Born in Northern California, Belton Mouras, Jr. grew up in a creative family environment full of music, animal lovers, and Cajun storytellers. He studied classical piano from the age of five and moved over to jazz music in his late twenties. Belton’s passion and talents also extend into the visual arts world as he’s created over a hundred paintings, utilizing acrylic on his vast catalog of canvas artworks.
Most of his popular works have included animals or musical inspired design themes and have been sold through art shows, charity silent auctions, friends and family.
Belton composed and produced his first original music CD on acoustic piano in late 2000. In 2005 Mouras was inspired to enter into the entertainment world as a film producer and music composer. He’s been involved in several short films as both producer and composer and has debuted in various film festivals throughout his career.
Mickey’s Tree was Belton’s first independent short film where Mouras directed, wrote the screenplay, and composed the entire music score. The film was selected to host its world premiere at the Palm Springs International Short Fest in the summer 2022. Mickey’s Tree debuted at the IMAX Theater in Downtown Sacramento, CA in the fall of 2022, and it is currently available on Amazon Prime.
Since the launch of his new independent company Belton Mouras Entertainment one year ago, three songs have ranked in the top 100 Smooth Jazz Radio Chart including “Under My Skin”.
Belton was nominated by Smooth Jazz Network Radio as one of their Breakout Artists in 2022. In fact, the song titled Mickey’s Swag rated #11 on The Cool Smooth Jazz Weekly Top Songs Chart of 2023.
