In 1998 Tony began his career as a staff composer with the commercial music division of Hans Zimmer's Media Ventures. Since then he has written music for film, television, video games, and commercials. Tony's recent credits for television include contributions to the scores for the FX network's The Riches and ABC's Extreme Makeover: Home Edition. He was also a contributing composer on season 6 of Buffy the Vampire Slayer(UPN), Over There(FX Network), Summerland(WB), and multiple seasons of The Bachelor/Bachelorette series on ABC. His television promo music has been used for such hit shows as ABC's Lost, HBO's Rome, and NBC's Friday Night Lights.
Tony's work is not limited to the small screen. He co-wrote the score to the short film Gopher Broke, which went on to receive an Oscar nomination for Best Animated Short in 2005. More recently he composed the original score for the independent feature film Ball Don't Lie, starring Chris "Ludacris" Bridges, Nick Cannon, and Rosanna Arquette. Other film credits include Something Is Killing Tate, 'Til Death, and The Red Right Hand.
Morales's music can also be heard on several recent video games. In the fall of 2005, Tony co-scored his first game, The Outfit, which was released for Xbox 360 the following year. Recent video game credits include The Wheelman(2008) and Transformers Animated.
Tony has scored countless commercials through Emoto Music of Santa Monica where he was a staff composer from 1999-2001. He continues his commercial work with Emoto on a freelance basis and has recently completed high-profile spots for McDonald's, Toyota, and Addidas.
Morales holds a degree in film scoring from the Berklee College of Music and a certificate from USC's Advanced Studies in Film Scoring program. He was also selected to participate in the ASCAP Film Scoring Workshop in the spring of 1997.