Lorne Balfe

Lorne Balfe

Known for
Sound
Born
February 23, 1976 (age 50)
Birthplace
Inverness, Scotland, UK

Biography

Lorne Balfe (born 23 February 1976) is a Scottish composer of film, television and video game scores.  A veteran of Hans Zimmer's Remote Control Productions, Balfe's scoring credits include the films Megamind, Penguins of Madagascar, Home, Terminator Genisys, 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi, The Lego Batman Movie, Mission: Impossible – Fallout and its sequel Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One, Bad Boys for Life and its sequel Bad Boys: Ride or Die, Black Widow, Black Adam, Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves, Gran Turismo, and Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F, as well as the video games Assassin's Creed: Revelations, Assassin's Creed III, Crysis 2, Skylanders, and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. 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 also collaborates with directors Michael Bay, Chris McKay, Christopher McQuarrie, Adil El Arbi, Bilall Fallah, and Mikael Håfström. He composed the new fanfare for Skydance Media transcribed as There's a World, There's A Moon. Balfe also composed the Annapurna Pictures deep note opening logo. Balfe is also involved in The Game Awards, serving as the conductor of the Game Awards Orchestra and the composer and arranger of several musical performances featured at the show. Since The Game Awards 2018, he has composed a medley of the themes of the six nominees for Game of the Year each year, presented as the award at the end of the show. Description above from the Wikipedia article Lorne Balfe, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

