If you're new to the whole 'Bob & Barn experience', I wouldn't be surprised if your first question was 'just who the hell are Bob & Barn' and maybe the second would be 'just what kind of name of a company IS Bob & Barn'. Well, let me answer these 2 important issues. Bob & Barn are the nicknames of Paul 'Bob' Arnold and Andrew 'Barn' Barnabas, a couple of affable chaps who've been writing music professionally and involved in all manner of sound related paraphernalia since 1990. Formerly heads of audio, music directors etc. of various emminent institutions - Sony being one of them, they left the convenience of corporations and formed a 'sound company for the new millennium' in 2001. With a heady combination of passion, single mindedness in increasing recognition and importance of video game soundtracks, tech savvy, business acumen and a keen sense of fun and "not taking ourselves too seriously" they've managed to carve an egg shaped niche into the heart of the media world.

From writing film scores to producing McDonalds jingles with 4 award
nominations in the first 5 months of 2004 alone (one of them a BAFTA) you can start to get a feel of the kind of company that's foolish enough to use a fried egg as its logo.

"Music is, after all, entertainment. If you're not having fun whilst _writing_ it, how on earth can you expect the listener to?"

They're now positioning themselves as the company which 'does it live'. Be it orchestral, funk or jazz you want it to sound like the real thing, not a limited sampled recreation. B&B are first and foremost, trained classical musicians and in an interesting twist on brand irony, are keen to bring classical sensibilities to the work they compose. A slightly more unusual trait is their juxtaposition with technology. Both directors are *very* technical, the advantages in today's gadget ridden society is obvious in problem solving. Three letter acronyms such as FTP, RAR, SMF, VAG, MP3 & WAV roll off the tongue.

"Live music brings a feeling of warmth, a human organic element to an otherwise stark artificial reality that games players are subjected to".

B&B are currently involved in starting a ringtone company with fellow like minded associates. Yes, it's got a stupid name but for now, I'm keeping that under wraps. In May 2004, they even had their first brush with Hollywood.

The future's bright, the future's slightly yellowy orange.