Baron (musician)
| Piers Baron | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Piers Baron |
| Born | 29 October 1983 (age 33) |
| Origin | Oxford, England |
| Genres | Electronic, Pop, Soundtrack |
| Occupation(s) | Film composer, record producer, songwriter, musician, Remixer |
| Instruments | Ableton Live, Macbook Pro |
| Website | |
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, soundtrack and pop. He has produced original scores for skateboarding and snowboarding movies, including Nike Snowboarding's "Never Not Part 2".Red Bull // Travis Rice movie The Fourth Phase and viral hit Jetman : "Young Feathers" His production credits include "Prayers for this World" by Cher which was releaed as part of the HBO documentary Cries from Syria
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. In November 2006, 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.
From 2006 to 2009, he worked with Flip Skateboards creating a soundtrack for their DVD Extremely Sorry, which was released in 2009. Prior to the movie's release, Baron relocated to Los Angeles.
In 2010, Baron worked on the soundtrack for Volcom's 9191, the first snowboarding movie to feature an original sound track. It featured music from artists such as Hesta Prynn, Lombardo, Oliver Ackermann of A Place To Bury Strangers, Jamie Blake, Conte of Early Man and snowboarder Jamie Lynn, 9191 was released on 13 September 2010
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