Sonny John Moore, to the public known by a stage name of Skrillex, is a famous American disc jockey, electronic music producer, songwriter, guitarist, as well as a singer. Even though throughout the majority of his career Moore has been part of various bands, his rise to fame started when he launched his solo career. It was the change of stage name from Twipz to Skrillex, as well as the release of “My Name is Skrillex” EP that put Moore into the limelight. Ever since then, Skrillex has been touring worldwide, releasing songs for various video games, including “Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception”, “Far Cry 3” and “Syndicate”, and working on many collaborations and solo projects. More recently, in 2014, Skrillex released his very first studio album entitled “Recess”, which despite rather mixed reviews from critics, peaked at #4 on the Billboard 200 chart and sold more than 48 000 copies in the United States during its first week.
Skrillex Net Worth $40 Million
A famous electronic music producer and a disc jockey, how rich is Skrillex? In 2013, Skrillex’s annual earnings amounted to $16 million, while in 2014 he added $65 000 from the sales of his album called “Recess”. In regards to his wealth, Skrillex’s net worth is estimated to be $40 million. Undoubtedly, the majority of Skrillex’s net worth comes from his involvement in the music industry.
Sonny Moore was born in 1988, in Los Angeles, California. As a child, Moore moved a lot with his family until they came back and settled down in Los Angeles, where he started attending a local school. Due to bullying, Moore had to be home schooled for a while, yet he decided to drop out of the program when he was 16 years old.
Moore’s career began in 2004, when he joined a rock band entitled “From First to Last”, where he was a lead singer. With the band, Moore managed to record two albums, namely “Dear Diary, My Teen Angst Has a Body Count”, which spawned two singles, and “Heroine”, which became the band’s highest-selling album with more than 232 000 copies sold. Soon after the release of “Heroine”, Moore decided to work on solo projects, and eventually left the band. In 2008, Moore joined “All Time Low”, “The Matches”, and “The Rocket Summer” on an annual AP Tour launched by the Alternative Press Magazine. Such public exposure helped him gain attention from the audiences, as well as media. Around the same time, Moore changed his stage name to Skrillex and started making appearances in local clubs in Los Angeles. He then debuted with “My Name is Skrillex” and went on a tour with a famous progressive-house music producer Joel Zimmerman known as “deadmau5”. Soon after that, Skrillex released his second EP entitled “Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites”, which peaked at #49 on the Billboard 200 and with more than 500 000 copies sold was certified Gold by the RIAA.
Skrillex’s contributions to music were awarded with MTV Video Music Awards, Annie Award, as well as six Grammy Awards.
Highland Park, Los Angeles, California, United States
Height
5 ft 4 in (1.63 m)
Profession
Guitarist, Singer, Disc jockey, Musician, Record producer, Singer-songwriter, Electronic musician
Nationality
American
Parents
Francis Moore, Scott Moore, Bangarang, First Of The Year, Purple Lamborghini, Las Vegas, NV, United States, Francis Moore, Scott Moore, Bangarang, First Of The Year, Make It Bun Dem, Los Angeles, CA, USA, Las Vegas, NV, United States, Palm Springs, CA, USA
Nicknames
Sonny Moore , Sonny John Moore , Twipz , スクリレックス , ソニー・ムーア
Grammy Award for Best Dance Recording, Grammy Award for Best Dance/Electronic Album, Grammy Award for Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical, MTV Video Music Award for Best Visual Effects, Billboard Music Award for Top EDM Album, American Music Award for Collaboration of the Year, Annie Award for Mus...
Music Groups
Jack Ü, From First to Last, Dog Blood, Bangarang, First Of The Year, Purple Lamborghini, Las Vegas, NV, United States, Jack Ü, From First to Last, Dog Blood, Bangarang, First Of The Year, Make It Bun Dem, Los Angeles, CA, USA, Las Vegas, NV, United States, Palm Springs, CA, USA
Nominations
Grammy Award for Best New Artist, Grammy Award for Best Music Video, Grammy Award for Best Song Written for Visual Media, MTV Video Music Award for Best Electronic Video, MTV Europe Music Award for Best Electronic, Billboard Music Award for Top Dance/Electronic Album, American Music Award for Favori...
Movies
Zoolander 2, Zoolander 2
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Quote
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[on EDM and drug problems in the music world] They are within a minority of shows and, although they are tragic and shouldn't be overlooked, you can't blame an idea for how a culture has taken it and run with it.
2
[on 'electronic dance music', 2014) I don't think I created the scene. People caught wind of what I was doing and created this kind of crazy dance music. Even though EDM is still one of the biggest things right now, it's still not as chart-topping as rap or country or pop music. It's still underground to some extent.
