Stephen Barton (born 17 September 1982) is a British composer who lives in London and Los Angeles. He has composed the music for dozens of major film, television, and video game projects, and has won two SCL Awards, a Grammy Award, and a BAFTA nomination for his work.
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Early life
As a child, Barton became a cathedral chorister at the age of eight in the Winchester Cathedral Choir. He 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. He subsequently won a Department for Education specialist music scholarship to study piano and composition at Wells Cathedral School. At 18, he became an assistant to the composer Harry Gregson-Williams, working for him on numerous film scores before branching out to form his own company in 2009.
Video games
In 2007, he wrote the score for Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (with Harry Gregson-Williams). He teamed up with the same developers at their new company Respawn Entertainment to work on the music for Titanfall, an online-only multiplayer shooter. Barton also created the music for the 2016 sequel, Titanfall 2. In 2019, he composed the original music for Titanfall’s battle royale sibling, Apex Legends, including the now iconic four note theme motif, and has continued to compose over three hours of music for all subsequent seasons of the game.