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Lorne Balfe
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Balfe in 2007
Background information
Also known as Oswin Mackintosh
Born (1976-02-23) 23 February 1976 (age 48)
Inverness, Scotland
Genres Film scores, video game score, electronic, new age, ambient, rock, alternative rock, jazz
Occupation(s) Composer, music producer
Instruments Piano, keyboards, synthesizer, guitar
Years active 1999–present
Associated acts Hans Zimmer, Remote Control Productions

Lorne Balfe (born 23 February 1976) is a Scottish composer and record producer of film, television, and video game scores. A veteran of Hans Zimmer's Remote Control Productions, Balfe's scoring credits include the films 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi, Terminator Genisys, and Mission: Impossible – Fallout, as well as the video games Assassin's Creed: Revelations, Assassin's Creed III, Crysis 2, Skylanders, and the Call of Duty franchise. He has also scored the television series The Bible, Marcella, The Crown, and Genius, the latter for which he earned a nomination for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Original Main Title Theme Music.

He even composed the new fanfare for Skydance Productions transcribed as There’s a World, There’s A Moon.

Balfe was born in Inverness, Scotland. He went to Fettes College in Edinburgh, where he had a music scholarship.

Discography

Feature films

Year Title Director(s) Studio(s) Notes
2004 Crazy in Love Matt Routledge United Home Entertainment
Studio Bangkok Entertainment Co. Ltd.
N/A
2009 Crying with Laughter Justin Molotnikov Brit Films
Cinetic Rights Management
Nominated - World Soundtrack Award for Discovery of the Year
2010 Megamind Tom McGrath Paramount Pictures
DreamWorks Animation
PDI/DreamWorks
Composed with Hans Zimmer
2011 The Dilemma Ron Howard Universal Pictures
Imagine Entertainment
Spyglass Entertainment
Ironclad Jonathan English Warner Bros. Pictures N/A
2012 The Sweeney Nick Love Entertainment One
Vertigo Films
N/A
2013 The Frozen Ground Scott Walker Lionsgate N/A
Red Wing Will Wallace Gravitas Ventures N/A
Side by Side Arthur Landon Newtide Films
Nanny Films
N/A
Not Another Happy Ending John McKay Kaleidoscope Home Entertainment
Synchronicity Films Ltd.
British Film Company
Composed with Dan Michaelson
2014 Son of God Christopher Spencer 20th Century Fox
Lightworkers Media
Composed with Hans Zimmer & Lisa Gerrard
Blackwood Adam Wimpenny Wildcard Films N/A
Words with Gods Guillermo Arriaga N/A Segment: "God's Blood"
Gloria Christian Keller Picturehouse Nominated – Ariel Award for Best Original Score
Penguins of Madagascar Eric Darnell
Simon J. Smith
20th Century Fox
DreamWorks Animation
PDI/DreamWorks
First solo work on a DreamWorks film without Hans Zimmer
2015 Home Tim Johnson 20th Century Fox
DreamWorks Animation
Composed with Stargate
Bone in the Throat Graham Henman Upload Films
Hello and Company
Dignity Film Finance
N/A
Dough John Goldschmidt N/A N/A
Terminator Genisys Alan Taylor Paramount Pictures
Skydance Productions
Replaced Christophe Beck
Terminator themes by Brad Fiedel
Sommeren '92 Kasper Barfoed SF Film Composed with Jeppe Kaas
Captive Jerry Jameson Paramount Pictures N/A
American Hero Nick Love Screen Media Films
Vertigo Films
N/A
2016 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi Michael Bay Paramount Pictures
3 Arts Entertainment
Bay Films
N/A
