List of awards and nominations received by Giorgio Moroder

Italian singer, songwriter, DJ and record producer Giorgio Moroder is one of the originators of Italo disco and electronic dance music,[1] and his work with synthesizers heavily influenced several music genres such as house, techno and trance music.[2][3] He has also been dubbed the "Father of Disco".[4][5]

Giorgio Moroder awards and nominations

Moroder in 2007
Wins 18
Nominations 35

In the course of his career, Moroder has won three Academy Awards: Best Original Score for Midnight Express (1978), and two Best Original Song awards for "Flashdance...What a Feeling", from the film Flashdance (1983), and for "Take My Breath Away", from Top Gun (1986). Moroder also won two of his four Grammy Awards for Flashdance: Best Album or Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or a Television Special, and Best Instrumental Composition for the track "Love Theme from Flashdance". His other two awards were for Donna Summer's single "Carry On" and for Daft Punk's album Random Access Memories, which won Album of the Year. He has been nominated for nine Golden Globe Awards that resulted in four wins: Best Original Score for Midnight Express and Flashdance, and Best Original Song for "Flashdance... What a Feeling" and "Take My Breath Away".

On 20 September 2004 Moroder was honored at the Dance Music Hall of Fame ceremony, held in New York, when he was inducted for his achievements and contributions as a producer.[6] In 2005, Moroder was named a Commendatore Ordine al Merito della Repubblica Italiana,[7] and in 2010, the Italian city of Bolzano awarded him the Grande Ordine al Merito della Provincia autonoma di Bolzano.[8] In 2011, he received the Lifetime Achievement Award by the World Soundtrack Academy.

Awards and nominations
Awards and nominations received by Giorgio Moroder
Award Year[lower-alpha 2] Category Recipient(s) and nominee(s) Result Ref.
Academy Awards 1979 Best Original Score Midnight Express Won [9]
1984 Best Original Song "Flashdance... What a Feeling" (from Flashdance) Won
1987 "Take My Breath Away" (from Top Gun) Won
ASCAP Film and Television Music Awards 1987 Most Performed Songs from Motion Pictures Won [10]
1988 "Meet Me Half Way" (from Over the Top) Won
Bambi Awards 1984 Composer of the Year Giorgio Moroder Won [11]
British Academy Film Awards 1984 Best Score for a Film Flashdance Nominated [12]
Best Original Song "Flashdance... What a Feeling" (from Flashdance) Nominated
1985 "Together in Electric Dreams" (from Electric Dreams) Nominated [13]
Golden Globe Awards 1979 Best Original Score Midnight Express Won [14]
1981 American Gigolo Nominated
Best Original Song "Call Me" (from American Gigolo) Nominated
1983 Best Original Score Cat People Nominated
Best Original Song "Cat People (Putting Out Fire)" (from Cat People) Nominated
1984 Best Original Score Scarface Nominated
Flashdance Won
Best Original Song "Flashdance... What a Feeling" (from Flashdance) Won
1987 "Take My Breath Away" (from Top Gun) Won
Golden Raspberry Awards 1984 Worst Musical Score Superman III Nominated [15]
1985 Metropolis (1984 version), Thief of Hearts Nominated
Worst Original Song "Love Kills" (from Metropolis) Nominated
Grammy Awards 1979 Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media Midnight Express Nominated [16]
1980 Album of the Year Bad Girls Nominated
Best Disco Recording "Dim All the Lights" Nominated
1984 Album of the Year Flashdance Nominated
Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media Won
Record of the Year "Flashdance... What a Feeling" Nominated
Best Instrumental Composition "Love Theme from Flashdance" Won
1998 Best Dance Recording "Carry On" Won
2014 Album of the Year Random Access Memories (as a featured artist) Won
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards 1978 Best Music Score Midnight Express Won [17]
Palm Springs International Festival of Short Films 1996 Best Experimental — Audience Award Giorgio Moroder Won [10]
Best Experimental — Jury Award Won
Saturn Awards 1985 Best Music The NeverEnding Story Nominated [18]
World Soundtrack Awards 2011 Lifetime Achievement Giorgio Moroder Won [19]

Honors

State and local honors
State and local honors received by Giorgio Moroder
Country or city Year Honor Ref.
Italy 2005 Commendatore Ordine al Merito della Repubblica Italiana [7]
Bolzano 2010 Grande Ordine al Merito della Provincia autonoma di Bolzano [20]

Other accolades
Other accolades received by Giorgio Moroder
Organization Year Honor Ref.
Dance Music Hall of Fame 2004 Inductee (Producer) [6]

Footnotes
  1. Awards in certain categories do not have prior nominations and only winners are announced by the jury. For simplification and to avoid errors, each award in this list has been presumed to have had a prior nomination.
  2. Indicates the year of ceremony.