3
To me, it's always a joy to create music no matter what it takes to actually get there. The real evils are always whatever stops you from doing that - like if your CPU is spiking and you have to sit there and bounce all your MIDI to audio. Now that's annoying!
4
With 'Bangarang,' I didn't make any announcement, no campaign. I just put it on my Facebook and some other places. That's how I've done everything with my previous records. I've always kept it organic.
5
I want to continue to constantly put out great music, expand further and further with the live show and music that is attracting music fans from all over the place, not only for ravers or electronic heads.
6
I was never really a DJ... I just kinda figured it all out at once as I started to tour. I was making music and producing and I just had to start to DJ as I got more into touring.
7
I'm always on tour, so I'm always trying new tracks out live before they're released. That's more necessity than anything, because I don't get a proper chance to sit in a studio and work on tracks like other producers do.
8
My best monster bass sounds have come from FM8. People think they all come from Massive, but most of the ones that kids online are trying to recreate in Massive are actually from FM8. I also really like Sylenth1, my Tone2 Gladiator and some other granular soft synths as well.
9
Throughout my years in From First to Last, I was always dabbling and making electronic music on my own time. The first records I ever owned were crossover electronic rock, like Prodigy, Marilyn Manson and Nine Inch Nails.
10
The people who I grew up making music with, we've all grown up and become successful in different ways. My manager supported me since I was 16 and believed in me as a musician. He's been there since Day 1, and there's so much to be said about doing something with people that you love.
11
I do most of my vocals - aside from a couple of little one-shot vocal samples. I record everything into the Saffire with an SM58 then scratch it with loads of plug-ins. I don't do much vocoding to be honest. All my vocals are usually done with Melodyne and a ton of other plug-ins to make it sound weird.
12
I don't think I'll be remembered in a big Michael Jackson, Led Zeppelin way. I think I'll be remembered in this way: by the people who were there, who can't capture or explain it. I'm not trying to brag or anything. It's not about me. It's about facilitating a good time for everyone.
13
I like doing things in a very minimal, unconventional way as a personal way of saying, 'Look, I made a career out of carefully and craftfully, though unconventionally, making records on laptops and blown speakers.'
14
I really like iZotope Trash, which is a great plug-in for distortion, as is Ohmicide, which I love. It's an absolutely crazy multiband distortion, compression, EQ and filter, which pretty much lets you do anything.
15
If something gets too easy... I want to do something else. But every album is going to be me, no matter what.
16
No one worries about genre when they're dancing. They're not asking themselves, 'Is this song a dubstep song?'
17
Singing's not my real passion.
18
There's been not a dime spent on marketing for any record I've ever put out.
19
I seem to spend a minimum of eight hours a day in transit of some sort or another... that's eight hours of your life gone. People always ask if I suffer from jet lag, but it's kinda become really normal for me... Although the jet lag does become a factor and you're pretty much always tired.
20
I don't do much press. I don't like to talk about my music too much before I do it.
21
I don't like being overexposed. I don't like being on covers. And I don't like people talking about me.
22
I don't like hype cluttering art.
23
I don't really think about recognition; I'm not really involved.
24
I prefer the gloominess to the sun. I don't know why.
25
The greatest gift of all time is that you can make creation infectious because people spend less time being negative... If you log all the time with negativity in the while world, I wonder how much better the world would be if people sat down and did something positive. It spirals.
26
Hip-hop and electronic music are so similar, in the fact that they're both very visceral, have so much bass; a lot of times, it's the same tempos. The culture and some of the sound design is different but a lot of times, it's the same stuff.
27
I don't care about having money. It's about being happy, man.
28
I never set out to be part of a genre, because I listen to all types of music.
29
I book myself tight. If I have any time off, I get antsy.
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Fact
1
Former frontman of post-hardcore rock band From First to Last.