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Filmography

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The Species poster

The Species

Movie · Original Music Composer

2026
7 Dogs poster

7 Dogs

Movie · Original Music Composer

2026
Butcher: Invisible Wounds poster

Butcher: Invisible Wounds

Movie · Music Score Producer

2026
The Cat in the Hat poster

The Cat in the Hat

Movie · Original Music Composer

2026
The Dinosaurs poster

The Dinosaurs

TV · Original Music Composer · 4 eps

2025
The Cut poster

The Cut

Movie · Original Music Composer

2025
We Are Storror poster

We Are Storror

Movie · Original Music Composer

2025
Novocaine poster

Novocaine

Movie · Original Music Composer

2025
The Woman in the Yard poster

The Woman in the Yard

Movie · Original Music Composer

2025
Hallow Road poster

Hallow Road

Movie · Original Music Composer

2025
The Naked Gun poster

The Naked Gun

Movie · Original Music Composer

2025
The War Between the Land and the Sea poster

The War Between the Land and the Sea

TV · Original Music Composer · 5 eps

2025
The Hack poster

The Hack

TV · Original Music Composer · 7 eps

2024
Argylle poster

Argylle

Movie · Original Music Composer

2024
Stockholm Bloodbath poster

Stockholm Bloodbath

Movie · Music Producer

2024
Bad Boys: Ride or Die poster

Bad Boys: Ride or Die

Movie · Original Music Composer, Vocals

2024
Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F poster

Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F

Movie · Original Music Composer, Conductor

2024
Young Woman and the Sea poster

Young Woman and the Sea

Movie · Music Score Producer

2024
Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl poster

Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl

Movie · Original Music Composer

2024
Decoded poster

Decoded

Movie · Original Music Composer

2024
Apartment 7A poster

Apartment 7A

Movie · Music Score Producer

2024
Carry-On poster

Carry-On

Movie · Original Music Composer

2024
Slingshot poster

Slingshot

Movie · Music Score Producer

2023
Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One poster

Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One

Movie · Original Music Composer

2023
Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves poster

Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves

Movie · Original Music Composer

2023
Tetris poster

Tetris

Movie · Original Music Composer

2023
Luther: The Fallen Sun poster

Luther: The Fallen Sun

Movie · Original Music Composer

2023
Ghosted poster

Ghosted

Movie · Original Music Composer

2023
Gran Turismo poster

Gran Turismo

Movie · Original Music Composer

2023
When We Danced poster

When We Danced

Movie · Music Producer

2023
Life on Our Planet poster

Life on Our Planet

TV · Original Music Composer, Music Producer · 8 eps

2022
Ambulance poster

Ambulance

Movie · Original Music Composer

2022
Infinite Storm poster

Infinite Storm

Movie · Original Music Composer

2022
Top Gun: Maverick poster

Top Gun: Maverick

Movie · Music Score Producer

2022
The Forgiven poster

The Forgiven

Movie · Original Music Composer

2022
Secret Headquarters poster

Secret Headquarters

Movie · Original Music Composer

2022
Black Adam poster

Black Adam

Movie · Original Music Composer

2022
Ticket to Paradise poster

Ticket to Paradise

Movie · Original Music Composer

2021
Resurrection poster

Resurrection

Movie · Original Music Composer

2021
Silent Night poster

Silent Night

Movie · Original Music Composer

2021
Skyanders: Awaken of Evil poster

Skyanders: Awaken of Evil

Movie · Original Music Composer

2021
Rumble poster

Rumble

Movie · Original Music Composer

2021
Black Widow poster

Black Widow

Movie · Original Music Composer

2021
The Tomorrow War poster

The Tomorrow War

Movie · Original Music Composer

2021
Outside the Wire poster

Outside the Wire

Movie · Original Music Composer

2021
The Wheel of Time poster

The Wheel of Time

TV · Original Music Composer · 16 eps

2021
Dopesick poster

Dopesick

TV · Original Music Composer · 8 eps

2020
Rebuilding Paradise poster

Rebuilding Paradise

Movie · Original Music Composer

2020
Songbird poster

Songbird

Movie · Original Music Composer

2020
Bad Boys for Life poster

Bad Boys for Life

Movie · Original Music Composer

2020
Jungleland poster

Jungleland

Movie · Original Music Composer

2020
Military Wives poster

Military Wives

Movie · Original Music Composer

2020
The Reagans poster

The Reagans

TV · Original Music Composer · 4 eps

2019
Driven poster

Driven

Movie · Music Producer

2019
Master Moley by Royal Invitation poster

Master Moley by Royal Invitation

Movie · Original Music Composer

2019
6 Underground poster

6 Underground

Movie · Original Music Composer

2019
Gemini Man poster

Gemini Man

Movie · Original Music Composer

2019
Looking Up poster

Looking Up

Movie · Theme Song Performance

2019
Where's My Roy Cohn? poster

Where's My Roy Cohn?

Movie · Original Music Composer

2019
Georgetown poster

Georgetown

Movie · Original Music Composer

2019
Apex Legends Stories from the Outlands "Voidwalker" poster

Apex Legends Stories from the Outlands "Voidwalker"

