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Geoffrey Paul Barrow (born 9 December 1971) is an English record producer, composer, and DJ. He is a member of the bands Portishead, Beak, and Quakers, and he has scored several films.
Portishead was formed in 1991. He named the band after the small coastal 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." Barrow and Portishead became major figures in the Bristol underground scene, which gave rise to many artists with whom Barrow came to work in different capacities.
In 2009 he formed Beak with Billy Fuller (Fuzz Against Junk) and Matt Williams (Team Brick). Their self-titled album was released in 2009. In 2010 the group performed as the backing band for Anika's self-titled debut album. Barrow had met Anika, a political journalist, and proposed recording material together. The album was produced over twelve days, using one room, no overdubs or repair, and only edits to create arrangements. The album's lead single, "Yang Yang", was released on 17 November 2009 through Invada and Stones Throw Records in the USA and Japan.
In early 2012, Barrow's new hip hop project Quakers was announced to be releasing an album on Stones Throw. He also formed the musical project Drokk with TV composer Ben Salisbury and released the album Drokk: Music inspired by Mega-City One, with songs inspired by the comic book character Judge Dredd. On 2 July Barrow, Billy Fuller and Matt Williams released their second Beak album through Invada. On 20 September 2018 the band, with Will Young replacing Williams, released their third album on Invada.
In 2013, Barrow collaborated again with Ben Salisbury on the score for the film Ex Machina by Alex Garland, for whom the pair subsequently provided soundtracks for his 2018 film Annihilation, the 2020 miniseries Devs, the 2022 film Men, and in 2024 for Civil War. The duo also collaborated on the scores for the Black Mirror episode "Men Against Fire" and the Netflix series Archive 81. Barrow, Salisbury and Simon Ashdown produced the score for the Prime Video series Hanna.
Beak performed the soundtrack for Tom Geens' 2015 film Couple in a Hole, drawing largely on the band's earlier material. In 2016, Barrow scored the Ben Wheatley film Free Fire.
In 2025, Barrow produced the film Game under the Invada Films label, starring Jason Williamson.
| 1992 | Homebrew | Neneh Cherry | Co-writer and co-producer of "Somedays" | |
| 1994 | Dummy | Portishead | As band member; co-producer, composer, drums, keyboards, string arrangements, programming | |
| 1995 | Radar | Earthling | Turntables | |
| 1997 | Portishead | Portishead | As band member; co-producer, composer, drums, turntables, programming, sampling | |
| 1998 | Roseland NYC Live | Portishead | As band member; co-producer, composer, drums, turntables, musical director | |
| 1999 | Reload | Tom Jones | Producer "Motherless Child" (as Portishead) | |
| 2002 | Len Parrot's Memorial Lift | Baxter Dury | Co-producer and drums | |
| 2002 | Gonga | Gonga | Mixing | |
| 2003 | McKay | Stephanie McKay | Producer | |
| 2005 | The Invisible Invasion | The Coral | Co-producer and mixing with Adrian Utley | |
| 2007 | A Love of Shared Disasters | Crippled Black Phoenix | Producer | |
| 2008 | Third | Portishead | As band member; co-producer, composer, drums, keyboards, synthesizer, bass, percussion, programming | |
| 2009 | Ugly Side of Love | Malachai | Executive producer | |
| Primary Colours | The Horrors | Co-producer, mixing, engineering | ||
| BEAK> | Beak> | Co-producer, composer, instrumentation | ||
| 2010 | Anika | Anika | Producer | |
| 2012 | Drokk: Music inspired by Mega-City One | Geoff Barrow and Ben Salisbury | Co-producer, composer, instrumentation | |
| Quakers | Quakers | Producer | ||
| >> | Beak> | Co-producer, composer, instrumentation | ||
| 2014 | Beyond Ugly | Malachai | Drums | |
| 2015 | Ex Machina (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) | Geoff Barrow and Ben Salisbury | Co-producer, composer, instrumentation | |
| Meow the Jewels | Run the Jewels | Remixing of "Close Your Eyes and Meow to Fluff" | ||
| Split | Beak> and | Extended play; co-producer, composer, instrumentation | | | |
| 2016 | Couple in a Hole (Original Soundtrack) | Beak> | Co-producer, composer, instrumentation | |
| Geoff Barrow and Ben Salisbury | Co-producer, composer, instrumentation | |||
| 2017 | Everything Now | Arcade Fire | Additional production, synthesizer on "Creature Comfort" | |
| Free Fire (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) | Geoff Barrow and Ben Salisbury | Co-producer, composer, instrumentation | ||
| 2018 | Annihilation (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) | Geoff Barrow and Ben Salisbury | Co-producer, composer, instrumentation | |
| >>> | Beak> | Co-producer, composer, instrumentation | ||
| 2019 | Hanna | Geoff Barrow, Ben Salisbury and Simon Ashdown | Composer | |
| 2019 | Luce (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) | Geoff Barrow and Ben Salisbury | Composer | |
| 2020 | Devs | Geoff Barrow and Ben Salisbury | Composer | |
| 2020 | Billy Nomates | Billy Nomates | Mixer | |
| 2020 | Emergency Telephone EP | Billy Nomates | Mixer | |
| 2022 | Archive 81 | Geoff Barrow and Ben Salisbury | Composer | |
| 2022 | Men | Geoff Barrow and Ben Salisbury | Composer | |
| 2024 | Civil War | Geoff Barrow and Ben Salisbury | Composer | |
| 2025 | Game | Geoff Barrow and DJ Smudge | Producer, Composer, writer | |
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