# Lorne Balfe

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 the directors Michael Bay, Chris McKay, Christopher McQuarrie, Adil El Arbi and 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.

## Early life and education

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. | — |
| 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 | Composed with Hans Zimmer |
| 2011 | Ironclad | Jonathan English | Warner Bros. Pictures | — |
| 2012 | The Sweeney | Nick Love | Entertainment One Vertigo Films | — |
| 2013 | The Frozen Ground | Scott Walker | Lionsgate | — |
| 2013 | Red Wing | Will Wallace | Gravitas Ventures | — |
| 2013 | Side by Side | Arthur Landon | Newtide Films Nanny Films | — |
| 2013 | 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 |
| 2014 | Blackwood | Adam Wimpenny | Wildcard Films | — |
| 2014 | Words with Gods | Guillermo Arriaga | — | Segment: "God's Blood" |
| 2014 | Gloria | Christian Keller | Picturehouse | Nominated – Ariel Award for Best Original Score |
| 2014 | 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 |
| 2015 | Bone in the Throat | Graham Henman | Upload Films Hello and Company Dignity Film Finance | — |
| 2015 | Dough | John Goldschmidt | — | — |
| 2015 | Terminator Genisys | Alan Taylor | Paramount Pictures Skydance Productions | Replaced Christophe Beck Terminator themes by Brad Fiedel |
| 2015 | Sommeren '92 | Kasper Barfoed | SF Film | Composed with Jeppe Kaas |
| 2015 | Captive | Jerry Jameson | Paramount Pictures | — |
| 2015 | American Hero | Nick Love | Screen Media Films Vertigo Films | — |
| 2016 | 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi | Michael Bay | Paramount Pictures 3 Arts Entertainment Bay Films | — |
| 2016 | War on Everyone | John Michael McDonagh | Icon Film Distribution | — |
| 2017 | The Lego Batman Movie | Chris McKay | Warner Bros. Pictures Warner Animation Group DC Entertainment RatPac Entertainment Lego System A/S | — |
| 2017 | Ghost in the Shell | Rupert Sanders | Paramount Pictures DreamWorks Pictures | Composed with Clint Mansell |
| 2017 | Churchill | Jonathan Teplitzky | Lionsgate | — |
| 2017 | The Florida Project | Sean Baker | A24 Cre Film Freestyle Picture Company Cinereach June Pictures | Orchestral version of "Celebration" by Kool & The Gang |
| 2017 | 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 | — |
| 2018 | The Hurricane Heist | Rob Cohen | Entertainment Studios | — |
| 2018 | Pacific Rim Uprising | Steven S. DeKnight | Universal Pictures Legendary Pictures Double Dare You Productions | Replaced John Paesano |
| 2018 | Mission: Impossible – Fallout | Christopher McQuarrie | Paramount Pictures Skydance Media Bad Robot | Mission: Impossible themes by Lalo Schifrin |
| 2019 | Georgetown | Christoph Waltz | Vertical Entertainment Paramount Pictures | — |
| 2019 | Gemini Man | Ang Lee | Paramount Pictures Skydance Media Jerry Bruckheimer Films | Replaced Marco Beltrami |
| 2019 | Jungleland | Max Winkler | Vertical Entertainment Romulus Entertainment Scott Free Productions | — |
| 2019 | Military Wives | Peter Cattaneo | Lionsgate | — |
| 2019 | 6 Underground | Michael Bay | Netflix Skydance Media | — |
| 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 | — |
| 2021 | Outside the Wire | Mikael Håfström | Netflix | — |
| 2021 | The Tomorrow War | Chris McKay | Amazon Studios Paramount Pictures Skydance Media | — |
| 2021 | Black Widow | Cate Shortland | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures Marvel Studios | Replaced Alexandre Desplat |
| 2021 | The Forgiven | John Michael McDonagh | Focus Features | — |
| 2021 | Silent Night | Camille Griffin | RLJE Films | — |
| 2021 | Rumble | Hamish Grieve | Paramount Pictures Paramount Animation WWE Studios | — |
| 2022 | Infinite Storm | Małgorzata Szumowska Michał Englert | Bleecker Street | — |
| 2022 | Ambulance | Michael Bay | Universal Pictures | Additional Music by Adam Price |
| 2022 | 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 |
| 2022 | Secret Headquarters | Henry Joost Ariel Schulman | Paramount Pictures Jerry Bruckheimer Films | Replaced Rob Simonsen |
| 2022 | Black Adam | Jaume Collet-Serra | Warner Bros. Pictures New Line Cinema DC Films Seven Bucks Productions FlynnPictureCo. | — |
| 2022 | Ticket to Paradise | Ol Parker | Universal Pictures Working Title Films Smokehouse Pictures Red Om Films | — |
| 2023 | Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves | Jonathan Goldstein John Francis Daley | Paramount Pictures eOne | — |
| 2023 | Tetris | Jon S. Baird | Apple TV+ | — |
| 2023 | Ghosted | Dexter Fletcher | Apple TV+ | — |
| 2023 | Gran Turismo | Neill Blomkamp | Columbia Pictures PlayStation Productions Trigger Street Productions 2.0 Entertainment | Replaced Stephen Barton Composed with Andrew Kawczynski |
| 2023 | 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 | — |
| 2024 | Bad Boys: Ride or Die | Adil El Arbi Bilall Fallah | Columbia Pictures Don Simpson/Jerry Bruckheimer Films | Bad Boys themes by Mark Mancina |
| 2024 | Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F | Mark Molloy | Netflix | Beverly Hills Cop themes by Harold Faltermeyer |
| 2024 | Slingshot | Mikael Håfström | Astral Pictures | — |
| 2024 | The Cut | Sean Ellis | Tea Shop Productions Amazing Owl | Composed with Stuart Michael Thomas |
| 2024 | Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl | Nick Park Merlin Crossingham | Netflix Aardman Animations | Composed with Julian Nott |
| 2024 | Carry-On | Jaume Collet-Serra | Dylan Clark Productions DreamWorks Pictures Netflix (distributor) | — |
| 2025 | Novocaine | Dan Berk Robert Olsen | Paramount Pictures Infrared Pictures | Composed with Andrew Kawczynski |
| 2025 | Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning | Christopher McQuarrie | Paramount Pictures Skydance Media | Mission: Impossible themes by Lalo Schifrin |