Soundtrack
Title
Year
Status
Character
2017 MTV Video Music Awards
2017
TV Special writer: "Angel" - as Sonny Moore
Life of Ninja Motherfuckers
2017
Documentary short writer: "7/11 Skrillex & Diplo's Jack Ü Remix"
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
TV Series writer - 7 episodes, 2015 - 2017 music - 4 episodes, 2016 - 2017
Glastonbury 2017
2017
TV Mini-Series writer - 1 episode
The Magicians
TV Series performer - 1 episode, 2017 writer - 1 episode, 2017
Children in Need
2016
TV Series writer - 1 episode
I Am the Future: A Conor McGregor Film
2016
Video documentary short performer: "El Chapo"
Skrillex & Rick Ross: Purple Lamborghini
2016
Video short performer: "Purple Lamborghini"
Suicide Squad
2016
performer: "Purple Lamborghini" / producer: "Purple Lamborghini" / writer: "Purple Lamborghini" - as Sonny Moore
Snowden
2016
writer: "Next Order" - as Sonny Moore
Skam
2016
TV Series performer - 1 episode
Lip Sync Battle Philippines
2016
TV Series writer - 1 episode
Todd's Pop Song Reviews
2016
TV Series documentary writer - 1 episode
Zoolander 2
2016
performer: "Regga Bomb Skrillex & Zomboy Remix" / writer: "Regga Bomb Skrillex & Zomboy Remix" - as Sonny Moore
Scary Monsters & Nice Sprites
2015
Video short performer: "Scary Monsters & Nice Sprites" / writer: "Scary Monsters & Nice Sprites"
Justin Bieber: Sorry (Purpose: The Movement)
2015
Video short writer: "Sorry"
Justin Bieber: I'll Show You
2015
Video short writer: "I'll Show You"
Justin Bieber: Children (Purpose: The Movement)
2015
Video short writer: "Children"
Justin Bieber: I'll Show You (Purpose: The Movement)
2015
Video short writer: "I'll Show You"
The X Factor
2015
TV Series writer - 1 episode
Tu cara me suena
2015
TV Series writer - 1 episode
Huevos: Little Rooster's Egg-cellent Adventure
2015
performer: "Bangarang"
Skrillex, Diplo, Justin Bieber: Where Are Ü Now
2015
Video short writer: "Where Are Ü Now"
Pitch Perfect 2
2015
writer: "Promises" - as Sonny Moore
Jack Ü: Where Are Ü Now (Purpose: The Movement)
2015
Video short writer: "Where Are Ü Now"
Skrillex: Fuck That
2014
Video short performer: "Fuck That"
Power
2014
TV Series performer - 1 episode
Guapas
2014
TV Series performer - 1 episode
Divergent
2014
performer: "Stranger" / writer: "Stranger" - as Sonny Moore
Brows Held High
2014
TV Series performer - 1 episode
1,001 Movies You Must See (Before You Die)
2014
Short "Bangarang"
One Night Stand
2013
TV Series short 1 episode
Far Cry 3
2012
Video Game performer: "Make It Bun Dem" / writer: "Make It Bun Dem"
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2
2012
producer: "Bittersweet" - as Sonny Moore / writer: "Bittersweet" - as Sonny Moore
TV Series short performer - 2 episodes, 2012 writer - 2 episodes, 2012 producer - 1 episode, 2012
Glee
2012
TV Series performer - 1 episode
So You Think You Can Dance
2012
TV Series 1 episode
Spring Breakers
2012
performer: "Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites", "With You Friends Long Drive", "Goin' In Skrillex 'Goin' Down' Mix" / writer: "Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites", "With You Friends Long Drive", "Goin' In Skrillex 'Goin' Down' Mix" - as Sonny Moore
Lollipop Chainsaw
2012
Video Game performer: "Rock 'N' Roll Will Take You To The Mountain" / writer: "Rock 'N' Roll Will Take You To The Mountain" - as Sonny Moore
Skrillex: Bangarang
2012
Video short performer: "Bangarang" / writer: "Bangarang"
The 54th Annual Grammy Awards
2012
TV Special writer: "Raise Your Weapon"
Beavis and Butt-Head
2011
TV Series performer - 1 episode
Madden NFL 12
2011
Video Game performer: "Get Up!"