War on Everyone John Michael McDonagh Icon Film Distribution N/A
2017 The Lego Batman Movie Chris McKay Warner Bros. Pictures
Warner Animation Group
DC Entertainment
RatPac Entertainment
Lego System A/S
N/A
Ghost in the Shell Rupert Sanders Paramount Pictures
DreamWorks Pictures
Composed with Clint Mansell
Churchill Jonathan Teplitzky Lionsgate N/A
The Florida Project Sean Baker A24
Cre Film
Freestyle Picture Company
Cinereach
June Pictures
Orchestral version of "Celebration" by Kool & The Gang
Geostorm Dean Devlin Warner Bros. Pictures
Skydance Media
Replaced Pinar Toprak
2018 12 Strong Nicolai Fuglsig Warner Bros. Pictures
Lionsgate
Alcon Entertainment
Black Label Media
Jerry Bruckheimer Films
Torridon Films
N/A
The Hurricane Heist Rob Cohen Entertainment Studios N/A
Pacific Rim Uprising Steven S. DeKnight Universal Pictures
Legendary Pictures
Double Dare You Productions
Replaced John Paesano
Mission: Impossible – Fallout Christopher McQuarrie Paramount Pictures
Skydance Media
Bad Robot Productions
Mission: Impossible themes by Lalo Schifrin
2019 Georgetown Christoph Waltz Vertical Entertainment
Paramount Pictures
N/A
Gemini Man Ang Lee Paramount Pictures
Skydance Media
Jerry Bruckheimer Films
Replaced Marco Beltrami
Jungleland Max Winkler Vertical Entertainment
Romulus Entertainment
Scott Free Productions
N/A
Military Wives Peter Cattaneo Lionsgate N/A
6 Underground Michael Bay Netflix
Skydance Media
N/A
2020 Bad Boys for Life Adil El Arbi
Bilall Fallah
Columbia Pictures
Don Simpson/Jerry Bruckheimer Films
Bad Boys themes by Mark Mancina
Songbird Adam Mason STXfilms N/A
2021 Outside the Wire Mikael Håfström Netflix N/A
The Tomorrow War Chris McKay Amazon Studios
Paramount Pictures
Skydance Media
N/A
Black Widow Cate Shortland Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
Marvel Studios
Replaced Alexandre Desplat
The Forgiven John Michael McDonagh Focus Features N/A
Silent Night Camille Griffin RLJE Films N/A
Rumble Hamish Grieve Paramount Pictures
Paramount Animation
WWE Studios
N/A
2022 Infinite Storm Małgorzata Szumowska
Michał Englert
Bleecker Street N/A
Ambulance Michael Bay Universal Pictures Additional Music by Adam Price
Top Gun: Maverick Joseph Kosinski Paramount Pictures
Don Simpson/Jerry Bruckheimer Films
Skydance Media
Score producer
Composed by Harold Faltermeyer, Hans Zimmer and Lady Gaga
Secret Headquarters Henry Joost
Ariel Schulman
Paramount Pictures
Jerry Bruckheimer Films
Replaced Rob Simonsen
Black Adam Jaume Collet-Serra Warner Bros. Pictures
New Line Cinema
DC Films
Seven Bucks Productions
FlynnPictureCo.
N/A
Ticket to Paradise Ol Parker Universal Pictures
Working Title Films
Smokehouse Pictures
Red Om Films
N/A
2023 Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves Jonathan Goldstein
John Francis Daley
Paramount Pictures
eOne
N/A
Tetris Jon S. Baird Apple TV+ N/A
Ghosted Dexter Fletcher Apple TV+ N/A
Gran Turismo Neill Blomkamp Columbia Pictures
PlayStation Productions
Trigger Street Productions
2.0 Entertainment
Replaced Stephen Barton
Composed with Andrew Kawczynski
Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One Christopher McQuarrie Paramount Pictures
Skydance Media
Mission: Impossible themes by Lalo Schifrin
2024 Argylle Matthew Vaughn Apple TV+
Universal Pictures
N/A
2025 Untitled eighth Mission: Impossible film Christopher McQuarrie Paramount Pictures
Skydance Media
Mission: Impossible themes by Lalo Schifrin
TBA Slingshot Mikael Håfström Astral Pictures N/A

