Giorgio Moroder/Biography

==Music career==
Hansjörg Moroder is first steps in music in Berlin, Germany by releasing a few singles under the name "Giorgio" beginning in 1966, singing Italian (as George, to explain his German accent), Spanish, English and German. He came to prominence in 1969, when his recording "Looky Looky", released on Ariola Records, was awarded a gold disc in October 1970. He then began making a name for himself in studios around Germany in the early 1970s. Often collaborating with lyricist Pete Bellotte, Moroder had a number of hits in his own name including "Son of My Father" in 1972 before realising the synthesizer-driven From Here to Eternity, a notable chartbuster in 1977, and in the Following year releasing "Chase", the theme from the film Midnight Express. These songs achieved some chart success in the United Kingdom, the United States, and across Europe, and everywhere disco-mania was spreading. The full film score for Midnight Express wom him his first Academy Award for best film score in 1978. In 1979, Moroder released his album E=MC². Text on the album's cover stated that it was the "first electronic live-to-digital album." He also released three albums between 1977-1979 under the name Munich Machine.
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