Composer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Justin Bieber: Children (Purpose: The Movement)
2015
Video short
Justin Bieber: Sorry - Lyric Video
2015
Video short
Smog City
2012
Documentary as Sonny Moore
Spring Breakers
2012
Producer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Wiwek & Skrillex: Still in the Cage
2016
Short executive producer
Skrillex & Rick Ross: Purple Lamborghini
2016
Video short producer
GTA Feat. Sam Bruno: Red Lips (Skrillex Remix)
2015
Video short executive producer
Skrillex: Burial Ft. Yogi and Pusha T
2015
Video short executive producer
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
Skrillex & Rick Ross: Purple Lamborghini
2016
Video short
Skrillex
Zoolander 2
2016
'Old and Lame' Show DJ
Ultra 2015
2015
TV Movie
Editor
Title
Year
Status
Character
Skrillex & Rick Ross: Purple Lamborghini
2016
Video short
Skrillex: Stranger (Skrillex Remix w/ Tennyson & White Sea)
2015
Short
GTA Feat. Sam Bruno: Red Lips (Skrillex Remix)
2015
Video short
Director
Title
Year
Status
Character
Hundred Waters: Show Me Love (Skrillex Remix)
2016
Short
Writer
Title
Year
Status
Character
GTA Feat. Sam Bruno: Red Lips (Skrillex Remix)
2015
Video short
Music Department
Title
Year
Status
Character
Håndboldmissionen
2017
TV Series music - 1 episode
Thanks
Title
Year
Status
Character
La vengeance
2011
Video special thanks
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
FansTang Live from the Red Carpet
2015
TV Series
Himself
Charlie Rose
2015
TV Series
Himself - Guest
Daft Punk Unchained
2015
Documentary
Himself, DJ
Hangout Music Fest
2015
TV Special
Jack Ü: Where Are Ü Now (Purpose: The Movement)
2015
Video short
Himself
Let's Make a Spaceship: Skrillex Mothership Tour 2014
2014
Documentary short
Himself
2014 MTV Movie Awards
2014
TV Special
Himself - Cameo #32
Amp'd Up
2014
TV Series
Himself
Made in America
2013
Documentary
Himself
Smog City
2012
Documentary
Skrillex (as Sonny Moore)
Inside Tomorrowland
2012
TV Movie documentary
2012 MTV Video Music Awards
2012
TV Special
Himself
Korn: The Path Of Totality, Live At The Hollywood Palladium
2012
TV Movie
Himself
The 54th Annual Grammy Awards
2012
TV Special
Himself
Re:Generation
2011
Documentary
Himself
CNN New Year's Eve Live with Anderson Cooper & Kathy Griffin
2016
TV Movie
Himself - Interviewee
China, China Director's Cut
2016
Documentary
Himself
Soundbreaking: Stories from the Cutting Edge of Recorded Music
2016
TV Mini-Series documentary
Himself
Justin Bieber: Company
2016
Video short
Himself
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2016
TV Series
Himself - Musical Guest
The 58th Annual Grammy Awards
2016
TV Movie
Himself - Performer
American Music Awards 2015
2015
TV Special
Himself
E! Live from the Red Carpet
2015
TV Series
Himself
Archive Footage
Title
Year
Status
Character
Charlie Rose
2015
TV Series
Himself - Guest
Won Awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
2015
VMA
MTV Video Music Awards (VMA)
Best Visual Effects
Skrillex, Diplo, Justin Bieber: Where Are Ü Now (2015)
2013
ASCAP Award
ASCAP Film and Television Music Awards
Top Box Office Films
Wreck-It Ralph (2012)
2013
Annie
Annie Awards
Music in an Animated Feature Production
Wreck-It Ralph (2012)
2013
Grammy
Grammy Awards
Best Electronic/Dance Album
For the album "Bangarang."
2013
Grammy
Grammy Awards
Best Dance Recording
For the song "Bangarang" (With artist Sirah).
2013
Grammy
Grammy Awards
Best Remixed Recording
2012
Grammy
Grammy Awards
Best Dance/Electronica Album
For the album "Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites."
2012
Grammy
Grammy Awards
Best Dance Recording
For the song "Scary Monsters & Nice Sprites."
2012
Grammy
Grammy Awards
Best Remixed Recording
For the recording "Cinema" (Skrillex remix).
2012
VMA
MTV Video Music Awards (VMA)
Best Visual Effects
Nominated Awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
2015
VMA
MTV Video Music Awards (VMA)
Best Song of the Summer
2015
VMA
MTV Video Music Awards (VMA)
Best Art Direction
Skrillex, Diplo, Justin Bieber: Where Are Ü Now (2015)
2015
VMA
MTV Video Music Awards (VMA)
Best Editing
Skrillex, Diplo, Justin Bieber: Where Are Ü Now (2015)
2015
Teen Choice Award
Teen Choice Awards
Choice Single: Male Artist
2015
Teen Choice Award
Teen Choice Awards
Choice Break-Up Song
2015
Teen Choice Award
Teen Choice Awards
Choice Collaboration
2013
CFCA Award
Chicago Film Critics Association Awards
Best Original Score
Spring Breakers (2012)
2013
VMA
MTV Video Music Awards (VMA)
Best Visual Effects
2013
Teen Choice Award
Teen Choice Awards
Choice Electronic Dance Music (EDM) Artist
2012
Grammy
Grammy Awards
Best New Artist
2012
Grammy
Grammy Awards
Best Short Form Music Video
2012
VMA
MTV Video Music Awards (VMA)
Best Electronic Dance Music Video
For the video "First of the Year (Equinox)."
Known for movies
Wreck-It Ralph (2012) as Soundtrack
Spring Breakers (2012) as Composer
Divergent (2014) as Soundtrack
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2 (2012) as Soundtrack