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| Josh Barron |
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Josh Barron |
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Biography
Josh Barron always had an affinity for music. In his late elementary years, Josh played trumpet in the band. This carried on until he graduated high school. In that time, he had received two achievement awards for his playing, four gold medals for Solo amp; Ensemble contest, and had performed numerous solos for concert, jazz, and marching band. During his band years, however, he had learned a valuable skill.
At the age of eleven, Josh had received a keyboard for Christmas from his mom. Within a few months time, he taught himself how to play it. Soon after, he was able to play many things by ear. Two years later, Josh was playing Final Fantasy VII and after hearing Uematsu's score, knew that he wanted to write music someday.
Josh did not start composing his original works at first, but rather started to create arrangements from his favorite games. He went on to arrange music from Final Fantasy VII. First he had started the Unofficial Final Fantasy VII Piano Collection along with Joel Condon, which was abandoned after Square had released their own. After that, an orchestral project was created, and boasted to be one of the most ambitious arrangement projects on the internet.
Symphony of the Lifestream was a project in which the entire Final Fantasy VII Soundtrack would be orchestrated. At first, the project went strong and the arrangers were very cooperative; however, after a few completed pieces, the speed of the project halted. Arrangers abandoned their works and the project was discontinued. Josh wondered if he could do something that would be successful.
When he was 16 years old, Josh had played Kingdom Hearts. He was completely fascinated with the music, wanted to play the music on a piano. He looked online for sheet music, but couldn't find any. There weren't any arrangements of it anywhere. So, Josh decided to fix that problem and he arranged the music himself. He had released it on the internet at both Squaresound and Gamingforce Forums, and it quickly became a fan favorite. His music is now featured on some of the most popular Kingdom Hearts websites such as Kingdom Hearts Ultimania and Kh-2.net.
The following year, Josh was approached by his friend, Luke Nickel, to submit a Xenogears arrangement to Mustin of OneUp Studios. They were looking for the best arrangements to include on their Xenogears Light| An Arrange Album. In the end, Josh's arrangement “Tears of the Stars, Hearts of the People” was chosen to make the final cut.
Currently, Josh is quite busy with his music. With his Kingdom Hearts Piano Collection completing this year, he is writing for a video game company Ronime Studios. Josh is set to score their RPG Exodus, and is working on a “secret project”. He's had two concerts in 2007, with another in the works, and he is a paid staff member with his former high school's marching band.
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