Aside from Barrington's Film and Television work, his work in theatre
is renowned. He wrote scores for several West End plays including
Made in Bangkok by Anthony Minghella, After the Fall by Arthur Miller
and recently The Graduate by Terry Johnson.
He wrote over 52 commissioned scores for ballet and dance
companies in Britain and Europe, conducting and recording several of
them including the popular works Run Like Thunder and Rite Elektrik
both choreographed by Tom Jobe. He completed the score for
the live show Wheel of Life which is performed by the kung-fu Shaolin
Monks from China, and directed by Micha Bergese.
He also collaborated with Revolution Software to write the music
for the interactive computer games Broken Sword I, Broken Sword II and
In Cold Blood.
Barrington kept up his passion for live performance and
conducted the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra at
London's Royal Festival Hall. This event was to celebrate The Best Of
British Film Composers for which he was asked to contribute.
Orchestras Conducted include:
The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
City of London Chamber Orchestra in Bath
The National Symphony Orchestra at the Royal Festival Hall
Royal Opera House Orchestra at Covent Garden
The London Metropolitan Orchestra at the Royal Festival Hall
San Francisco Ancient Music Academy in Los Angeles
Orchestra of St. John's Smith Square
Gottenburg Opera Orchestra
Saddlers Wells Royal Ballet Orchestra
Royal Scottish Ballet Orchestra
Koln Opera House Orchestra
Juilliard School of Music in New York
The Orchestra of the London Contemporary Dance Theatre.