Movie · Music

2019
His Dark Materials poster

His Dark Materials

TV · Original Music Composer · 23 eps

2019
Pennyworth: The Origin of Batman's Butler poster

Pennyworth: The Origin of Batman's Butler

TV · Original Music Composer · 20 eps

2018
Mission: Impossible - Fallout poster

Mission: Impossible - Fallout

Movie · Original Music Composer

2018
12 Strong poster

12 Strong

Movie · Original Music Composer

2018
Pacific Rim: Uprising poster

Pacific Rim: Uprising

Movie · Original Music Composer

2018
The Hurricane Heist poster

The Hurricane Heist

Movie · Original Music Composer

2018
Studio 54 poster

Studio 54

Movie · Original Music Composer

2018
The Cry poster

The Cry

TV · Original Music Composer · 4 eps

2017
Geostorm poster

Geostorm

Movie · Original Music Composer

2017
The Florida Project poster

The Florida Project

Movie · Original Music Composer

2017
Churchill poster

Churchill

Movie · Original Music Composer

2017
Ghost in the Shell poster

Ghost in the Shell

Movie · Original Music Composer

2017
Adam: The Prophet poster

Adam: The Prophet

Movie · Original Music Composer

2017
Adam: The Mirror poster

Adam: The Mirror

Movie · Original Music Composer

2017
The Lego Batman Movie poster

The Lego Batman Movie

Movie · Original Music Composer

2017
Firebase poster

Firebase

Movie · Original Music Composer

2017
Zygote poster

Zygote

Movie · Original Music Composer

2017
Rakka poster

Rakka

Movie · Original Music Composer

2017
Le Mans: Racing Is Everything poster

Le Mans: Racing Is Everything

TV · Original Music Composer · 6 eps

2016
War on Everyone poster

War on Everyone

Movie · Original Music Composer

2016
13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi poster

13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi

Movie · Original Music Composer

2016
Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Scroll poster

Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Scroll

Movie · Original Music Composer

2016
The Crown poster

The Crown

TV · Original Music Composer · 10 eps

2015
Bone in the Throat poster

Bone in the Throat

Movie · Original Music Composer

2015
Home poster

Home

Movie · Original Music Composer

2015
Terminator Genisys poster

Terminator Genisys

Movie · Original Music Composer

2015
Captive poster

Captive

Movie · Original Music Composer

2015
American Hero poster

American Hero

Movie · Original Music Composer

2015
Wasted Beauty poster

Wasted Beauty

Movie · Original Music Composer

2015
Summer of '92 poster

Summer of '92

Movie · Original Music Composer

2015
Dough poster

Dough

Movie · Original Music Composer

2015
Sons of Liberty poster

Sons of Liberty

TV · Original Music Composer · 3 eps

2015
Saints & Strangers poster

Saints & Strangers

TV · Original Music Composer · 2 eps

2014
Gloria poster

Gloria

Movie · Original Music Composer

2014
Almost Home poster

Almost Home

Movie · Original Music Composer

2014
Blackwood poster

Blackwood

Movie · Original Music Composer

2014
Son of God poster

Son of God

Movie · Original Music Composer

2014
Manny poster

Manny

Movie · Original Music Composer

2014
Penguins of Madagascar poster

Penguins of Madagascar

Movie · Original Music Composer

2014
Pantani: The Accidental Death of a Cyclist poster

Pantani: The Accidental Death of a Cyclist

Movie · Original Music Composer

2014
Words with Gods poster

Words with Gods

Movie · Original Music Composer

2014
The Driver poster

The Driver

TV · Original Music Composer · 3 eps

2013
The Frozen Ground poster

The Frozen Ground

Movie · Original Music Composer

2013
Red Wing poster

Red Wing

Movie · Original Music Composer

2013
Girl Rising poster

Girl Rising

Movie · Original Music Composer

2013
Not Another Happy Ending poster

Not Another Happy Ending

Movie · Original Music Composer

2013
Salinger poster

Salinger

Movie · Original Music Composer

2013
Making a Scene | 11 Performances poster

Making a Scene | 11 Performances

Movie · Music

2013
Side by Side poster

Side by Side

Movie · Original Music Composer

2012
The Sweeney poster

The Sweeney

Movie · Original Music Composer

2012
Restless poster

Restless

TV · Original Music Composer · 2 eps

2011
Ironclad poster

Ironclad

Movie · Original Music Composer

2011
Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Masters poster

Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Masters

Movie · Original Music Composer

2011
Megamind: The Button of Doom poster

Megamind: The Button of Doom

Movie · Original Music Composer

2011
The Dilemma poster

The Dilemma

Movie · Original Music Composer

2011
Five poster

Five

Movie · Original Music Composer

2011
J.A.W. poster

J.A.W.

Movie · Original Music Composer

2010
Megamind poster

Megamind

Movie · Original Music Composer

2010
Sodales poster

Sodales

Movie · Original Music Composer

2009
Sherlock Holmes poster

Sherlock Holmes

Movie · Music Producer

2008
The Ties That Bind Us poster

The Ties That Bind Us

Movie · Music

2006
Mystery of the Megavolcano poster

Mystery of the Megavolcano

Movie · Original Music Composer

2005
Batman Begins poster

Batman Begins

Movie · Music Programmer

2004
Shoebox Zoo poster

Shoebox Zoo

TV · Original Music Composer · 26 eps

2003
Ancient Warriors poster

Ancient Warriors

Movie · Original Music Composer