#### Additional music

| Year | Title | Director(s) | Composer(s) | Notes |
| 2002 | 666 – Traue keinem, mit dem du schläfst! | Rainer Matsutani | Henning Lohner | — |
| 2003 | Mimic 3: Sentinel | J. T. Petty | Henning Lohner | — |
| 2004 | Incident at Loch Ness | Zak Penn | Henning Lohner | — |
| 2004 | Laura's Star | Piet De Rycker [fr] Thilo Rothkirch [de] | Hans Zimmer Henning Lohner Nick Glennie-Smith | — |
| 2005 | Hellraiser: Deader | Rick Bota | Henning Lohner | — |
| 2005 | BloodRayne | Uwe Boll | Henning Lohner | — |
| 2005 | Santa's Slay | David Steiman | Henning Lohner | Uncredited |
| 2005 | Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit | Steve Box Nick Park | Julian Nott | — |
| 2006 | The Da Vinci Code | Ron Howard | Hans Zimmer | — |
| 2006 | Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest | Gore Verbinski | Hans Zimmer | — |
| 2006 | The Killing of John Lennon | Andrew Piddington | Martin Kiszko Makana | — |
| 2006 | The Holiday | Nancy Meyers | Hans Zimmer | — |
| 2007 | Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End | Gore Verbinski | Hans Zimmer | — |
| 2007 | Transformers | Michael Bay | Steve Jablonsky | — |
| 2007 | The Simpsons Movie | David Silverman | Hans Zimmer | — |
| 2007 | Bee Movie | Simon J. Smith Steve Hickner | Rupert Gregson-Williams | — |
| 2008 | Iron Man | Jon Favreau | Ramin Djawadi | Also arranger |
| 2008 | The Dark Knight | Christopher Nolan | Hans Zimmer James Newton Howard | — |
| 2008 | Frost/Nixon | Ron Howard | Hans Zimmer | Also orchestrator |
| 2008 | Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa | Eric Darnell Tom McGrath | Hans Zimmer | — |
| 2009 | Angels & Demons | Ron Howard | Hans Zimmer | — |
| 2009 | Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen | Michael Bay | Steve Jablonsky | — |
| 2009 | Sherlock Holmes | Guy Ritchie | Hans Zimmer | Also score producer |
| 2010 | Inception | Christopher Nolan | Hans Zimmer | Also score producer |
| 2011 | Rango | Gore Verbinski | Hans Zimmer | Also score producer |
| 2011 | Kung Fu Panda 2 | Jennifer Yuh Nelson | Hans Zimmer John Powell | — |
| 2011 | 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 | Hans Zimmer | — |
| 2012 | The Dark Knight Rises | Christopher Nolan | Hans Zimmer | — |
| 2013 | The Lone Ranger | Gore Verbinski | Hans Zimmer | — |
| 2013 | Rush | Ron Howard | Hans Zimmer | — |
| 2013 | 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 | Hans Zimmer | Also score producer |
| 2019 | Looking Up | Deng Chao | Steffen Thum | Also executive score producer |
| 2019 | Ad Astra | James Gray | Max Richter | — |

