Giorgio Moroder is 86 years old as of October 2026. He was born on 26 April 1940.
Quick facts
Date of birth26 April 1940
Age86
NationalityItalian
BirthplaceUrtijëi, Italy
Editor's Take:
Giorgio Moroder matters because he showed that a synthesizer could carry an entire pop record. His work with Donna Summer in Munich in the 1970s helped define Euro disco and pointed towards later styles such as house and techno. He then moved into cinema, where scores and songs for Flashdance and Top Gun brought electronic sound to mainstream audiences. His 1984 version of Metropolis was divisive, which suggests he was willing to court argument. Decades later, acts such as Daft Punk and The Weeknd worked with him, a sign that his influence has outlasted fashions.
Key Milestones
1972: Uses a Moog synthesizer on his album Son of My Father
1977: Co-writes and produces Donna Summer's "I Feel Love"
1979: Wins the Academy Award for Best Original Score for Midnight Express
1986: Wins a third Academy Award for Berlin's song in Top Gun
2013: Contributes to Daft Punk's Random Access Memories
Giovanni Giorgio Moroder (Italian:, Austrian German:; born 26 April 1940) is an Italian composer and music producer. Dubbed the "Father of Disco", Moroder is credited with pioneering Euro disco and electronic dance music.
