barton has collaborated frequently with sir anthony hopkins since producing the soundtrack for the film "slipstream" in 2006. he produced the decca album "composer", which topped the uk classical charts for a month in 2012, as well as collaborating with hopkins on the production of "and the waltz goes on" with andré rieu, which won the classic fm "album of the year" award in the classic brit awards 2012. as a pianist he has performed extensively as a soloist with numerous orchestras including the dallas symphony orchestra, colorado symphony, city of birmingham symphony orchestra, and the brussels philharmonic, as well as on numerous movie soundtracks and diverse albums including hybrid's "i choose noise" and playing the mellotron on a cover of "snowblind" for fireball ministry's eponymously titled album in 2010.