Sebastian Arocha Morton (Sebastian Morton)
Background information
Born	United States
Genres	Electronic cinematic soul others
Occupations	Producer composer songwriter
Years active	2000s–present
Labels	ROCAsound OM Universal
Website	www.rocasound.com

Sebastian Arocha Morton is aGrammy-nominated American record producer and composer based inLos Angeles,California. Throughout his career as a record producer and songwriter, Morton has worked with many notable artists, includingSeal,Sting,Santana,Donna Summer,^[1]Fischerspooner,Vikter Duplaix,Common, andMary J. Blige. Morton was also a composer and producer for the filmsLittle Miss Sunshine,Iron Man 2,Houdini,^[2]RoboCop,The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water,League of Gods,Mr. Robot, andYoung Sheldon.

Morton composes and fuses a wide variety of musical genres, ranging fromdance tohip hop,soul andambient, among various other genres.^[3] His approach to film scoring bridges the worlds of modern electronic production and more traditional melodic orchestral composing.^[4]

Morton graduated from theBerklee College of Music inBoston, where he studied film scoring and production/engineering.^[5][6] Afterwards, he moved toLos Angeles,California to pursue a career in the film and music industries as a staff writer forUniversal Music.^[7]

Morton then began producing electronic music in the early 2000s under the artist name ROCAsound. After several Billboard #1 singles and platinum albums, he started his own production company and opened a recording facility under the same name.^[8] As ROCAsound, he has remixed and produced tracks for the soundtrack toIron Man 2, as well as songs and remixes forDonna Summer,^[9]Sting,Chaka Khan,Seal,The Dandy Warhols,Counting Crows,Jody Watley,The Killers,Kaskade,Ricky Martin,Yuridia, andFischerspooner, among various other artists.^[5][3]

After much success as ROCAsound, Morton discovered and signed Billboard #1 electronic artistSamantha James,^[10][11][12] and went on to write and produce the albumsSubconscious andRise for San Francisco labelOM Records.^[13][14] Morton later worked onDonna Summer's final studio albumCrayons,where he was credited among producers such asGreg Kurstin andJ.R. Rotem.^[15][16][17] The first single for that record, "I'm a Fire" (produced and co-written by Morton), went to #1 on the charts and set a record for her as the only female artist in history with a #1 Billboard dance hit in every decade since the 1970s. Also, as a songwriter, Morton has worked closely with hit writersClaudia Brant^[18] andBruce Sudano.^[19]

Other collaborations include:^[3]

• "One of These Days" (withSantana andOzomatli)
• "Never Coming Home" for theQueer Eye for the Straight Guy soundtrack (withSting)^[20]
• "Not in Love" (withEnrique Iglesias andFloetry)
• "Scent of Magnolia" (withDavid Sylvian andRyuichi Sakamoto)
• Alex Cross (film collaboration with composerJohn Debney)^[21][22]
• Disney Parks: World of Color and Iron Man Experience (collaboration with composerJohn Debney)^[21][22]
• "Whenever I Say Your Name" (BBC Radio version) withSting feat.Mary J. Blige
• "Superfreak" (ROCAsound Revamp) withRick James

Some of Morton'sGrammy Award nominations include:

• 2006 Grammy nominee:Little Miss Sunshine (Best Compilation Soundtrack Album for Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media)
• 2007 Grammy nominee (withVikter Duplaix): "Make A Baby" (Best Urban/Alternative Category)^[23]

Billboard #1 Singles and Albums include:

• 2004 Billboard Electronic Albums Chart:Queer Eye for the Straight Guy soundtrack (Never Coming Home feat.Sting)
• 2005 Dance Singles Chart:Jody Watley - "Looking for a New Love" (remixes)
• 2007 Dance Singles Chart:Samantha James - "Rise"
• 2008 Dance Singles Chart:Donna Summer - "I'm a Fire"
• 2009 Latin Albums Chart:Luis Miguel -No Culpes a La Noche^[24]

• ROCAsound official website
• Discogs profile
• Instagram profile
• AllMusic profile

• Living people
• American film score composers
• Berklee College of Music alumni
• Record producers from Los Angeles

• Articles with short description
• Short description is different from Wikidata
• Articles with hCards
• Year of birth missing (living people)