Stephen Barton (born 17 September 1982[1]) is a Grammy-nominated and SCL Award winning British composer. He splits his time 💵 between his native London and Los Angeles. He has composed the music for dozens of major film, television and video 💵 game projects.
Early life [ edit ]
As a child, Barton became a cathedral chorister at the age of eight in the 💵 world-renowned Winchester Cathedral Choir, touring 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 prestigious Department for Education specialist music scholarship to study piano and composition at Wells Cathedral School,[2] one of the 💵 oldest extant schools in the world. 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.[citation needed]