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English Music Artist
Musical artist
Piers Baron (born 29 October 1983) is an English music artist. He has written with and for
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 .
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 a number one hit, 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". Drum and Bass Pioneer, Goldie has 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]
Baron has worked extensively in the soundtrack genre. His credits include
David Blaine - Live
[8]
Gran Turismo Sport ,
[4] Nike - "Never Not Part 2",
[5]
Jetman - "Young Feathers" ,
Teton Gravity Research - "Accomplice"
[9]
Red Bull - "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] Absinthe Films - "Resonance".
[14]
2020 - "First Light"
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)
2020 - Accomplice by Teton Gravity Research (original soundtrack composer)
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)
2017/18 - David Blaine Live (original soundtrack composer)
2019 - Maejor - "Nirvana" - (co-wrote and produced)
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)
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)
2016 - "Remember to Lose"
2016 - "Out to Find Love"
2016 - "I Like You"
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
"The Way It Was" / "Redhead" UKDance No. 2
"Supernature" (with
Fresh ) UKDance No. 3
'Guns at Dawn" (with
Pendulum ) UKDance No. 3
"At The Drive In" / "Decade" UKDance No. 3
"Drive In, Drive By" / "St. Elmo" UKDance No. 1
"Endless Summer" / "Dr. Agnostic" UKDance No. 3
"Turn up the Sun" / "Blinking with Fists" UKDance No. 4