Midnight Express

1978 soundtrack album composed by Giorgio Moroder
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Midnight Express

Summary

Midnight Express is an album[1].

Key Facts

  • Midnight Express received the Academy Award for Best Original Score[2].
  • Midnight Express received the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score[3].
  • Midnight Express's instance of is recorded as album[4].
  • Midnight Express's composer is recorded as Giorgio Moroder[5].
  • Midnight Express's genre is film score[6].
  • Midnight Express's genre is soundtrack[7].
  • Midnight Express's genre is electronic music[8].
  • Midnight Express's genre is ambient music[9].
  • Midnight Express was produced by Giorgio Moroder[10].
  • Midnight Express was performed by Giorgio Moroder[11].
  • Among the performers on Midnight Express was Keith Forsey[12].
  • Midnight Express was performed by Alan Estes[13].
  • Midnight Express's record label is recorded as Casablanca Records[14].
  • Midnight Express's place of publication is recorded as United States[15].
  • Midnight Express is part of Giorgio Moroder discography[16].
  • Midnight Express's language of work or name is recorded as no linguistic content[17].
  • Midnight Express was distributed by LP record[18].
  • Midnight Express was published on 1978[19].
  • Midnight Express's nominated for is recorded as Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media[20].
  • Midnight Express's title is recorded as Midnight Express[21].
  • Midnight Express's has characteristic is recorded as soundtrack album[22].
  • Midnight Express's duration is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q7727', 'amount': '+37'}[23].
  • Midnight Express's number of parts of this work is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q7302866', 'amount': '+8'}[24].
  • Midnight Express's adapted by is recorded as Harold Faltermeyer[25].
  • Midnight Express's form of creative work is recorded as studio album[26].

Product Details

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MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Album[27]

  • Secondary type(s): Soundtrack[28]

  • First release date: 1978[29]

  • Genre(s): ambient, disco, electronic, experimental, synth-pop[30]

  • Community tags: ambient, disco, electronic, experimental, soundtrack, synth-pop[31]

  • MusicBrainz ID: b4d5694a-f832-36bf-9597-3779f113f5fc[32]

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Authorship and Creation

Performers include Giorgio Moroder[11], Keith Forsey[12], and Alan Estes[13]. Midnight Express was produced by Giorgio Moroder[10].

Publication

Midnight Express was released on 1978[19]. Its place of publication is recorded as United States[15]. Its language of work or name is recorded as no linguistic content[17]. Genres include film score[6], soundtrack[7], electronic music[8], and ambient music[9]. It is part of Giorgio Moroder discography[16]. It was distributed by LP record[18].

Reception

Awards received include Academy Award for Best Original Score[2], an Academy Awards[33], in United States[34], founded in 1935[35] and Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score[3], a class of award[36].

FAQs

What awards did Midnight Express receive?

Honors received include Academy Award for Best Original Score[2] and Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score[3].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [27] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [28] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [29] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [30] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [31] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  6. [32] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [34] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [35] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [36] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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