Lorne Balfe

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Lorne Balfe
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Born	23 February 1976 (age 49)
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Birthplace	Inverness, Scotland
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Occupation(s)	Composer, music producer
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Genres	Film scores, video game score, electronic, new age, ambient, Rock, Alternative rock, Jazz
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Years active	1999–present
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Background	non_performing_personnel
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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
2009	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
2016	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
2020	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
2010	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
2011	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
2016	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	NBC	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	Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2	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
2012	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 Quantic Dream	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
2013	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
2015	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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[DesplatBalfe-1] 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/.

[2] "Lorne Balfe Scoring Michael Bay's 'Ambulance'". August 4, 2021. https://filmmusicreporter.com/2021/08/04/lorne-balfe-scoring-michael-bays-ambulance/.

[3] "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/.

[4] "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/.

[McQuarrie-5] "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/.

[6] 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.

[7] 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.

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