 ("Reach" with Gloria Estefan). Other notable (non-nominated) film scoring and songwriting credits include THANK GOD IT'S FRIDAY (1978, song "With Your Love"), AMERICAN GIGOLO and FOXES (both 1980), CAT PEOPLE (1982), FAST TIMES AT RIDGEMONT HIGH (1982, song "Highway Runner"), SUPERMAN III (1983, songs), SCARFACE and D.C. CAB (both 1983), ELECTRIC DREAMS (1984), QUICKSILVER (1986, theme song "Quicksilver Lightning"), OVER THE TOP (1987), MAMBA (1988), LET IT RIDE (1989), NEVERENDING STORY I & II (1984, 1990), JACKPOT (1992), and UM FA / THE CHASE (1998). Moroder composed the score and produced the 1984 restoration of Fritz Lang's METROPOLIS (1927). Several of his songs have been used in the soundtracks of movies other than those for which they were composed.  Music Scoring Awards (Best Original Score) 1978: MIDNIGHT EXPRESS  Music Best Song 1983: FLASHDANCE "Flashdance... What a Feeling" - Music  Music Best Song 1986: TOP GUN "Take My Breath Away" - Music 3 nominations, 3 Awards