Josh Barron - Composer, Arranger, Producer

Kept you waiting, huh? Yes! The highly anticipated sequel album is out! Although it will be available on various platforms, I encourage you to purchase this on Bandcamp today as Bandcamp is giving their cut to the artist, yours truly. Thank you to Trey Powell, Dave Oshry, the New Blood team, and Emperia Records for their support and as always thanks to the fans of the game of my music!

You may purchase the album here.

After pulling not just one, but two all-nighters, I managed to get a holiday/winter album out! This features five tracks specifically from Uematsu's Final Fantasy music (FFs III, VI, VII, and IX). Currently, the album is on Bandcamp, Spotify, Apple Music, and is slowly being rolled out to many other platforms as I type this. I highly recommend purchasing this as it would mean a lot to me and it would help encourage me to do more self published arrange albums. I hope you enjoy and Happy New Year!

My latest album “The Lost Mines of Phandelver” is a collection of music designed to accompany the module of the same name for Dungeons and Dragons 5th Edition. Whether enjoyed at the table with friends or enjoyed as a standalone listening experience, you will embark on an epic journey in the Sword Coast of the Forgotten Realms. Inspired by a similar approach to Baldur's Gate III, I have also infused my favorite JRPG composers into the music as well. I hope you enjoy it and you may purchase the album on Bandcamp, Apple Music, TIDAL, etc. as well as most major streaming platforms. 

https://materia.to/TheLostMinesOfPhandelver

I am thrilled to announce that my music for Fallen Aces has been nominated for the 2025 Hollywood Music in Media Awards! It is an extreme honor to be listed alongside industry leading composers for titles such as Indiana Jones and the Great Circle and Ghost of Yotei. To be honest, this doesn't feel real to me, but the happiness I feel just for being recognized has been a huge blessing. I want to offer a HUGE thanks to Trey Powell, Dave Oshry, and the entire team at New Blood Interactive for their hard work and dedication to this amazing game as well as Cody Matthew Johnson and his team at Emperia Records for submitting the soundtrack for nomination. Here is hoping the underdog gets the win!

 

I am plugging right along lately! With the Battlefield 6 Beta Weekend 1 down and the 2nd coming, I was inspired to do my own version of the Battlefield theme. I hope you enjoy, like, and subscribe! I am almost to 100 subscribers and once I hit that milestone, I will release something special. 

 

It has been ten years since The ETHEReal String Project came out and launched my debut as a solo artist. To celebrate this milestone, I have arranged one of my favorite pieces from Final Fantasy XIII, March of the Dreadnoughts, for piano and violin. ETHEReal String was not available this time to record, so I took the opportunity to collaborate with Jacob Roege from Triforce Quartet for the violin parts and stuck myself on piano. I am pretty happy with the result and although it is taking longer for the single to reach platforms (Soundrop is slow these days), it is available on Bandcamp.

I hope you enjoy!

 

Finally a new release! This is the studio recording of a piece I was commissioned to compose back in 2016 by the Iowa City Community String Orchestra. The music tells the tale of a little bird insisting to their mom they are ready to experience the world beyond the nest, but quickly realize it isn't all that great. You can find the single on Bandcamp today (more platforms to follow soon). I hope you will give this one a chance by clicking below and purchasing it. Enjoy and as always thank you! 

Buy the single here: https://joshbarronstudios.bandcamp.com/album/windy-mountain-op-1-for-string-orchestra

I recently had the immense pleasure and honor of appearing on GameGrooves Uncovered to talk with host Ro Panuganti about my career, my process, VGM as a whole, and, of course, Fallen Aces. Check it out here!

On Thursday February 13th, I will be appearing on The SML Podcast to discuss Fallen Aces both the game and the soundtrack as well as sticking around for reviews of games and everything. You can watch the show live on Twitch on Thursday here. Hope to see you all there!

YES! You read that correctly. Today is the day that the soundtrack to the first episode drops on most major platforms. This includes Bandcamp (preferred method to support me directly), Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon Music, YouTube Music, Deezer, Tidal, and Qobuz. I would be remiss if I did not thank everyone who had a hand in this production, so buckle up!

First up, I want to thank all the staff at Emperia Sound and Music as they got this album to the finish line and are just an absolute blast to work with! Thanks also to New Blood Interactive, Dave Oshry, Trey Powell, Andrew Hulshult for their encouragement as well as James C. Hoffman for his invaluable advice on mixing, John Montoya also got me here by putting the bug in Trey's ear many years ago. Thanks also to Craig Blume, Dave Pallada, Tim Miller, and Bruce Knepper for educating me in the ways of music and composition. Music educators do not get enough thanks and are so important in shaping us into amazing human beings. Most importantly, my family, friends and of course my wife Mogina for being my biggest supporter. And finally, I want to thank Bank B. Varga and London Lawhon for collaborating on the vocal theme for this episode. Although it is not in the game, I wanted to give the fans something special for the wait. Thank you to all the fans who have shown me their love and support for this soundtrack. Let's go win an award or, at least, a nomination, eh? Dream big!

You may get the album at the link below, which shows you all the platforms to purchase or stream. 

Click here for Fallen Aces Episode 1 Original Soundtrack

Hello! I am currently working on finalizing the Fallen Aces Soundtrack Vol. 1 with full steam ahead. I am trying really hard to get this released before the year is out. I will reveal more on the release date, pricing, etc. once I have the final mixes ready for mastering. 

Secondly, I have been building my YouTube channel by venturing into streaming and making behind the scenes vids of my process for writing Fallen Aces music. I would really appreciate more views and subscribers to my channel as this will help build my online presence there. The link below is to my latest video in which I walk you through a cinematic from Fallen Aces. This gig is really special and the fans have been making sure to mention the music a lot which warms my heart. Thank you!