Giorgio Moroder won a bet. His brothers challenged him to play as well as they did — three months later, he returned home during Christmas break from boarding school and played for them. They lost.

It’s impossible to overstate the importance of Giorgio Moroder to pop and dance music in the late ’70s and throughout the ’80s and beyond. His influence has been enormous. The 73-year old Italian ...

Italian producer and composer Giorgio Moroder is largely responsible for disco, house and techno's popularity to this day, his innovative work with synthesizers and boundary-pushing sounds and lyrics ...

Italo disco pioneer and electronic music legend Giorgio Moroder is teaming up with producer Raney Shockne to compose the forthcoming soundtrack for USA’s crime drama Queen Of The South, which stars ...

CHICAGO, IL - JULY 18: Giorgio Moroder performs during De Nolet presented by Ketel One Vodka, an official sponsor of the Pitchfork Music Festival at Union Park on July 18, 2014 in Chicago, Illinois.

It's been 35 years since Giorgio Moroder and Cher hooked up for a late-night session to produce "Bad Love," the diva's disco rave-up from the soundtrack of the 1980 coming-of-age drama, "Foxes." "We ...

Synth pioneer. Disco architect. Film composer. Giorgio Moroder has had an undeniably heavy if cloaked hand in popular music since the ’70s when he helped Donna Summer craft “Love To Love You Baby.” ...

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Producer Giorgio Moroder made his name producing hits in the '70s and '80s for Donna Summer, Irene Cara, Berlin, and more. He also did the soundtracks for "Scarface," "Midnight Express," "Top Gun" and ...

Duran Duran team with disco legend Giorgio Moroder for the new song “Tonight United,” the latest single from the band’s upcoming LP Future Past. “Giorgio Moroder, Duran Duran… this is music for a ...

The father of disco and the man responsible for some of the most iconic music of all time is applying his talents to giving future cars more soul. Tim Stevens Former editor at large for CNET Cars Tim ...