Stephan Moccio
Stephan Moccio is a Canadian composer, producer, pianist, arranger, conductor and recording artist. He co-wrote and co-produced the two end credit songs for Fifty Shades of Grey and its soundtrack: "Earned It" (The Weeknd) and "I Know You" (Skylar Grey), with the former being nominated for Best R&B Song and Best Song Written For Visual Media at the 58th Annual Grammy Awards, and Best Original Song at the 88th Academy Awards. He also was a producer on the Weeknd's album Beauty Behind the Madness, which was nominated for Album Of The Year at the 58th Annual Grammy Awards.
Stephan Moccio
- Name
- Stephan Moccio
- Birthplace
- 20 October 1972 St.
- Occupation
- * Songwriter
- Born
- 1972 · St. Catharines.
- Nationality
- Canada
- Fields
- music · piano · arrangement · arranging
- Education
- University of Western Ontario
- Languages
- English · French
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Stephan Moccio is a Canadian composer, producer, pianist, arranger, conductor and recording artist. He co-wrote and co-produced the two end credit songs for Fifty Shades of Grey and its soundtrack: "Earned It" (The Weeknd) and "I Know You" (Skylar Grey), with the former being nominated for Best R&B Song and Best Song Written For Visual Media at the 58th Annual Grammy Awards, and Best Original Song at the 88th Academy Awards. He also was a producer on the Weeknd's album Beauty Behind the Madness, which was nominated for Album Of The Year at the 58th Annual Grammy Awards.
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Biography
Biography
Moccio co-wrote Celine Dion's hit "A New Day Has Come" with Aldo Nova, which reached and held the number one spot on the Billboard AC Chart for a record-breaking 21 weeks. He also co-wrote Miley Cyrus' single "Wrecking Ball" from her 2013 studio album Bangerz. For the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics, Moccio co-wrote the theme song “I Believe” performed by Nikki Yanofsky. He has collaborated with a diverse roster of artists including Avril Lavigne and Andrea Bocelli as a songwriter, musician and producer.
Key facts
Key facts
• Name — Stephan Moccio • Birthplace — 20 October 1972 St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada • Instrument — * Piano • vocals • Occupation — * Songwriter • composer • record producer • pianist • recording artist • Label — * Universal Publishing • Decca
Early life
Early life
Stephan Moccio was born to an Italian-Canadian father and a French-Canadian mother. Moccio is fluent in English and French. Growing up in Niagara Falls, Moccio began his piano studies at the age of 3. His musical style and vocabulary are influenced by the musical genres of classical, jazz, pop, hip hop, blues, and dance.
Career
Career
Moccio enrolled at the University of Western Ontario where he studied performance and classical piano studies under instructors John Paul Bracey and Jack Behrens. After completing a Bachelor of Arts degree in composition and piano performance in 1994, he was accepted into Berklee College of Music. However, he chose to focus on developing his professional career and instead signed a publishing deal with Sony/ATV Music Publishing. During the early years of his tenure at Sony/ATV, Moccio worked as a session musician, in-house producer, arranger and composer, attending rehearsals of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, and playing in Toronto jazz clubs and hotel lounges, notably the Four Seasons Hotel's La Serre. Throughout his nearly 9-year tenure at Sony/ATV, Moccio wrote for several award-winning Canadian and international artists, most notably Celine Dion, Sarah Brightman, and Josh Groban. Moccio spent many months in writing sessions in Nashville, Los Angeles, and New York during these years, which culminated in a lengthy catalogue of songs as musician, songwriter, producer and composer. It was in 1996 that Moccio's special relationship with television programs began. TV themes he has written, performed and produced include ETalk, Marilyn Dennis Show, W5, Your Morning and for Rogers Sportsnet Central, Hockey Central, and Toronto Blue Jays on Sportsnet. In 2001, Moccio began work on a melody that would become the chart-topping single "A New Day Has Come" recorded by Celine Dion, released on her album (in both a radio mix version and 3/4 time ballad album version), of the same name in February 2002. The song broke records at the time by maintaining the #1 position on the U.S. Hot Adult Contemporary charts for 21 weeks. The single would make it onto numerous compilation CDs and DVDs in North America. In 2003, Celine Dion titled her live residency Las Vegas show A New Day.... In 2003, Moccio left Sony/ATV Music Publishing Canada to work predominantly under his own publishing company, Sing Little Penguin. He soon moved into his state-of-the-art recording studio in downtown Toronto, where he continued to write, record, produce for both his solo projects and various collaborations with recording artists. In 2008 Moccio teamed up with songwriter Alan Frew (Glass Tiger) to write "I Believe", the theme song of CTV's and Rogers Media's Canada's Olympic Broadcast Media Consortium for the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games. On March 1, 2010, "I Believe", covered by Nikki Yanofsky, reached 4 x Platinum status (CRIA) in digital sales (over 160,000 digital units sold) in Canada. The same version achieved #1 status on iTunes Canada and Billboards Canadian Hot 100 for 4 straight weeks in February 2010. In February 2010, Moccio signed a Worldwide Publishing deal with Universal Music Publishing Group. In 2012, Moccio was one of the judges of the Canadian reality show, Canada's Got Talent. The show was later cancelled after one season but was revived in 2022. In August 2013, Moccio moved to Los Angeles and currently works out of his record studio in Santa Monica. In June 2019, Moccio was honoured by the University of Western Ontario with a Doctor of Music, honoris causa (DMus) degree. In November 2019, Moccio signed a worldwide record deal with Decca Records. Moccio is a Yamaha Artist and performs exclusively on Yamaha Pianos. His album Lionheart was a Juno Award nominee for Instrumental Album of the Year at the Juno Awards of 2023.