References
  1. Poe, Jim (29 May 2014). "Giorgio Moroder: 10 groundbreaking tunes | Music". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 7 November 2019. Retrieved 12 March 2020.
  2. Iqbal, Nosheen (9 February 2019). "Giorgio Moroder: 'I don't even like dancing'". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 5 May 2020. Retrieved 24 June 2020.
  3. Nika, Colleen (12 February 2015). "Giorgio Moroder: Godfather of Modern Dance Music". Time. Archived from the original on 23 March 2019. Retrieved 12 March 2020.
  4. Carter, Evan. "Philip Oakey & Giorgio Moroder: Overview". AllMusic. Archived from the original on 20 April 2019. Retrieved 12 March 2020. This record was a collaboration between Philip Oakey, the big-voiced lead singer of the techno-pop band the Human League, and Giorgio Moroder, the Italian-born father of disco who spent the '80s writing synth-based pop and film music.
  5. Crae, Ross (10 October 2018). "'Father of Disco' Giorgio Moroder announces Glasgow date on first ever live tour". The Sunday Post. Archived from the original on 23 March 2019. Retrieved 12 March 2020.
  6. "Giorgio Moroder torna dopo 30 anni con un nuovo disco da solista, "Déjà Vu", in uscita il 16 giugno". sonymusic.it (in Italian). Sony Music. Archived from the original on 11 January 2020. Retrieved 11 January 2020. Nel 2004 Giorgio Moroder è entrato a far parte della Dance Music Hall of Fame.
  7. "Presidenza della Repubblica". Quirinale.it. 26 May 2005. Archived from the original on 16 January 2014. Retrieved 15 May 2013.
  8. "Giornata autonomia: onorificenze per Melandri, Hansen e Tichy". provincia.bz.it (in Italian). Archived from the original on 11 January 2020. Retrieved 11 January 2020.
  9. "Giorgio Moroder - Our Artists: Writers & Producers". warnerchappel.com. Warner Chappell Music. Archived from the original on 17 March 2016. Retrieved 1 December 2019.
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  11. "BAMBI Preisträger — Homepreisträger Suche". bambi.de (in German). Archived from the original on 23 September 2019. Retrieved 13 April 2020. Type 1984 in the text box then click on Jetzt Suchen.
  12. "BAFTA Awards - Film in 1984". BAFTA.org. British Academy of Film and Television Arts. Archived from the original on 10 August 2019. Retrieved 1 December 2019.
  13. "BAFTA Awards - Film in 1985". BAFTA.org. British Academy of Film and Television Arts. Archived from the original on 1 April 2019. Retrieved 1 December 2019.
  14. "Giorgio Moroder". goldenglobes.com. Hollywood Foreign Press Association. Archived from the original on 9 July 2019. Retrieved 1 December 2019.
  15. Wilson, John (2007). The Official Razzie Movie Guide: Enjoying the Best of Hollywoods Worst. Hachette Book Group. ISBN 978-0-44651-008-0.
  16. "Giorgio Moroder". Grammy.com. The Recording Academy. Archived from the original on 17 November 2017. Retrieved 1 December 2019.
  17. "4th Annual Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards". LAFCA.net. Los Angeles Film Critics Association. Archived from the original on 23 October 2018. Retrieved 1 December 2019.
  18. "Past Winners Database - Saturn Awards". theenvelope.latimes.com. Los Angeles Times Communications LLC. Archived from the original on 17 October 2006. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
  19. "Lifetime Achievement Award - Past Winners". World Soundtrack Awards. Archived from the original on 1 July 2019. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
  20. "Bolzano: onorificenze della Provinciaa Prodi, Chenot e Giorgio Moroder". Alto Adige (in Italian). 28 June 2010. Archived from the original on 12 March 2020. Retrieved 12 March 2020.

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