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Sam Finocchio

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Sam Finocchio has over 25 years of experience in audio production and credits that include voice, music, and sound effects for toys, games, albums, movies, and television. Starting his career as a recording engineer and songwriter working in a studio in St. Louis, Missouri, he then worked in the audio department of a toy company making commercials, voice acting, and directing voice talent, including Rob Paulsen, Maurice LaMarche, Tara Strong, Nancy Cartwright, Hulk Hogan, and others. After that company closed its doors, he released self-produced music under various pseudonyms and worked on client projects while moving from the U.S. to the Netherlands, then to France. In Lyon, where he has called home for the past 12+ years, he began working with French musicians who sing in English to improve their lyrics and pronunciation.

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Lyric Lion
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Sam Finocchio

Lyric Lion - The Lion that Roars

Sam Finocchio has over 25 years of experience in audio production and credits that include voice, music, and sound effects for toys, games, albums, movies, and television. Starting his career as a recording engineer and songwriter working in a studio in St. Louis, Missouri, he then worked in the audio department of a toy company making commercials, voice acting, and directing voice talent, including Rob Paulsen, Maurice LaMarche, Tara Strong, Nancy Cartwright, Hulk Hogan, and others. After that company closed its doors, he released self-produced music under various pseudonyms and worked on client projects while moving from the U.S. to the Netherlands, then to France. In Lyon, where he has called home for the past 12+ years, he began working with French musicians who sing in English to improve their lyrics and pronunciation.

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Sam Finocchio

Lyric Lion - The Lion that Roars

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Lyric Lion

Sam Finocchio has over 25 years of experience in audio production and credits that include voice, music, and sound effects for toys, games, albums, movies, and television. Starting his career as a recording engineer and songwriter working in a studio in St. Louis, Missouri, he then worked in the audio department of a toy company making commercials, voice acting, and directing voice talent, including Rob Paulsen, Maurice LaMarche, Tara Strong, Nancy Cartwright, Hulk Hogan, and others. After that company closed its doors, he released self-produced music under various pseudonyms and worked on client projects while moving from the U.S. to the Netherlands, then to France. In Lyon, where he has called home for the past 12+ years, he began working with French musicians who sing in English to improve their lyrics and pronunciation.

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Sam Finocchio

Lyric Lion - The Lion that Roars

Lyric Lion

Sam Finocchio has over 25 years of experience in audio production and credits that include voice, music, and sound effects for toys, games, albums, movies, and television. Starting his career as a recording engineer and songwriter working in a studio in St. Louis, Missouri, he then worked in the audio department of a toy company making commercials, voice acting, and directing voice talent, including Rob Paulsen, Maurice LaMarche, Tara Strong, Nancy Cartwright, Hulk Hogan, and others. After that company closed its doors, he released self-produced music under various pseudonyms and worked on client projects while moving from the U.S. to the Netherlands, then to France. In Lyon, where he has called home for the past 12+ years, he began working with French musicians who sing in English to improve their lyrics and pronunciation.

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Testimonials

Mark Dodson

Sam worked with Mark Dodson on toys and seasonal products in the late '90s and early '00s. Mark is best known for his voice work in the Gremlins movies and as the voice of Salacious Crumb in Return of the Jedi. This was the end of one of those recording sessions.

Lock

In 1997, Jeff Braun and Pete Madden of the St. Louis-based hard rock band, Machine Gun Kelly, created an industrial-influenced side project that was co-produced by Sam. This is a radio interview of them by St. Louis radio legend, Smash.

Andrew John

Andrew John's album, In Other Words, was Sam's first full album project, recording with another engineer and then mixing the album. Upon completion of the album, Sam took the individual tracks from his first single and created a dance version that received radio airplay.

Testimonials

Mark Dodson

Sam worked with Mark Dodson on toys and seasonal products in the late '90s and early '00s. Mark is best known for his voice work in the Gremlins movies and as the voice of Salacious Crumb in Return of the Jedi. This was the end of one of those recording sessions.

Lock

In 1997, Jeff Braun and Pete Madden of the St. Louis-based hard rock band, Machine Gun Kelly, created an industrial-influenced side project that was co-produced by Sam. This is a radio interview of them by St. Louis radio legend, Smash.

Andrew John

Andrew John's album, In Other Words, was Sam's first full album project, recording with another engineer and then mixing the album. Upon completion of the album, Sam took the individual tracks from his first single and created a dance version that received radio airplay.

Portfolio

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Naheulbeuk’s Dungeon Master – Promotional Video

The Dungeon of Naheulbeuk has a new game with a new style of gameplay (and therefore a new promotional video…
September 2023
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Voice
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Park Beyond – Launch Trailer

In a departure from the loud and energetic voice, the producers of this spot wanted a more mellow voice with…
June 2023
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Voice
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Park Beyond – The Themes

The producers of this spot wanted an excited and youthful voice like you’d hear from an amusement park advertising their…
January 2023
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Voice
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You’re Gonna Want It Now

Two months after “The Club Will Get You” was released as a single, Diva Faune released “You’re Gonna Want It…
November 2022
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Vocal Coach
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The Club Will Get You

Diva Faune’s “The Club Will Get You” was the first of the songs that Sam co-wrote with the band to…
September 2022
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Lyrics
Vocal Coach
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Blood Bowl 3

For this video, the producers wanted a voice that sounded less like an announcer and more like an average gamer…
April 2021
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Voice
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The Dungeon of Naheulbeuk (Mel Boots)

In 2020, Sam was hired by a local producer to perform a handful of smaller roles for the English version…
September 2020
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Voice
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The Dungeon of Naheulbeuk (A No-Name Accountant)

In 2020, Sam was hired by a local producer to perform a handful of smaller roles for the English version…
September 2020
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Voice
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The Dungeon of Naheulbeuk (Janos Hitor)

In 2020, Sam was hired by a local producer to perform a handful of smaller roles for the English version…
September 2020
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Voice
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I’ll Let Go (Well I Do)

After working with Diva Faune on pronunciation and answering some questions on English grammar, Sam was given the opportunity to…
February 2019
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Vocal Coach
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Shine On My Way

Diva Faune’s “Shine On My Way” and “Get Up” were the first songs Sam worked on as a vocal coach…
March 2017
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Vocal Coach
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Bonne Nuit, Grenouille

“Bonne Nuit, Grenouille” is one of two songs from Alex the Seal’s 2011 album Kids’ Club to be made into…
May 2011
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Music
Voice
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Stingray City

After years of making television commercials, Sam decided to pivot away from yelling at children to buy things and make…
April 2008
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Lyrics
Music
Voice
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R/C Microsizers

Shortly before the of the toy company’s shutdown, the in-house commercial production department was put to use creating advertising for…
October 2002
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Music
Voice
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Rumble Robots

You gotta get the cards to get the power!  That’s what was yelled at kids during commercial breaks in their…
July 2001
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Voice