Lorne Balfe
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Lorne Balfe

Born 23 February 1976 · Inverness, Scotland, UK
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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.

Known for

Black Widow
Mission: Impossible - Fallout
Terminator Genisys
Bad Boys for Life
Ghost in the Shell
Megamind
Black Adam
The Lego Batman Movie
Gemini Man
Pacific Rim: Uprising
Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One
Geostorm
The Species
7 Dogs
The Cat in the Hat
The Cut
We Are Storror
Novocaine
The Woman in the Yard
Hallow Road
The Naked Gun
Argylle
Bad Boys: Ride or Die
Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F
Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl
Decoded
Carry-On
Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One
Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves
Tetris
Luther: The Fallen Sun
Ghosted
Gran Turismo
Ambulance
Infinite Storm
The Forgiven
Secret Headquarters
Black Adam
Ticket to Paradise
Resurrection
Silent Night
Skyanders: Awaken of Evil
Rumble
Black Widow
The Tomorrow War
Outside the Wire
Rebuilding Paradise
Songbird
Bad Boys for Life
Jungleland
Military Wives
Master Moley by Royal Invitation
6 Underground
Gemini Man
Where's My Roy Cohn?
Georgetown
Apex Legends Stories from the Outlands "Voidwalker"
Mission: Impossible - Fallout
12 Strong
Pacific Rim: Uprising
The Hurricane Heist
Studio 54
Geostorm
The Florida Project
Churchill
Ghost in the Shell
Adam: The Prophet
Adam: The Mirror
The Lego Batman Movie
Rakka
Zygote
Firebase
War on Everyone
13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi
Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Scroll
Bone in the Throat
Home
Terminator Genisys
Captive
American Hero
Summer of '92
Wasted Beauty
Dough
Gloria
Almost Home
Blackwood
Son of God
Manny
Penguins of Madagascar
Pantani: The Accidental Death of a Cyclist
The Frozen Ground
Red Wing
Girl Rising
Not Another Happy Ending
Salinger
Making a Scene | 11 Performances
Side by Side
The Sweeney
Ironclad
Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Masters
Megamind: The Button of Doom
The Dilemma
Five
J.A.W.
Megamind
Sodales
The Ties That Bind Us
Mystery of the Megavolcano
Ancient Warriors
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