14 Facts About Stephen Barton

Stephen Barton was born on 17 September 1982 and is a Grammy-winning and Ivor Novello award-winning British composer who lives in Los Angeles.

Stephen Barton has composed the music for dozens of major film, television, and video game projects, and has won two SCL Awards and a BAFTA nomination for his work.

Stephen Barton toured internationally with the choir in the United States, Australia and Europe, including concerts in Sydney Opera House, the Royal Albert Hall, and Carnegie Hall; and performing on numerous albums and television broadcasts.

Stephen Barton subsequently won a Department for Education specialist music scholarship to study piano and composition at Wells Cathedral School.

Stephen Barton teamed up with the same developers at their new company Respawn Entertainment to work on the music for Titanfall, an online-only multiplayer shooter.

Stephen Barton created the music for the 2016 sequel, Titanfall 2.

In March 2024, it was announced Stephen Barton would compose the upcoming video game Marvel 1943: Rise of Hydra developed and published by Skydance New Media.

Stephen Barton contributed music for the Narnia and Shrek franchises as well as Ridley Scott's Kingdom of Heaven, Tony Scott's Man On Fire and Ben Affleck's Gone, Baby Gone.

In 2022, Stephen Barton served as the primary composer for season three of Star Trek: Picard, which was released in 2023.

Stephen Barton was the sole composer for the first six episodes of the season and shared composing duties with Frederik Wiedmann for the final four episodes.

Stephen Barton incorporated themes and styles from many prior Star Trek composers, notably including Jerry Goldsmith and James Horner, combining them with his own original music.

Stephen Barton has collaborated frequently with Sir Anthony Hopkins since producing the soundtrack for the film Slipstream in 2006.

Stephen Barton has been a consultant in the emerging field of spatial and immersive audio, working with the BBC and Qualcomm.

Stephen Barton serves as a committee member of the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences and a founder member of the Abbey Road Studios Spatial Audio Forum.