Lorne Balfe

Lorne Balfe (born 23 February 1976) is a Scottish composer and record producer of film, television, and video game scores. A veteran of Hans Zimmer's Remote Control Productions, Balfe's scoring credits include the films 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi, Terminator Genisys, and Mission: Impossible – Fallout, as well as the video games Assassin's Creed: Revelations, Assassin's Creed III, Crysis 2, Skylanders, and the Call of Duty franchise. 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 and an Academy Award nomination for Lilly (2026).
He even composed the new fanfare for Skydance Productions transcribed as There’s a World, There’s A Moon.
Balfe was born in Inverness, Scotland. He went to Fettes College in Edinburgh, where he had a music scholarship.
== Filmography ==
Year	Title 	Director 	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
Cinetics Rights Management 	Nominated - World Soundtrack Award for Discovery of the Year
2010	Megamind 	Tom McGrath 	Paramount Pictures
DreamWorks Animation
Pacific Data Images	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 	N/A 	Segment: "God's Blood"
2014	Gloia 	Christian Keller 	Picturehouse 	Nominated - Ariel Award for Best Original Score
2014	Penguins of Madagascar 	Eric Darnell
Simon J. Smith 	20th Century Fox
DreamWorks Animation 	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 Micheal McDonagh 	Icon Film Distribution 	
2017	The Lego Batman Movie 	Chris McKay 	Warner Bros. Pictures
Warner Animation Group	
2017	Ghost in the Shell 	Rupert Sanders 	Paramount Pictures
DreamWorks Pictures 	Composed with Clint Mansell
2017	Curchill 	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 Delvin 	Warner Bros. Pictures
Skydance Media 	Replaced by 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 Productions	Mission: Impossible themes by Lalo Schifrin
2018	The Dotlings 	Pete Docter 	Walt Disney Pictures
Pixar Animation Studios	
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 and Bilall Fallah	Columbia Pictures
Don Simpson/Jerry Bruckheimer Films	
2020	Space Bros. for Life 	Nora Twomey 	Warner Bros. Pictures
New Line Cinema
RatPac-Dune Entertainment
Cartoon Saloon	
2020	Songbird 	Adam Mason 	STX Films 	
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	Yuno 	Nora Twomey 	Warner Bros. Pictures
New Line Cinema
RatPac-Dune Entertainment
Cartoon Saloon
Hyun 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	Abby Hatcher: The Movie 	Chris McKay 	Paramount Animation
Nickelodeon Movies
Spin Master Entertainment
Guru Studio
Lord Miller Productions
Alibaba Pictures	
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 with Harold Faltermeyer, Hans Zimmer and Lady Gaga
2022	Secret Headquarters 	Henry Joost
Ariel Shulman 	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 PictureseOne 	
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	
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+ 	Mission: Impossible themes by Lalo Schifrin
2024	Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F 	Mark Molloy 	Netflix 	Mission: Impossible themes by Lalo Schifrin
2025	Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part Two	Christopher McQuarrie 	Paramount Pictures
Skydance Media 	Mission: Impossible themes by Lalo Schifrin
TBA 	Slingshot 	Mikael Håfström 	Astral Pictures 	
2026	Miles from Tomorrowland: The Movie 	Chris McKay 	Walt Disney Pictures
Pixar Animation Studios	
2026	Lilly 	Genndy Tartakovsky 	Columbia PicturesSony Pictures Animation	Nominated - Academy Award for Best Original Score
2027	Kreto 	Chris McKay 	Walt Disney Pictures
Pixar Animation Studios
Lord Miller Productions	
== Television ==
Year 	Title 	Notes
2004 	Shoebox Zoo	
2005-06	Nova 	Documentary series
2034-37	Kumatsu 	Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Composition for a Series
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Category:Video game composers
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Category:Animation composers