Life and career
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Stephan Moccio born at St. Catharines.
As composer, songwriter or producer
• Title — Artist (Label) — Album — Year — Credit — Notes • "A New Day Has Come" — Celine Dion (Sony) — A New Day Has Come — 2002 — Co-writer (Aldo Nova), background vocals — #1 SOCAN Award, BMI Pop Award, SOCAN Classic Song Award, Juno nomination for Single of the Year (2003), Million-air award (over 1,000,000 BDS spins on US radio) • produced by Walter Afanasieff • album 7 weeks at #1 in Canada (6× Platinum - CRIA), #1 US (3xPlatinum - RIAA), #1 Europe (3xPlatinum - IFPI) • 5th best-selling album of 2002 • Vegas show A New Day... • "Earned It (Fifty Shades of Grey)" — The Weeknd (Republic) — Fifty Shades of Grey Soundtrack — 2015 — Co-writer, co-producer, piano — #3 US Billboard Hot 100 • 4× Platinum (RIAA) • #9 Billboard Hot 100 Year End Chart 2015 • "I Believe" — Nikki Yanofsky (Decca) — Nikki — 2010 — Co-writer (Alan Frew), producer, piano — #1 (4 weeks) Canadian Billboard Hot 100 and certified 4× Platinum (CRIA), nomination - Best AC Song (Canadian Radio Music Awards) • album certified gold (CRIA) • "I Know You" — Holly Hafermann KIDinaKORNER, Interscope — Fifty Shades of Grey: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack — 2015 — Co-writer, co-production • "Perfect Gift" — The Canadian Tenors (Decca) — The Perfect Gift — 2010 — Co-writer, producer — Album #1 Billboard Cross-over Classical chart, certified 3× Platinum (CRIA) • "What You Never Know" — Sarah Brightman (Angel/EMI) — Harem — 2003 — Writer — Also recorded in French for the Canadian release "Tout Ce Que Je Sais" • album certified Gold (CRIA), reaching #29 US Billboard Top 200 and #7 Canada album charts; #1 Classical US Billboard album chart • #5 best-selling crossover album of 2003 (Billboard) • "Wrecking Ball" — Miley Cyrus (RCA) — Bangerz — 2013 — co-writer Sacha Skarbek, Lukasz Gottwald, Maureen Anne McDonald, Henry Russell Walter, piano — 4× Platinum (RIAA) • Produced by Dr. Luke • peaked #1 (3 weeks) on Billboard Hot 100 • "Hope" — Kardinal Offishall (Black Stone Colleagues) — Kardi Gras, Vol. 1: The Clash — 2015 — Co-writer, producer • "Head Above Water" — Avril Lavigne (BMG) — Head Above Water — 2018 — co-writer with Avril Lavigne & Travis Clark • "Courage" — Celine Dion (Columbia) — Courage — 2019 — Co-writer with The New Royales, producer • A Family Christmas — Andrea Bocelli, Matteo Bocelli, Virginia Bocelli (Decca / Capitol Records) — A Family Christmas — 2022 — Producer / Composer
As recording artist
• Year — Album / single details — Peak — Certifications (sales threshold) • CA — Quebec Album Chart — iTunes Album Chart • 2006 — Exposure * Released: November 14, 2006 * Label: Bijou Records (Universal Music Canada) * Format: CD, digital download * Writer / Producer: S. Moccio — 10 — 1 — 4 — * CAN: Gold • 2020 — "Fracture" (Single) * Released: April 17, 2020 * Label: Decca Records * Writer / Producer: S. Moccio • 2020 — "Whitby" (Single) * Released: May 1, 2020 * Label: Decca Records * Writer / Producer: S. Moccio • 2020 — "Sea Change" (Single) * Released: May 15, 2020 * Label: Decca Records * Writer / Producer: S. Moccio • 2020 — "Nuit Blanche" (Single) * Released: May 29, 2020 * Label: Decca Records * Writer / Producer: S. Moccio • 2020 — "Le Temps Qui Passe" (Single) * Released: June 12, 2020 * Label: Decca Records * Writer / Producer: S. Moccio • 2020 — "Burgundy" (Single) * Released: July 10, 2020 * Label: Decca Records * Writer / Producer: S. Moccio • 2020 — "Freddie's Theme" (Single) * Released: July 24, 2020 * Label: Decca Records * Writer / Producer: S. Moccio • 2020 — "Ghosts" (Single) * Released: August 14, 2020 * Label: Decca Records * Writer / Producer: S. Moccio • 2020 — Tales of Solace (Album) * Released: August 28, 2020 * Label: Decca Records * Writer / Producer: S. Moccio • 2020 — "Carol of the Bells" / "Christmas Time is Here" (Singles) * Released: October 22, 2020 * Label: Decca