Editing Patrick Moraz (section)

===1978–1991: The Moody Blues and solo projects===
In May 1978, Moraz visited a convention held by the [[Audio Engineering Society]] in Los Angeles, where [[Herbie Hancock]] taught him [[vocoder]], and agreed to represent [[Aphex Systems]] in Brazil.<ref name=musicguy/> On his way back to Brazil, Moraz stopped in Miami as he had some free time. At the hotel, he received a call asking him to join [[the Moody Blues]] after [[Mike Pinder]] left the band. Moraz proceeded to sing "Nights in White Satin" and "Tuesday Afternoon" on the phone, and accepted an audition in London in July 1978. Before his arrival, Moraz performed at the [[Montreux Jazz Festival]] with Brazilian musicians [[Airto Moreira]] and [[Gilberto Gil]].<ref name=musicguy/> The audition with the Moody Blues was successful, and Moraz "Got the gig that very afternoon".<ref name=musicguy/>

Moraz toured with the Moody Blues in support of their ninth album, ''[[Octave (album)|Octave]]'' (1978), which began in late 1978. Their next album, ''[[Long Distance Voyager]]'' (1981), became the band's biggest hit, reaching No. 1 in the US. This was followed by ''[[The Present (Moody Blues album)|The Present]]'' (1983), ''[[The Other Side of Life]]'' (1986), and ''[[Sur la Mer]]'' (1988).

During his tenure with the Moody Blues, Moraz completed several solo projects. He toured with his group from Brazil, recorded with [[Chick Corea]], and released two albums with drummer [[Bill Bruford]] as Moraz-Bruford. The two toured worldwide between 1983 and 1985.<ref name=dmme/> In May 1986, he worked on some "temporary cues" and "not the final scores" to the soundtrack to ''[[Predator (film)|Predator]]'' (1987) and ''[[Wild Orchid (film)|Wild Orchid]]'' (1989). The project gave him the opportunity to visit the filming of ''Predator'' in Mexico, and to meet [[Arnold Schwarzenegger]] and [[Mickey Rourke]].<ref name=dmme/> However, Moraz could not fully complete the score for ''Predator'' because of an upcoming tour with the Moody Blues, leaving [[Alan Silvestri]] to compose the rest.<ref name=rockmusicwriter/><ref name=hitchannel/> He also operated Aquarius Studios in Geneva with Ristori. Moraz performed the score to ''[[The Stepfather (1987 film)|The Stepfather]]'' (1987).<ref name=rockmusicwriter/>

During the recording for ''[[Keys of the Kingdom]]'' (1991), Moraz was interviewed for ''[[Keyboard (magazine)|Keyboard]]'' magazine. He expressed a feeling that The Moody Blues' music had become too confined and that the group had become stagnant, offering "no musical challenge". The other members, he thought, were unwilling to use his musical compositions and claimed his only composition during his 13 years with them was "half a song with the drummer".<ref name=keyboard1991>Doerschuk, Robert L. ''[[Keyboard (magazine)|Keyboard]]'' magazine. May 1991. {{ISSN|0730-0158}}.</ref> Before the Moody Blues toured the album, Moraz was fired from the band. In September 1991, Moraz sued the group for $500,000 as well as wrongful dismissal, claiming the group decided to split their profits four ways instead of five,<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=http://www.ew.com/article/1991/09/27/latest-celebrity-court-cases|title=The latest celebrity court cases|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|first=Diane|last=Goldner|date=27 September 1991|access-date=24 May 2016}}</ref> and wished to be paid [[royalties]] he felt were owed to him as a full-time member of the band for almost 15 years. However, the group maintained Moraz was only a hired musician, despite his name being listed as a member on their albums and promotional materials and his appearing in official band photographs. On December 28, 1992, the jury in the case, aired on ''[[Court TV]]'', awarded Moraz $77,175 from the defendants. Moraz had been offered $400,000 before the lawsuit.{{cn|date=February 2022}}