Geoff Barrow
Soundtrack

Geoff Barrow Net Worth

He is a composer, soundtrack artist, and music department professional. He is best known for his work with the band Portishead, which he co-founded in 1991. He has also worked on a variety of other projects, including film scores and production work. He has been nominated for several awards, including a Grammy and a BAFTA.
Geoff Barrow is a member of Soundtrack

Age, Biography and Wiki

Who is it? Soundtrack, Composer, Music Department
Birth Day December 09, 1971
Birth Place  Walton-In-Gordano, North Somerset, England, United Kingdom
Age 51 YEARS OLD
Birth Sign Capricorn
Birth name Geoffrey Paul Barrow
Origin Walton in Gordano, Somerset, England
Genres Trip hop
Instruments Turntables, samples, keyboards, drums
Years active 1991–present
Labels Invada Records
Associated acts Portishead Beak Quakers Drokk

💰 Net worth: $100K - $1M

Biography/Timeline

1989

Born in Walton in Gordano, Somerset, Geoff and his mother moved to the town Portishead when he was eleven, after his parents divorced. After being involved in many local rock bands, playing drums and DJ'ing in hip hop groups, Barrow got his first job at the Coach House Studios as a tape operator soon after it opened in 1989. In 1991, while he was assisting on Massive Attack's breakthrough album Blue Lines, the band allowed him spare studio time to get his own ideas on tape. A few years later, when the Portishead project had been assembled, the group came back to record "Sour Times" in that same studio. At the dawn of the '90s, Barrow was making a name for himself as a remixer, working with such artists as Primal Scream, Paul Weller, Gabrielle and Depeche Mode. In addition, Barrow had produced a track for Tricky and written songs for Neneh Cherry.

1995

Barrow provided scratching on a couple of songs on Earthling's 1995 album, Radar. Additionally, Barrow provided a remix of Run the Jewels' track "Close Your Eyes and Count to Fuck" (featuring Zach de la Rocha) for the album Meow the Jewels.

2001

In 2001, he formed the Australian record label, Invada Records (whose Artist roster includes acts such as RuC.L and ARIA-award-winning group Koolism), together with Katalyst's Ashley Anderson.

2003

In 2003, Barrow set up Invada UK, a more experimental music label with partner Fat Paul, signing bands such as Gonga, Team Brick, Atavist, Joe Volk, malakai and Crippled Black Phoenix. As "Fuzzface", Barrow co-produced and co-wrote Stephanie McKay's 2003 debut album, "McKay", featuring songs co-penned by Tim Saul and Carl Hancock Rux. He has also remixed songs for both Gravediggaz and The Pharcyde.

2005

In 2005, Barrow, along with Adrian Utley, produced The Coral's third album, The Invisible Invasion. He and the other members of Portishead recorded and released an album in April 2008, titled Third.

2009

In 2010, Barrow met a political Journalist who shared the same musical vision and a week later she, Barrow, Fuller and Williams begin recording material. After twelve days, using one room, no overdubs or repair, and only edits to create arrangements, they produced Anika's self-titled debut album Anika, and its lead single "Yang Yang", released 17 November 2009 on Barrows' Invada and on Stones Throw Records in USA & Japan.

2010

Barrow was the music supervisor for the Banksy film Exit Through the Gift Shop, premièred at the Sundance Film Festival on 24 January 2010, and released in April 2010.

2012

On 2 July 2012, Barrow, Billy Fuller and Matt Williams released their second Beak album on Invada Records.

2013

In 2013, Barrow collaborated again with Ben Salisbury on the score for the Alex Garland film Ex Machina. They also worked together on 2018's film Annihilation.

2014

Portishead—formed in 1991—was named after the small town near Bristol where Barrow grew up. On his intentions in forming Portishead, he has stated, "I just wanted to make interesting music, proper songs with a proper life span and a decent place in people's record collections."

2016

In 2016, he scored the Ben Wheatley film Free Fire.

Some Geoff Barrow images

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