Iconoclast, a music catalog acquisition company, has announced the purchase of the disco’s father Giorgio Moroder’s catalogue.
Giorgio Moroder (MARCO BERTORELLO/AFP/Getty Images)
In the past few hours, the music publishing house Iconoclast announced the acquisition of the musical rights, but not only, of the father of the disco, Giorgio Moroder.. The company, as stated in the press release, will also work on developing the Moroder brand and its image. An agreement that also stems from the relationship between Iconoclast founder Olivier Chastan and the artist, according to a press release published by USA Variety:Working with my friend Giorgio is an incredible honor. More than 45 years after their creation, songs like “I Feel Love” and “The Chase” still feel like the soundtrack of the future. GGiorgio has always had a unique ability to capture the sensibility of pop music. time, being at the forefront of sonic innovation“. Financial details of the operation were not disclosed.neither by an artist nor by a company specializing in the acquisition of music catalogs.
The success of Giorgio Moroder and the victory at the Oscar
Giovanni Giorgio, real name Giorgio Moroder, was one of the revolutionaries of international disco music. After publishing eight albums from 1969 to 1978 with mixed success in Berlin, where he settled, and in Italy, his first major recognition came at the very end of 1978 with the album chasetaken from the movie soundtrack midnight escapewhich will win him his first Academy Award and then Flash dance… what a feeling for the movie flashdance since 1984 and finally for the song Take my breath away since 1987, featured on the film’s soundtrack The best guns. Among the most famous collaborations, of course, is I feel love Donna Summer, published 1977capable of selling over a million copies in the United States. Also involved in the work since 2013 of the Daft Punk group in random access memoryon the road George Moroder.
Iconoclast acquires rights to Lady Gaga and Diplo
Meanwhile, music publishing company Iconoclast is celebrating its third major acquisition in 2023. In February of this year, the business of acquiring music catalogs from Los Angeles announced the purchase of Mad Decent Publishing, co-founded by DJs and producers Diplo and Kevin Kusatsu.. The song catalog features Baauer hits such as Harlem Shakebut also lean by Major Lazers. However, just a month later, the company announced the acquisition of Nick Monson’s publishing catalogue. co-writer and co-producer of Lady Gaga, especially the 2019 album. art popbut also the author of the soundtrack to A star is born. Inside even songs like Human rag’n’bone man, Lucky you AND Nobody Selena Gomez House Nick Jonas Applause from Lady Gaga.