As composer of additional music

Year Title Director(s) Composer(s) Notes
2002 666 – Traue keinem, mit dem du schläfst! Rainer Matsutani Henning Lohner N/A
2003 Mimic 3: Sentinel J. T. Petty N/A
2004 Incident at Loch Ness Zak Penn N/A
Laura's Star Piet De Rycker [fr]
Thilo Rothkirch [de]
Hans Zimmer
Henning Lohner
Nick Glennie-Smith
N/A
2005 Hellraiser: Deader Rick Bota Henning Lohner N/A
BloodRayne Uwe Boll N/A
Santa's Slay David Steiman Uncredited
Wallace and Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit Steve Box
Nick Park
Julian Nott N/A
2006 The Da Vinci Code Ron Howard Hans Zimmer N/A
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest Gore Verbinski N/A
The Killing of John Lennon Andrew Piddington Martin Kiszko
Makana
N/A
The Holiday Nancy Meyers Hans Zimmer N/A
2007 Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End Gore Verbinski N/A
Transformers Michael Bay Steve Jablonsky N/A
The Simpsons Movie David Silverman Hans Zimmer N/A
Bee Movie Simon J. Smith

Steve Hickner

Rupert Gregson-Williams N/A
2008 Iron Man Jon Favreau Ramin Djawadi Also arranger
The Dark Knight Christopher Nolan Hans Zimmer
James Newton Howard
N/A
Frost/Nixon Ron Howard Hans Zimmer Also orchestrator
Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa Eric Darnell
Tom McGrath
N/A
2009 Angels & Demons Ron Howard N/A
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Michael Bay Steve Jablonsky N/A
Sherlock Holmes Guy Ritchie Hans Zimmer Also score producer
2010 Inception Christopher Nolan
2011 Rango Gore Verbinski
Kung Fu Panda 2 Jennifer Yuh Nelson Hans Zimmer
John Powell
N/A
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows Guy Ritchie Hans Zimmer Also score producer
2012 Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted Eric Darnell
Conrad Vernon
Tom McGrath
N/A
The Dark Knight Rises Christopher Nolan N/A
2013 The Lone Ranger Gore Verbinski N/A
Rush Ron Howard N/A
Captain Phillips Paul Greengrass Henry Jackman Uncredited
2016 Kung Fu Panda 3 Jennifer Yuh Nelson
Alessandro Carloni
Hans Zimmer Also score producer
2017 Dunkirk Christopher Nolan
2019 Looking Up Deng Chao Steffen Thum Also executive score producer
Ad Astra James Gray Max Richter N/A

Documentary films

Year Title Director(s) Notes
2013 Girl Rising Richard Robbins N/A
Salinger Shane Salerno N/A
2014 Manny Leon Gast
Ryan Moore
N/A
The Last Man on the Moon Mark Craig N/A
Pantani: The Accidental Death of a Cyclist James Erskine N/A
Above and Beyond Roberta Grossman N/A
2016 Le Mans: 3D James Erskine N/A
The Fresco Fiasco Victoria Wimpenny N/A
2018 Studio 54 Matt Tyrnauer N/A
2019 Where's My Roy Cohn? N/A
2020 Rebuilding Paradise Ron Howard Composed With Hans Zimmer

Short films

Year Title Director(s) Notes
2002 Cigarette Oliver Moran N/A
2003 Loved, Alone Indra Bhose N/A
2010 Uganda: Friends of the Gorilla Rachel Layne McDonald N/A
Sodales Jessica Biel N/A
2011 When You Find Me Bryce Dallas Howard N/A
J.A.W. Nate Parker N/A
2013 Evermore Biz Stone N/A
Making a Scene Janusz Kamiński N/A
The Championship Rounds Daniel Stine N/A
2014 Almost Home Todd Wilderman N/A
2015 Wasted Beauty Martin Paves N/A
2016 Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Scroll Rodolphe Guenoden Composed with John Powell & Hans Zimmer
Alibi Cameron Burnett N/A
2017 Them Nate James Williams N/A
Rakka Neill Blomkamp Main composer
Firebase
Zygote
Adam: The Mirror
Happy Birthday to Me Michael Reilly Composed with Max Aruj

Television

Year Title Notes
2004 Shoebox Zoo
2005-06 Nova Documentary series
2006-07 How to Look Good ...
2007 The Science of Superstorms
River City Main theme by Hard Todd
2009 WWII in HD Documentary series
2012 Restless
2013 The Bible Miniseries
Composed with Hans Zimmer & Lisa Gerrard
2014 The Driver
2015 Sons of Liberty Miniseries
Main theme composed by Hans Zimmer
A.D. The Bible Continues Miniseries
Composed with Hans Zimmer
Saints & Strangers Miniseries
2016 The Story of God with Morgan Freeman Documentary series
2016-18 The Investigator: A British Crime Story
Marcella
2017 Le Mans: Racing Is Everything Documentary series
The Crown Main theme composed by Hans Zimmer
Composed with Rupert Gregson-Williams
2017–present Genius Main theme composed with Hans Zimmer

Nominated- Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Original Main Title Theme Music

2018 The Cry Miniseries
2019 This is Football Documentary series
2019–2022 His Dark Materials
2020 Pennyworth
2021 Dopesick Miniseries
2021 The Wheel of Time Replaced David Buckley
2022 Man vs. Bee
2022 Mayflies
2023 Life on Our Planet

Video games

Year Title Notes Ref.
2009 Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Composed with Hans Zimmer

Nominated- BAFTA Award for Best Original Score
Nominated- IMFCA Award for Best Original Score for a Video Game or Interactive Media

2011 Rango N/A
Crysis 2 Main theme composed by Hans Zimmer
Composed with Borislav Slavov, Hans Zimmer & Tilman Sillescu
Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure Main theme composed by Hans Zimmer
Additional music by Andrew Kawczynski & Pete Adams
Assassin's Creed: Revelations Cinematics and multiplayer music with Jesper Kyd

Nominated- BAFTA Award for Best Original Music

2012 Skylanders: Giants N/A
Assassin's Creed III Nominated- BAFTA Award for Best Original Music
2013 Beyond: Two Souls Finished score due to the death of Normand Corbeil

Nominated- BAFTA Award for Best Original Music
Nominated- IMFCA Award for Best Original Score for a Video Game or Interactive Media

Skylanders: Swap Force N/A
2014 Skylanders: Trap Team N/A
2015 Skylanders: SuperChargers N/A
Honor of Kings Composed with Hans Zimmer, Duncan Watt & Jeff Broadbent
2016 Skylanders: Imaginators N/A
2018 FIFA 19 Composed with Hans Zimmer

See also

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