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Lorne Balfe (born 23 February 1976) is a Scottish music producer and composer for film, television, and video games. He is best known for composing music for films such as Mission: Impossible – Fallout, iBoy, and 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi, DreamWorks animated films Home and Penguins of Madagascar, video games Assassin's Creed 3 and Crysis 2, Skylanders and the Call of Duty franchise. He has a studio at Hans Zimmer's company Remote Control Productions, and has collaborated with him on multiple projects. He sometimes composes under the pseudonym "Oswin Mackintosh".
Discography[]
Feature films[]
| Year | Title | Director(s) | Studio(s) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Crying with Laughter | Justin Molotnikov | Cinetic Rights Management | Nominated — World Soundtrack Award: Discovery of the Year |
| Sherlock Holmes | Guy Ritchie | Silver Pictures Village Roadshow Pictures Warner Bros. Pictures |
Main score composed by Hans Zimmer Score producer | |
| 2010 | Megamind | Tom McGrath | DreamWorks Animation Pacific Data Images Paramount Pictures |
Composed with Hans Zimmer |
| 2011 | The Dilemma | Ron Howard | Imagine Entertainment Spyglass Entertainment Universal Pictures |
Composed with Hans Zimmer |
| Ironclad | Jonathan English | Arc Entertainment Warner Bros. Pictures |
N/A | |
| Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows | Guy Ritchie | Silver Pictures Village Roadshow Pictures Warner Bros. Pictures |
Main score composed by Hans Zimmer Score producer | |
| 2012 | The Sweeney | Nick Love | Vertigo Films Entertainment One |
N/A |
| 2013 | Magpie | Marc Price | Mitchell-Brunt Films | Composed with Blair Mowat, Giona Ostinelli and Sid G. Szydelko |
| The Frozen Ground | Scott Walker | Emmett/Furla Films Lionsgate |
N/A | |
| Red Wing | Will Wallace | Hammond Entertainment Gravitas Ventures |
N/A | |
| Side by Side | Arthur Landon | Nanny Films Newtide Films |
N/A | |
| Not Another Happy Ending | John McKay | British Film Company Synchronicity Films Ltd Kaleidoscope Home Entertainment |
Composed with Dan Michaelson | |
| Megamind 2 | DreamWorks Animation Pacific Data Images |
Composed with Hans Zimmer and Henry Jackman | ||
| Blackwood | Adam Wimpenny | Wildcard Films | N/A | |
| 2014 | Son of God | Christopher Spencer | Lightworkers Media 20th Century Fox |
Composed with Hans Zimmer and Lisa Gerrard |
| The Last Man on the Moon | Mark Craig | Mark Stewart Productions Gravitas Ventures |
N/A | |
| Penguins of Madagascar | Eric Darnell Simon J. Smith |
DreamWorks Animation Pacific Data Images 20th Century Fox |
First solo work on a DreamWorks film without Hans Zimmer | |
| 2015 | Home | Tim Johnson | DreamWorks Animation 20th Century Fox |
Composed with Stargate |
| The Bremen Band (faning film) | Conrad Vernon Sam Levine Kirk Wise |
DreamWorks Animation Regency Line Pictures 20th Century Fox Picture Data Images |
Original songs by Alan Menken, Marc Shaiman, Scott Wittman, Glenn Slater and Jack Black Composed with Alan Menken, Jack Black and Marc Shaiman Also score producer | |
| Terminator Genisys | Alan Taylor | Skydance Productions Paramount Pictures |
Replaced Christophe Beck Executive score producer by Hans Zimmer Additional music by Dieter Hartmann & Andrew Kawczynski | |
|
Captive |
Jerry Jameson |
Yoruba Saxon Productions |
N/A | |
| 2016 | 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi | Michael Bay | 3 Arts Entertainment Bay Films Paramount Pictures |
Executive score producer by Hans Zimmer |
| Kung Fu Panda 3 | Jennifer Yuh Nelson Alessandro Carloni |
DreamWorks Animation Oriental DreamWorks 20th Century Fox |
Main score composed by Hans Zimmer Score producer | |
| 2017 | The Lego Batman Movie | Chris McKay | Vertigo Entertainment Animal Logic Warner Animation Group Warner Bros. Pictures |
N/A |
| Ghost in the Shell | Rupert Sanders | DreamWorks Pictures Reliance Entertainment Paramount Pictures |
Composed with Clint Mansell | |
| Churchill | Jonathan Teplitzky | Embankment Films Cohen Media Group |
