American Gigolo (soundtrack) Freddie Mercury's "Love Kills" (1984) and "Top Gun" including Berlin's "Take My Breath Away" (1986). The "American Gigolo" soundtrack album has been re-issued on CD by both PolyGram and its successor company Universal Music. All tracks written by Giorgio Moroder except where noted. Side A Side B 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
American Gigolo direct influence on the film; the composition of the final shot draws heavily from the film, as does the final dialogue. Schrader later provided an introduction to the Criterion Collection DVD of "Pickpocket". On the film's ending, Schrader writes: "At the end of "American Gigolo", I wanted to perversely plunge my lizardy protagonist into icy Bressonian waters, so I lifted the ending of "Pickpocket" and gave it to Julian Kaye. A grace note as unwarranted as Christ's promise to the thief on the cross." Schrader re-visited many of the themes of "American Gigolo" in his 2007 film, "The Walker", and