Editing Metropolis (1927 film) (section)

=== Giorgio Moroder version (1984) ===
In 1984, a new restoration and edit of the film, running 83 minutes, was made by Italian music producer [[Giorgio Moroder]], who paid $200,000 for the rights, outbidding his ''[[Cat People (1982 film)|Cat People]]'' collaborator [[David Bowie]].<ref name=bennett /><ref>{{cite news |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1984/08/05/movies/a-silent-classic-gets-some-80-s-music.html |access-date=17 May 2020 |date=5 August 1984 |first=Annette |last=Insdorf |title=A Silent Classic Gets Some 80's Music}}</ref> Although Moroder initially intended only to create a new soundtrack, he was surprised by the lack of a definitive print, and expanded his project to a major reconstruction. Moroder's version, which was made in consultation with the [[Munich Film Archive]] and their archivist, [[Enno Patalas]],<ref name=bennett /> was tinted to emphasise the different moods and locations in the film. It also featured additional special effects, replaced [[intertitle]]s of character dialogue with subtitles and incorporated a soundtrack featuring songs Moroder composed, produced and recorded with popular artists such as [[Freddie Mercury]], [[Bonnie Tyler]], [[Pat Benatar]], [[Adam Ant]] and [[Jon Anderson]]. It was the first serious attempt made at restoring ''Metropolis'' to Lang's original vision, and until the restorations in 2001 and 2010, it was the most complete version of the film commercially available. The shorter run time was due to the extensive use of subtitles for spoken lines instead of title cards, a faster frame rate than the original, and the fact that large amounts of footage were still missing at the time.

Moroder's version of ''Metropolis'' generally received poor reviews. Moroder responded to the critics who lambasted his production for not being faithful to the original in ''The New York Times'': "I didn't touch the original because there is no original."<ref name=bennett /> The film was nominated for two [[Golden Raspberry Awards|Raspberry Awards]], Worst Original Song for Mercury’s "[[Love Kills (Freddie Mercury song)|Love Kills]]" and Worst Musical Score for Moroder.{{sfn|Wilson|2005|p=286}} However, Bonnie Tyler was nominated for [[Grammy Award for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance]] at the [[27th Grammy Awards]] for "Here She Comes".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.grammy.com/grammys/artists/bonnie-tyler|title= 27th Grammy|date=23 February 1985|access-date=9 November 2019}}</ref>

In August 2011, after years of the Moroder version being unavailable on video in any format due to music licensing problems, it was announced that Kino International had managed to resolve the situation, and the film was to be released on [[Blu-ray]] and DVD in November. In addition, the film enjoyed a limited theatrical re-release.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/rock-version-silent-film-classic-227317 | work=The Hollywood Reporter | first=Borys | last=Kit | title=Rock Version of Silent Film Classic 'Metropolis' to Hit Theatres This Fall|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140130123708/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/rock-version-silent-film-classic-227317|archive-date=30 January 2014|date=24 August 2011}}</ref>

In 2012, the [[Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films]] gave ''Giorgio Moroder Presents Metropolis'' a [[Saturn Awards|Saturn Award]] for Best DVD/Blu-Ray Special Edition Release.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000004/2012/1?ref_=ttawd_ev_2|title= Saturn Award|website= [[IMDb]]|access-date=18 November 2019}}</ref>

====Soundtrack====
{{track listing
| extra_column = Producer(s)
| headline = 1984 soundtrack track listing
| title1 = [[Love Kills (Freddie Mercury song)|Love Kills]]
| note1 = [[Freddie Mercury]]
| writer1 = {{hlist|[[Giorgio Moroder]]|[[Freddie Mercury]]}}
| extra1 = {{hlist|Moroder|Mercury|[[Reinhold Mack]]}}
| length1 = 4:29
| title2 = Here's My Heart
| note2 = [[Pat Benatar]]
| writer2 = {{hlist|Moroder|[[Pete Bellotte]]}}
| extra2 = {{hlist|Moroder|[[Neil Giraldo]]}}
| length2 = 4:54
| title3 = Cage of Freedom
| note3 = [[Jon Anderson]]
| writer3 = {{hlist|Moroder|Bellotte}}
| extra3 = Moroder
| length3 = 4:40
| title4 = Blood from a Stone
| note4 = Cycle V – {{abbr|a.k.a.|also known as}} Frank Dimino
| writer4 = {{hlist|Moroder|Bellotte}}
| extra4 = Moroder
| length4 = 3:37
| title5 = The Legend of Babel
| note5 = Giorgio Moroder
| writer5 = Moroder
| extra5 = Moroder
| length5 = 3:55
| title6 = [[Here She Comes]]
| note6 = [[Bonnie Tyler]]
| writer6 = {{hlist|Moroder|Bellotte}}
| extra6 = Moroder
| length6 = 3:48
| title7 = Destruction
| note7 = [[Loverboy]]
| writer7 = {{hlist|Moroder|Bellotte}}
| extra7 = {{hlist|Moroder|Paul Dean}}
| length7 = 4:09
| title8 = On Your Own
| note8 = [[Billy Squier]]
| writer8 = {{hlist|Moroder|Squier}}
| extra8 = Moroder
| length8 = 4:09
| title9 = What's Going On
| note9 = [[Adam Ant]]
| writer9 = {{hlist|Moroder|Bellotte}}
| extra9 = Moroder
| length9 = 3:49
| title10 = Machines
| note10 = Giorgio Moroder
| writer10 = Moroder
| extra10 = Moroder
| length10 = 4:11
}}

====Charts====
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|-
! scope="col"| Chart (1984)
! scope="col"| Peak<br /> position
! scope="col"| Ref.
|-
!scope="row"| [[Kent Music Report|AUS]] Australia Kent Music Report
|align="center"|69
|<ref name=ST>{{cite book|last=Kent|first=David|authorlink=David Kent (historian)|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|edition=illustrated|publisher=Australian Chart Book|location=St Ives, N.S.W.|year=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6|pages=282, 283}}</ref>
|-
!scope="row"|Eurocharts Top 100 [[European Top 100 Albums]]
|align="center"|31
|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Music-and-Media/80s/1984/M&M-1984-10-22.pdf |title= Music & Media|access-date=9 November 2019}}</ref>
|-
!scope="row"|Germany [[GfK Entertainment charts]]
|align="center"|50
|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.offiziellecharts.de/album-details-168 |title= Gfk Charts|access-date=9 November 2019}}</ref>
|-
!scope="row"| Italy [[Billboard (magazine)|''Billboard'']] Hits of the World
|align="center"|13
|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/80s/1984/BB-1984-12-01.pdf |title= Billboard Hits of World|access-date=15 October 2021}}</ref>
|-
!scope="row"|Swiss Charts [[Swiss Hitparade]]
|align="center"|30
|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://hitparade.ch/album/Soundtrack-_-Giorgio-Moroder/Metropolis-168 |title= Swiss Charts|access-date=9 November 2019}}</ref>
|-
!scope="row"|US [[Billboard (magazine)|''Billboard'']] Album Charts
|align="center"|110
|<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/soundtrack/chart-history/tlp/|title= Billboard|magazine= [[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|access-date=9 November 2019}}</ref>
|-
!scope="row"| US Billboard Rock Albums
|align="center"|21
|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/80s/1984/BB-1984-09-01.pdf |title= Billboard Rock Albums & Top Tracks|access-date=15 October 2021}}</ref>
|-
!scope="row"|US [[Cash Box]] Top 200
|align="center"|112
|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Cash-Box/80s/1984/CB-1984-11-03.pdf |title= Cash Box|access-date=9 November 2019}}</ref>
|-
|}