N/A | |
| The Florida Project | Sean Baker | Cinereach June Pictures A24 |
This film features no original music. | |
| Geostorm | Dean Devlin | Electric Entertainment Skydance Media Warner Bros. Pictures |
Replaced Pinar Toprak | |
| Megamind 3 | DreamWorks Animation | Composed with Hans Zimmer, Henry Jackman and Steve Mazzaro | ||
| 2018 | 12 Strong | Nicolai Fuglsig | Alcon Entertainment Black Label Media Jerry Bruckheimer Films |
N/A |
| Studio 54 | Matt Tyrnauer | Altimeter Films Passion Pictures |
N/A | |
| The Hurricane Heist | Rob Cohen | Foresight Unlimited Entertainment Studios |
N/A | |
| Pacific Rim Uprising | Steven S. DeKnight | Legendary Entertainment Universal Pictures |
Replaced John Paesano | |
| Mission: Impossible – Fallout | Christopher McQuarrie | Bad Robot Productions Skydance Media Paramount Pictures |
Succeeded Joe Kraemer | |
| 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[1] | |
| 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[2] | 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[3] | |
| 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[4] Composed with Andrew Kawczynski | |
| Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One | Christopher McQuarrie[5] | Paramount Pictures Skydance Media |
Mission: Impossible themes by Lalo Schifrin | |
| Wish | Chris Buck Fawn Veerasunthorn |
Warner Bros. Pictures Animation | Composed and also score producers with Hans Zimmer, Dave Metzger and Steve Mazzaro | |
| 2024 | Argylle | Matthew Vaughn | Apple TV+ Universal Pictures |
N/A |
| Bad Boys: Ride or Die | Adil El Arbi Bilall Fallah |
Columbia Pictures Don Simpson/Jerry Bruckheimer Films |
Bad Boys themes by Mark Mancina | |
| Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F | Mark Molloy | Netflix | Beverly Hills Cop themes by Harold Faltermeyer | |
| Slingshot | Mikael Håfström | Astral Pictures | N/A | |
| Megamind 4 | DreamWorks Animation | Composed with Hans Zimmer, Henry Jackman and Steve Mazzaro | ||
| Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl | Nick Park Merlin Crossingham |
Netflix Aardman Animations |
Replacing Julian Nott |
Short films[]
| Year | Title | Director(s) | Studio(s) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Cigarette | Oliver Moran | Intense Productions | N/A |
| 2003 | Loved, Alone | Indra Bhose | Dark Cloud Productions LLC | N/A |
| 2010 | Uganda: Friends of the Gorilla | Rachel Layne McDonald | N/A | N/A |
| Sodales | Jessica Biel | Glamour Magazine Hyundai Motor Company |
N/A | |
| 2011 | When You Find Me | Bryce Dallas Howard | Freestyle Picture Company Canon: Project Imagin8tion |
N/A |
| J.A.W. | Nate Parker | FarWord Mogul Ranch Media |
N/A | |
| 2013 | Evermore | Biz Stone | Freestyle Picture Company | N/A |
| Making a Scene | Janusz Kamiński | The New York Times Magazine | N/A | |
| The Championship Rounds | Daniel Stine | Rushaway Pictures SkyScope Pictures |
N/A | |
| 2014 | Almost Home | Todd Wilderman | DreamWorks Animation 20th Century Fox |
N/A |
| 2015 | Wasted Beauty | Martin Paves | Unbelievable Entertainment 1961 Productions |
N/A |
| 2016 | Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Scroll | Rodolphe Guenoden | DreamWorks Animation 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment |
Composed with John Powell and Hans Zimmer |
| Alibi | Cameron Burnett | Autumn Bailey Entertainment Burnett Film Group |
N/A | |
| 2017 | Them | Nate James Williams | Blueshift Productions | N/A |
| Rakka | Neill Blomkamp | Oats Studios | Main composer | |
| Firebase | ||||
| Zygote | ||||
| Adam: The Mirror | ||||
| Happy Birthday to Me | Michael Reilly | N/A | Composed with Max Aruj |
Television[]
| Year | Title | Studio(s) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Shoebox Zoo[6] | BBC One | Children's television production |
| 2013 | The Bible | History Channel | Composed with Hans Zimmer and Lisa Gerrard |
| 2015 | A.D. The Bible Continues | Composed with Hans Zimmer | |
| 2016–present | Marcella | ITV | Main composer Main theme "Fall" performed by The Bug featuring Inga Copeland |
