Sebastian Arocha Morton

Morton at the ROCAsound studio in 2019

Morton graduated from the Berklee College of Music in Boston, where he studied film scoring and production/engineering.[5][6] Afterwards, he moved to Los Angeles, California to pursue a career in the film and music industries as a staff writer for Universal 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 to Iron Man 2, as well as songs and remixes for Donna Summer,[9] Sting, Chaka Khan, Seal, The Dandy Warhols, Counting Crows, Jody Watley, The Killers, Kaskade, Ricky Martin, Yuridia, and Fischerspooner, among various other artists.[5][3]

After much success as ROCAsound, Morton discovered and signed Billboard #1 electronic artist Samantha James,[10][11][12] and went on to write and produce the albums Subconscious and Rise for San Francisco label OM Records.[13][14] Morton later worked on Donna Summer's final studio album Crayons, where he was credited among producers such as Greg Kurstin and J.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 writers Claudia Brant[18] and Bruce Sudano.[19]

Other collaborations include:[3]

• "One of These Days" (with Santana and Ozomatli)
• "Never Coming Home" for the Queer Eye for the Straight Guy soundtrack (with Sting)[20]
• "Not in Love" (with Enrique Iglesias and Floetry)
• "Scent of Magnolia" (with David Sylvian and Ryuichi Sakamoto)
• Alex Cross (film collaboration with composer John Debney)[21][22]
• Disney Parks: World of Color and Iron Man Experience (collaboration with composer John Debney)[21][22]
• "Whenever I Say Your Name" (BBC Radio version) with Sting feat. Mary J. Blige
• "Superfreak" (ROCAsound Revamp) with Rick James

Some of Morton's Grammy Award nominations include:

• 2006 Grammy nominee: Little Miss Sunshine (Best Compilation Soundtrack Album for Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media)
• 2007 Grammy nominee (with Vikter 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