Balfe in 2007
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 |
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| 2004 | Crazy in Love | Matt Routledge | United Home Entertainment
Studio Bangkok Entertainment Co. Ltd. |
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| 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 | |
| Ironclad | Jonathan English | Warner Bros. Pictures | ||
| 2012 | The Sweeney | Nick Love | Entertainment One
Vertigo Films |
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| 2013 | The Frozen Ground | Scott Walker | Lionsgate | |
| Red Wing | Will Wallace | Gravitas Ventures | ||
| Side by Side | Arthur Landon | Newtide Films
Nanny Films |
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| 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 |
| Blackwood | Adam Wimpenny | Wildcard Films | ||
| Words with Gods | Guillermo Arriaga | N/A | Segment: "God's Blood" | |
| Gloia | Christian Keller | Picturehouse | Nominated - Ariel Award for Best Original Score | |
| 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 | Composed with Stargate | |
| Bone in the Throat | Graham Henman | Upload Films
Hello and Company Dignity Film Finance |
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| Dough | John Goldschmidt | |||
| Terminator: Genisys | Alan Taylor | Paramount Pictures
Skydance Productions |
Replaced Christophe Beck
Terminator themes by Brad Fiedel | |
| Sommeren '92 | Kasper Barfoed | SF Film | Composed with Jeppe Kaas | |
| Captive | Jerry Jameson | Paramount Pictures | ||
| American Hero | Nick Love | Screen Media Films
Vertigo Films |
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| 2016 | 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi | Michael Bay | Paramount Pictures
3 Arts Entertainment Bay Films |
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| War on Everyone | John Micheal McDonagh | Icon Film Distribution | ||
| 2017 | The Lego Batman Movie | Chris McKay | Warner Bros. Pictures
Warner Animation Group |
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| Ghost in the Shell | Rupert Sanders | Paramount Pictures
DreamWorks Pictures |
Composed with Clint Mansell | |
| Curchill | Jonathan Teplitzky | Lionsgate | ||
| The Florida Project | Sean Baker | A24
Cre Film Freestyle Picture Company Cinereach June Pictures |
Orchestral version of "Celebration" by Kool & The Gang | |
| 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 |
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| The Hurricane Heist | Rob Cohen | Entertainment Studios | ||
| Pacific Rim: Uprising | Steven S. DeKnight | Universal Pictures
Legendary Pictures Double Dare You Productions |
Replaced John Paesano | |
| Mission: Impossible - Fallout | Christopher McQuarrie | Paramount Pictures
Skydance Media Bad Robot Productions |
Mission: Impossible themes by Lalo Schifrin | |
| The Dotlings | Pete Docter | Walt Disney Pictures | ||
| 2019 | Georgetown | Christoph Waltz | Vertical Entertainment
Paramount Pictures |
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| Gemini Man | Ang Lee | Paramount Pictures
Skydance Media Jerry Bruckheimer Films |
Replaced Marco Beltrami | |
| Jungleland | Max Winkler | Vertical Entertainment
Romulus Entertainment Scott Free Productions |
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| Military Wives | Peter Cattaneo | Lionsgate | ||
| 6 Underground | Michael Bay | Netflix
Skydance Media |
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| 2020 | Bad Boys for Life | Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah | Columbia Pictures
Don Simpson/Jerry Bruckheimer Films |
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| Space Bros. for Life | Nora Twomey | Warner Bros. Pictures | ||
| Songbird | Adam Mason | STX Films | ||
| 2021 | Outside the Wire | Mikael Håfström | Netflix | |
| The Tomorrow War | Chris McKay | Amazon Studios
Paramount Pictures Skydance Media |
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| Black Widow | Cate Shortland | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
Marvel Studios |
Replaced Alexandre Desplat | |
| Yuno | Nora Twomey | Warner Bros. Pictures
New Line Cinema RatPac-Dune Entertainment Cartoon Saloon Hyun Studios | ||
| The Forgiven | John Michael McDonagh | Focus Features | ||
| Silent Night | Camille Griffin | RLJE Films | ||
| Rumble | Hamish Grieve | Paramount Pictures
WWE Studios |
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| 2022 | Abby Hatcher: The Movie | Chris McKay | Paramount Animation
Lord Miller Productions Alibaba Pictures |
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| Ambulance | Michael Bay | Universal Pictures | Additional music by Adam Price | |
| 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 | |
| Secret Headquarters | Henry Joost
Ariel Shulman |
Paramount Pictures
Jerry Bruckheimer Films |
Replaced Rob Simonsen | |
| Black Adam | Jaume Collet-Serra | Warner Bros. Pictures
New Line Cinema DC Films Seven Bucks Productions FlynnPictureCo. |
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| Ticket to Paradise | Ol Parker | Universal Pictures
Working Title Films Smokehouse Pictures Red Om Films |
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| 2023 | Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves | Jonathan Goldstein
John Francis Daley |
Paramount PictureseOne | |
| Tetris | Jon S. Baird | Apple TV+ | ||
| Ghosted | Dexter Fletcher | |||
| Gran Turismo | Neill Blomkamp | Columbia Pictures
PlayStation Productions Trigger Street Productions 2.0 Entertainment |
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| Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One | Christopher McQuarrie | Paramount Pictures
Skydance Media |
Mission: Impossible themes by Lalo Schifrin | |
| 2024 | Argylle | Matthew Vaughn | Apple TV+ | |
| Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F | Mark Molloy | Netflix | ||
| 2025 | Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part Two | Christopher McQuarrie | Paramount Pictures
Skydance Media | |
| TBA | Slingshot | Mikael Håfström | Astral Pictures | |
| 2026 | Miles from Tomorrowland: The Movie | Chris McKay | Walt Disney Pictures | |
| Lilly | Genndy Tartakovsky | Columbia PicturesSony Pictures Animation | Nominated - Academy Award for Best Original Score | |
| 2027 | Kreto | Chris McKay | Walt Disney Pictures
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 |