Records * Writer / Producer: S. Moccio • 2020 — Winter Poems (Album) * Released: November 6, 2020 * Label: Decca Records * Writer / Producer: S. Moccio • 2020 — "Christmas Will Be Different This Year" (Single) * Released: November 13, 2020 * Label: Decca Records * Writer / Producer: S. Moccio • 2021 — "Ow" (Single) * Released: January 22, 2021 * Label: Decca Records * Writer / Producer: S. Moccio • 2021 — "Vol. 1" (Single) * Released: January 29, 2021 * Label: Decca Records * Writer / Producer: S. Moccio • 2021 — "Earned it (Solo Piano)" (Single) * Released: February 8, 2021 * Label: Decca Records * Writer / Producer: S. Moccio • 2021 — "Adore" (Single) * February 12, 2021 * Label: Decca Records * Writer / Producer: S. Moccio • 2021 — "Vol. 2" (Single) * Released: February 26, 2021 * Label: Decca Records * Writer / Producer: S. Moccio • 2021 — "Matin" (Single) * Released: March 19, 2021 * Label: Decca Records * Writer / Producer: S. Moccio • 2021 — "Vol. 3" (Single) * Released: March 26, 2021 * Label: Decca Records * Writer / Producer: S. Moccio • 2021 — "Wrecking Ball - Solo Piano Version" (Single) * Released: March 29, 2021 * Label: Decca Records * Writer / Producer: S. Moccio • 2021 — "October" (Single) * Released: April 16, 2021 * Label: Decca Records * Writer / Producer: S. Moccio • 2021 — Vol. 4 (Album) * Released: April 30, 2021 * Label: Decca Records * Writer / Producer: S. Moccio • 2021 — "Tristesse" (Single) * Released: Mat 14, 2021 * Label: Decca Records * Writer / Producer: S. Moccio • 2021 — Vol. 5 (Album) * Released: May 28, 2021 * Label: Decca Records * Writer / Producer: S. Moccio • 2021 — "Manolete" (Single) * Released: June 11, 2021 * Label: Decca Records * Writer / Producer: S. Moccio • 2021 — Vol. 6 (Album) * Released: June 25, 2021 * Label: Decca Records * Writer / Producer: S. Moccio • 2021 — "Life" (Single) * Released: July 16, 2021 * Label: Decca Records * Writer / Producer: S. Moccio • 2021 — "Vol. 7" (Single) * Released: July 30, 2021 * Label: Decca Records * Writer / Producer: S. Moccio • 2021 — "Le Jardin de Monsieur Monet" (Single) * Released: August 25, 2021 * Label: Decca Records * Writer / Producer: S. Moccio • 2021 — "Fireflies" (Single) * Released: September 10, 2021 * Label: Decca Records * Writer / Producer: S. Moccio • 2021 — "Halston" (Single) * Released: September 24, 2021 * Label: Decca Records * Writer / Producer: S. Moccio • 2021 — "Castles in Spain" (Single) * Released: October 8, 2021 * Label: Decca Records * Writer / Producer: S. Moccio • 2021 — Lionheart (Album) * Released: October 15, 2021 * Label: Decca Records * Writer / Producer: S. Moccio • 2021 — "Winter Waltz (The Music Box Version)" (Single) * Released: December 10, 2021 * Label: Decca Records * Writer / Producer: S. Moccio • 2021 — The Archives (Album) * Released: December 17, 2021 * Label: Decca Records * Writer / Producer: S. Moccio • 2022 — "Blue Monday" (Single) * Released: January 17, 2022 * Label: Decca Records * Writer / Producer: S. Moccio • 2022 — "Owl Light" (Single) * Released: March 4, 2022 * Label: Decca Records * Writer / Producer: S. Moccio • 2022 — "2 Eventide" (Single) * Released: March 11, 2022 * Label: Decca Records * Writer / Producer: S. Moccio • 2022 — "The Night Suite" (Single) * Released: March 18, 2022 * Label: Decca Records * Writer / Producer: S. Moccio • 2022 — "Brian's Song" (Single) * Released: May 27, 2022 * Label: Decca Records * Writer / Producer: S. Moccio • 2023 — "Once and Now" (Single) * Released: February 24, 2023 * Label: PPG Music / Stage One * Writers / Producers: S. Moccio & Pierpaolo Guierrini
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• Canada's National Art Centre Stephan Moccio in Concert • Hope and Cope Foundation Soiree Fantastique • Stephan Moccio's Profile on Artist Direct * * * * * • [Billboard Canadian Hot 100] • 1=Stephan Moccio at Sugarcain Entertainment * • Stephan Moccio at Songwriter Universe * * * * *
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