| 2017 | The Crown | Netflix | Main theme composed by Hans Zimmer Composed with Rupert Gregson-Williams for Season 2 Provided Additional Music for Season 1 |
| 2017–present | Genius | National Geographic | Main composer Main theme composed by Hans Zimmer Nominated — Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Original Main Title Theme Music with Hans Zimmer |
Video games[]
| Year | Title | Developer(s) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Activision | Main theme composed by Hans Zimmer Composed with Hans Zimmer Score producer Nominated — BAFTA Award for Best Original Score with Hans Zimmer Nominated — IMFCA Award for Best Original Score for a Video Game or Interactive Media with Hans Zimmer | |
| 2011 | Rango | Behaviour Interactive Electronic Arts |
Film scored by Hans Zimmer |
| Crysis 2 | Crytek Electronic Arts |
Composed with Borislav Slavov, Hans Zimmer and Tilman Sillescu | |
| Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure | Activision Toys for Bob |
Main theme composed by Hans Zimmer Additional music by Andrew Kawczynski and Pete Adams | |
| Assassin's Creed: Revelations | Ubisoft | Cinematics and multiplayer music with Jesper Kyd Additional music by Andrew Kawczynski and Steve Mazzaro Nominated — BAFTA Award for Best Original Music with Jesper Kyd | |
| 2012 |
Skylanders: Giants |
Activision Toys for Bob |
Additional music by Andrew Kawczynski, Dave Fleming and Jasha Klebe |
| Assassin's Creed III | Ubisoft | Additional music by Andrew Kawczynski, Dave Fleming, Jasha Klebe, Max Aruj and Steve Mazzaro Nominated — BAFTA Award for Best Original Music | |
| 2013 | Beyond: Two Souls |
Sony Interactive Entertainment |
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 | Activision Vicarious Visions |
N/A | |
| 2014 | Skylanders: Trap Team | Activision Toys for Bob |
N/A |
| 2015 | Skylanders: SuperChargers | Activision Beenox Vicarious Visions |
Additional music by Max Aruj, Steffen Thum and Thomas Farnon |
| Honor of Kings | Tencent Timi Studio Groups |
Composed with Hans Zimmer, Duncan Watt and Jeff Broadbent | |
| 2016 | Skylanders: Imaginators | Activision Toys for Bob |
N/A |
| 2018 | FIFA 19 | EA Vancouver EA Bucharest EA Sports Electronic Arts |
Composed with Hans Zimmer Additional music for "The Journey: Champions"[7] |
References[]
- ↑ Erlich, David (May 21, 2020). "Alexandre Desplat on Wes Anderson's Amazing 'French Dispatch' and del Toro's Musical 'Pinocchio'". IndieWire. https://www.indiewire.com/2020/05/alexandre-desplat-interview-black-widow-pinocchio-french-dispatch-1202232702/.
- ↑ "Lorne Balfe Scoring Michael Bay's 'Ambulance'". August 4, 2021. https://filmmusicreporter.com/2021/08/04/lorne-balfe-scoring-michael-bays-ambulance/.
- ↑ "Lorne Balfe Scoring Henry Joost's & Ariel Schulman's 'Secret Headquarters' | Film Music Reporter". http://filmmusicreporter.com/2022/03/10/lorne-balfe-scoring-henry-joosts-ariel-schulmans-secret-headquarters/.
- ↑ "Lorne Balfe to Score Neill Blomkamp's 'Gran Turismo' | Film Music Reporter". http://filmmusicreporter.com/2023/04/24/lorne-balfe-to-score-neill-blomkamps-gran-turismo/.
- ↑ "Lorne Balfe to Return for Christopher McQuarrie's 'Mission: Impossible 7 & 8' | Film Music Reporter" (in en-US). https://filmmusicreporter.com/2020/05/13/lorne-balfe-to-return-for-christopher-mcquarries-mission-impossible-7-8/.
- ↑ Lorne Balfe [@Lornebalfe] (18 August 2016). "#TBT Shoebox Zoo for the BBC . This was my first TV show . Listen to the main theme" (Tweet). https://twitter.com/Lornebalfe/status/766394418215653376.
- ↑ Hopkins, Tom (August 31, 2018). "Full FIFA 19 Soundtrack Revealed; Hans Zimmer Working on The Journey’s Score". Twinfinite. https://twinfinite.net/2018/08/full-fifa-19-soundtrack-revealed-hans-zimmer-working-on-the-journeys-score/. Retrieved August 31, 2018.
External links[]
- Lorne Balfe on IMDb
- Lorne Balfe Interview at www.reviewgraveyard.com
- Interview with Lorne Balfe at FilmMusicSite.com
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