American Gigolo (soundtrack) American Gigolo (soundtrack) American Gigolo is the soundtrack album to the 1980 movie of the same name, starring Richard Gere and Lauren Hutton. The music was composed and performed by Giorgio Moroder and was released worldwide on the Polydor label. It peaked at #7 in the "Billboard" 200 Album charts. All the cuts from the soundtrack also went to number two for five weeks on the disco/dance charts. "Call Me" by Blondie is the lead song for the soundtrack and was played during the film's intro. The song, which in the early stages was an instrumental demo titled "Man Machine,"
American Gigolo (soundtrack) 1978) where Gere's character Julian goes to find Leon, his pimp. The Giorgio Moroder instrumental "The Seduction (Love Theme)" was also recorded by German bandleader James Last as a saxophone tune featuring David Sanborn (uncredited). This cover version peaked at number 28 in the "Billboard" Hot 100 in May 1980. "American Gigolo" was one of two soundtrack albums to be written and produced by Moroder in 1980, the other being "Foxes", which included Donna Summer's hit single "On the Radio" as well as tracks by Janis Ian and Cher. In 1979, Moroder had won an Academy Award for Original Music