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Giorgio Moroder (born on , 1940 in Ortisei, Italy) is a three-time Oscar winning Italian record producer, songwriter and performer. His work with synthesizers during the 1970s and 1980s had a significant influence on new wave, house, techno and electronic music in released singles simply as “Giorgio“ as early as 1966, singing in English, German, and Italian. Often collaborating with lyricist Bellotte, Moroder had a number of hits in his own name including “Son of My Father“ in 1972 and From Here to Eternity in 1977, and in the following year releasing “Chase“ in 1978, the theme from the film Midnight Express. All were hits in the UK. The full movie score for Midnight Express won him his first Academy Award for best film score in 1978. In 1979 Moroder released his album E=MC?. 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. In 1
