Moroder
Moroder is an Italian surname. It is most prominently associated with Giorgio Moroder (born 1940), an Italian composer, songwriter, and record producer who helped pioneer electronic disco and synth-driven music. Born in Ortisei, South Tyrol, Moroder rose to international prominence in the 1970s and 1980s. He produced Donna Summer's "I Feel Love" (1977), a watershed track that fused electronic synthesizers with disco and influenced the development of electronic dance music. He composed the score for Midnight Express (1978), earning the Academy Award for Best Original Score at the 1979 ceremony, and co-wrote the Best Original Song "Flashdance... What a Feeling" (1983), which also won an Oscar. Moroder's film work includes the score for The NeverEnding Story (1984). In the 2010s, he collaborated with Daft Punk on their album Random Access Memories (2013), contributing the track "Giorgio by Moroder," and helping shape the album's retro-futuristic sound; the project won multiple Grammys, including Album of the Year.
The Moroder surname is of Italian origin and is particularly associated with the South Tyrol region, where