### Documentary films

| Year | Title | Director(s) | Notes |
| 2013 | Girl Rising | Richard Robbins | — |
| 2013 | Salinger | Shane Salerno | — |
| 2014 | Manny | Leon Gast Ryan Moore | — |
| 2014 | The Last Man on the Moon | Mark Craig | — |
| 2014 | Pantani: The Accidental Death of a Cyclist | James Erskine | — |
| 2014 | Above and Beyond | Roberta Grossman | — |
| 2016 | Le Mans: 3D | James Erskine | — |
| 2016 | The Fresco Fiasco | Victoria Wimpenny | — |
| 2018 | Studio 54 | Matt Tyrnauer | — |
| 2019 | Where's My Roy Cohn? | Matt Tyrnauer | — |
| 2020 | Rebuilding Paradise | Ron Howard | Composed With Hans Zimmer |
| 2024 | Carville: Winning Is Everything, Stupid! | Matt Tyrnauer | — |
| 2025 | We Are Storror | Michael Bay | — |

### 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 | — |
| 2010 | Sodales | Jessica Biel | — |
| 2011 | When You Find Me | Bryce Dallas Howard | — |
| 2011 | J.A.W. | Nate Parker | — |
| 2013 | Evermore | Biz Stone | — |
| 2013 | Making a Scene | Janusz Kamiński | — |
| 2013 | 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 & Hans Zimmer |
| 2016 | Alibi | Cameron Burnett | — |
| 2017 | Them | Nate James Williams | — |
| 2017 | Rakka | Neill Blomkamp | Main composer |
| 2017 | Firebase | Neill Blomkamp | Main composer |
| 2017 | Zygote | Neill Blomkamp | Main composer |
| 2017 | Adam: The Mirror | Neill Blomkamp | Main composer |
| 2017 | 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 Naked | Documentary series |
| 2007 | The Science of Superstorms | Documentary series |
| 2007 | 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 |
| 2015 | A.D. The Bible Continues | Miniseries Composed with Hans Zimmer |
| 2015 | Saints & Strangers | Miniseries |
| 2016 | The Story of God with Morgan Freeman | Documentary series |
| 2016-18 | The Investigator: A British Crime Story | Documentary series |
| 2016-18 | Marcella | |
| 2017 | Le Mans: Racing Is Everything | Documentary series |
| 2017 | 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; soundtracks |
| 2022 | Man vs. Bee | |
| 2022 | Mayflies | |
| 2023 | Life on Our Planet | |

### Video games

| Year | Title | Notes |
| 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 Nominated - Interactive Achievement Award for Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Composition |
| 2011 | Rango | — |
| 2011 | Crysis 2 | Main theme composed by Hans Zimmer Composed with Borislav Slavov, Hans Zimmer & Tilman Sillescu |
| 2011 | Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure | Main theme composed by Hans Zimmer Additional music by Andrew Kawczynski & Pete Adams |
| 2011 | Assassin's Creed: Revelations | Cinematics and multiplayer music with Jesper Kyd Nominated - BAFTA Award for Best Original Music |
| 2012 | Skylanders: Giants | — |
| 2012 | 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 Nominated - D.I.C.E. Award for Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Composition |
| 2013 | Skylanders: Swap Force | — |
| 2014 | Skylanders: Trap Team | — |
| 2015 | Skylanders: SuperChargers | — |
| 2015 | Honor of Kings | Composed with Hans Zimmer, Duncan Watt & Jeff Broadbent |
| 2016 | Skylanders: Imaginators | — |
| 2018 | FIFA 19 | Composed with Hans Zimmer |
| 2024 | Dragon Age: The Veilguard | Composed with Hans Zimmer |