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,"
Gigolo (The Damned song) clip directed by Gerard de Thame helped the single reach No. 29. MCA also issued the single in Australia, Germany, Italy and Spain. The B-side instrumental track "The Portrait" was used in the episode "A Womb with a View" of the television series "Moonlighting". The extended version of "The Portrait" (on the 12" single) contained a sample of the Bernard Hermann-penned untitled theme song from the film "Portrait of Jennie". Bonus track on 12" single: Gigolo (The Damned song) "Gigolo" was a single by the Damned, released 23 January 1987 on the MCA label. The single was released in a