Lorne Balfe

Lorne Balfe (born 23 February 1976) is a Scottish composer of film, television, and video game score.

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

Career A veteran of Hans Zimmer's Remote Control Productions, Balfe's scoring credits include the films 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, Rumble, Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves, Gran Turismo, Argylle, Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F, The Naked Gun, The Cat in the Hat, and three DreamWorks Animation films, including Megamind, Penguins of Madagascar, Home.

He has also scored 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 the directors Michael Bay, Chris McKay, Christopher McQuarrie, Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah, Mikael Håfström and Jaume Collet-Serra; and violinists Charlie Bisharat and Eun-Mee Ahn.

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 as the conductor of the Game Awards Orchestra and the composer and arranger of several musical performances performed 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 every year as a presentation of the award at the end of the show.

Filmography Films Feature films Year Title Director(s) Studio(s) Notes 2004 Crazy in Love Matt Routledge United Home EntertainmentStudio Bangkok Entertainment Co. Ltd. 2009Crying with Laughter Justin Molotnikov Brit FilmsCinetic Rights Management Nominated - World Soundtrack Award for Discovery of the Year 2010MegamindTom McGrathParamount PicturesDreamWorks AnimationPDI/DreamWorks Composed with Hans Zimmer

Additional music

Documentary films

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

Television

Video games Year Title NotesRef. 2009 Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Composed with Hans Zimmer Nominated - BAFTA Award for Best Original ScoreNominated - IMFCA Award for Best Original Score for a Video Game or Interactive MediaNominated - Interactive Achievement Award for Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Composition 2011 Rango Crysis 2 Main theme composed by Hans ZimmerComposed with Borislav Slavov, Hans Zimmer & Tilman Sillescu Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure Main theme composed by Hans ZimmerAdditional 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 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 MusicNominated - IMFCA Award for Best Original Score for a Video Game or Interactive MediaNominated - D.I.C.E. Award for Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Composition Skylanders: Swap Force 2014 Skylanders: Trap Team 2015 Skylanders: SuperChargers Honor of Kings Composed with Hans Zimmer, Duncan Watt & Jeff Broadbent 2016 Skylanders: Imaginators Stock Music from the Previous Skylanders Games only. 2018 FIFA 19 Composed with Hans Zimmer 2024Dragon Age: The VeilguardComposed with Hans Zimmer