Piers Baron

Piers Baron
Birth name Piers Baron
Born 29 October 1983 (1983-10-29) (age 34)
Origin Oxford, England
Genres Electronic, pop, soundtrack
Occupation(s) Film composer, record producer, songwriter, musician, remixer
Instruments Ableton Live, Macbook Pro
Website piersbaron.com

Piers Baron (born 29 October 1983) is an English film composer, record producer and musician based in Los Angeles. He is best known for his cinematic music production, particularly in drum and bass, soundtracks and pop. His own work is visually represented by a half-human AI.[1] His songwriting, production and scoring credits include DJ Fresh, Pendulum, David Blaine, Robbie Williams, Diane Warren, Glen Ballard, Gran Turismo Sport, HBO's Cries from Syria,[2] Jetman - "Young Feathers",[3][4] Nike - "Never Not Part 2",[5] and Cher.[2]

Career

Drum and bass

Producing music under the name "Baron", he joined up with Breakbeat Kaos and was known for dance-floor tracks, releasing "At the Drive In". His drum and bass records were featured on BBC Radio 1, and were successful on UK dance charts, with two number one hits, seven top tens and six top three hits. He scored a number 1 on the UK Dance Chart with his track "Drive In, Drive By". He had also debuted at number 1 previous to this with his collaboration with Pendulum.

Soundtrack

Baron has worked extensively in the soundtrack genre. His credits include Gran Turismo Sport,[4] Nike - "Never Not Part 2",[5] Jetman - "Young Feathers",[3] Red Bull - "The Fourth Phase",[6] HBO's Cries from Syria,[2] and the Ty Evans-directed "The Flat Earth", "We Are Blood", "The Last Maniac", and "Unbeleafable 3D".[7]

Bleitch

Baron is one-half of electronic pop band Bleitch[8] with Madelyn Deutch. The band released their debut single "This Is Our Youth" in July 2014 and their follow-up single "Paint By Numbers"[9] in May 2015.

Discography

Singles (as Piers Baron)

  • 2018 - "Planet Phatt" (music from The Flat Earth - original motion picture soundtrack)
  • 2018 - "Leap of Faith"
  • 2017 - "Majesty" (music from The Flat Earth - original motion picture soundtrack)
  • 2017 - "Broken" (music from The Flat Earth - original motion picture soundtrack)
  • 2017 - "The Light Will Follow Us"
  • 2017 - "Lost Souls Make It"
  • 2017 - "Sentinel"
  • 2016 - "Race to Be Human"
  • 2016 - "The Last Night on Earth"
  • 2015 - "As Our Witness"
  • 2015 - "Cold Call"
  • 2014 - "Underwater Universe"

Soundtracks (as Piers Baron)

  • 2017 - The Flat Earth by Ghost Digital Cinema (original soundtrack composer)
  • 2017 - Cries from Syria by HBO (credits song producer w/ Diane Warren & Cher)
  • 2017 - Gran Turismo Sport by Sony (original soundtrack composer)
  • 2016 - The Fourth Phase by Red Bull (original soundtrack composer)
  • 2016 - The Last Maniac by Ghost Digital Cinema (original soundtrack composer)
  • 2015 - Gran Turismo Sport by Sony (original soundtrack composer)
  • 2015 - We Are Blood by Brainfarm (original soundtrack composer)
  • 2015 - Jetman Young Feathers by X Dubai (original soundtrack composer)
  • 2013 - Never Not Part 2 by Nike (original soundtrack composer)

Production

  • 2017 - Cher - "Prayers For This World" - music from HBO's Cries From Syria (produced)
  • 2017 - Robbie Williams - "Eyes on The Highway" (co-wrote, produced and mixed)
  • 2017 - Robbie Williams - "Bambi" (co-wrote, produced and mixed)
  • 2017 - Robbie Williams - "International Entertainment" (co-wrote, produced and mixed)

Singles (with Bleitch)

  • 2014 - "This is Our Youth" (co-wrote, produced and mixed)
  • 2015 - "Paint by Numbers" (co-wrote, produced and mixed)
  • 2015 - "Crime" (co-wrote, produced and mixed)
  • 2015 - "Speaking of Moments" (co-wrote, produced and mixed)

Singles (with Maize)

  • 2016 - "Remember to Lose"
  • 2016 - "Out to Find Love"
  • 2016 - "I Like You"

Remixes (with Maize)

  • 2015 - Marina and the Diamonds - "Blue" (MAIZE) remix
  • 2015 - MS MR - "Criminals" (MAIZE) remix
  • 2015 - Gwen Stefani - "Used to Love You" (MAIZE) remix
  • 2016 - Alex Newell - "Basically Over You" (MAIZE) remix
  • 2016 - All Saints - "This is a War" (MAIZE) remix

Drum and bass (as Baron)

  • "The Way It Was" / "Redhead" No. 2
  • "Supernature" (with Fresh) No. 3
  • 'Guns at Dawn" (with Pendulum) No. 1
  • "At The Drive In" / "Decade' No. 3
  • "Drive In, Drive By" / "St. Elmo" No. 1
  • "Endless Summer" / "Dr. Agnostic" No. 3
  • "Turn up the Sun" / "Blinking with Fists" No. 4

References

  1. ↑ http://nesthq.com/piers-baron-sentinel.html
  2. 1 2 3 http://syria.trendolizer.com/2017/03/cher---prayers-for-this-world-from-cries-from-syria.html
  3. 1 2 https://www.last.fm/music/Piers+Baron/Jetman+:+Young+Feathers+Original+Soundtrack
  4. 1 2 https://www.forbes.com/sites/olliebarder/2016/05/20/gran-turismo-sport-is-released-this-november-looks-utterly-incredible/#6c506fad18c3
  5. 1 2 Youri Barneoud (2015-07-28). "The Reels 2013: And the winners are". Onboardmag.com. Retrieved 2015-08-15.
  6. ↑ https://www.snowboardingfilms.net/news/the-fourth-phase-soundtrack-details
  7. ↑ http://extreme-vidz.com/snowboard/volcom-9191
  8. ↑ http://www.artsymagazine.com/bleitch-crime
  9. ↑ https://noisey.vice.com/en_us/article/695bnv/premiere-bleitchs-video-for-paint-by-numbers
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