Piers Baron

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Piers Baron
Birth namePiers Baron
Born29 October 1983 (1983-10-29) (age 41)
Origin Oxford, England
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Instrument(s) Ableton Live, MacBook Pro
Website piersbaron.com

Piers Baron (born 29 October 1983) is an English musician. He has written with and for Annie Leibovitz, David Blaine, Robbie Williams, [1] DJ Fresh, Pendulum, Diane Warren, [2] Glen Ballard, Maejor, Gran Turismo Sport, HBO, [3] Jetman - "Young Feathers", [4] Nike - "Never Not Part 2", [5] and Cher. [3] He is best known for his cinematic music production, particularly in drum and bass, soundtracks and pop.

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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 the UK Dance chart, with a number one hit, seven top tens and six top three hits. He scored a number 1 on the UK Dance Singles Chart with his track "Drive In, Drive By". Drum and bass musician Goldie ranked "Drive In, Drive By" as an all-time jungle and drum & bass great. [6] "Operation Pipe Dream" by Baron has been cited by Skrillex as the driving force to him becoming a DJ. [7]

Soundtrack

Baron has worked extensively in the soundtrack genre. His credits include David Blaine's Live, [8] Gran Turismo Sport , [4] Nike's Never Not Part 2, [5] Jetman's Young Feathers, Teton Gravity Research's Accomplice, [9] Red Bull's The Fourth Phase, [10] HBO's Cries from Syria , [3] the Ty Evans-directed The Flat Earth, [11] We Are Blood, [12] The Last Maniac, Unbeleafable 3D, [13] and Absinthe Films' Resonance. [14]

Discography

Singles (as Piers Baron)

Soundtracks (as Piers Baron)

Live

Production

Singles (with Bleitch)

Singles (with Maize)

Remixes (with Maize)

Drum and bass (as Baron)

References

  1. ↑ Shop, Robbie Williams. "Under The Radar Volume 2 Credits". Shop.robbiewilliams.com. Retrieved 13 August 2020.
  2. ↑ "Cher & Kim Kardashian At 'The Promise' Premiere". Idolator.com. 13 April 2017. Retrieved 13 August 2020.
  3. 1 2 3 "Cher - Prayers for this World (From Cries from Syria)". syria.trendolizer.com. Archived from the original on 18 March 2017. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
  4. 1 2 Barder, Ollie. "'Gran Turismo Sport' Is Released This November, Looks Utterly Incredible". Forbes.com. Retrieved 13 August 2020.
  5. 1 2 Youri Barneoud (28 July 2015). "The Reels 2013: And the winners are". Onboardmag.com. Retrieved 15 August 2015.
  6. ↑ "Take Ten: Goldie selects jungle and drum & bass classics from his collection". djmag.com. 16 October 2019. Retrieved 1 March 2024.
  7. ↑ "Skrillex Reveals The Never-Told Story of the Moment He Knew He'd Be A DJ". Youredm.com. 9 June 2018. Retrieved 13 August 2020.
  8. ↑ "Composer Piers Baron". 19 November 2020.
  9. ↑ "Accomplice (2021) - IMDb". IMDb .
  10. ↑ "The Fourth Phase Soundtrack Details". Snowboardingfilms.net. Retrieved 13 August 2020.
  11. ↑ "The Flat Earth (2017) - IMDb". IMDb.com. Retrieved 13 August 2020.
  12. ↑ "We Are Blood (2015) - IMDb". IMDb.com. Retrieved 13 August 2020.
  13. ↑ "Unbeleafable (2011) - IMDb". IMDb.com. Retrieved 13 August 2020.
  14. ↑ "Resonance, Snowboarding Film by Absinthe Films".
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