Lorne Balfe | |
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Background information | |
Also known as | Oswin Mackintosh |
Born | Inverness, Scotland | 23 February 1976
Genres | Film scores, video game score, electronic, new age, ambient, rock, alternative rock, jazz |
Occupation(s) | Composer, music producer |
Instruments | Piano, keyboards, synthesizer, guitar |
Years active | 1999–present |
Website | Official website |
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 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 Productions transcribed as There’s a World, There’s A Moon. Balfe also composed the Annapurna Pictures deep note opening logo.
Balfe was born in Inverness, Scotland. [1] He went to Fettes College in Edinburgh, where he had a music scholarship. [2]
Year | Title | Director(s) | Notes |
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2013 | Girl Rising | Richard Robbins | — |
Salinger | Shane Salerno | — | |
2014 | Manny | Leon Gast Ryan Moore | — |
The Last Man on the Moon | Mark Craig | — | |
Pantani: The Accidental Death of a Cyclist | James Erskine | — | |
Above and Beyond | Roberta Grossman | — | |
2016 | Le Mans: 3D | James Erskine | — |
The Fresco Fiasco | Victoria Wimpenny | — | |
2018 | Studio 54 | Matt Tyrnauer | — |
2019 | Where's My Roy Cohn? | — | |
2020 | Rebuilding Paradise | Ron Howard | Composed With Hans Zimmer |
Year | Title | Director(s) | Notes |
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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 & 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 |
Year | Title | Notes |
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2004 | Shoebox Zoo [8] | |
2005-06 | Nova | Documentary series |
2006-07 | How to Look Good Naked | |
2007 | The Science of Superstorms | |
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 |
A.D. The Bible Continues | Miniseries Composed with Hans Zimmer | |
Saints & Strangers | Miniseries | |
2016 | The Story of God with Morgan Freeman | Documentary series |
2016-18 | The Investigator: A British Crime Story | |
Marcella | ||
2017 | Le Mans: Racing Is Everything | Documentary series |
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 [9] | |
2020 | Pennyworth | |
2021 | Dopesick | Miniseries |
2021 | The Wheel of Time | Replaced David Buckley |
2022 | Man vs. Bee | |
2022 | Mayflies | |
2023 | Life on Our Planet |
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Megamind: Music from the Motion Picture is a soundtrack to the 2010 film of the same name, released by Lakeshore Records and composed by Hans Zimmer and Lorne Balfe. It was released on November 2, 2010 in the United States and Canada. The soundtrack gathered mixed reviews from most music critics.
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Black Widow (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) is the film score for the 2021 Marvel Studios film Black Widow. The score was composed by Lorne Balfe, with the soundtrack album being released by Hollywood Records on July 9, 2021.
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Mission: Impossible – Fallout is the score album to the 2018 film Mission: Impossible – Fallout. The sixth installment in the Mission: Impossible film series, starring Tom Cruise, and the sequel to Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation (2015), the film is directed by Christopher McQuarrie and featured original score composed by Lorne Balfe, in McQuarrie's maiden collaboration and also replacing Joe Kraemer who composed for McQuarrie's previous films, including Rogue Nation. The album was released digitally on July 13, 2018 by Paramount Music, and the physical version of the soundtrack was released by La-La Land Records on September 19.
Terminator Genisys: Music from the Motion Picture is the soundtrack album composed by Lorne Balfe for the 2015 film of the same name, directed by Alan Taylor, which is the fifth installment and a reboot of the Terminator franchise, taking the premise of the original film. The album was initially set to be scored by Christophe Beck, before Balfe replaced him. Hans Zimmer served as the executive producer of the film's soundtrack. The album featured 22 tracks, and was released on June 24, 2015 under the Skydance Media and Paramount Music labels.
Black Adam (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) is the score album composed by Lorne Balfe, for the 2022 film Black Adam, based on the DC Comics character of the same name. The album features 43 tracks and was released by WaterTower Music on October 21, 2022,. It was preceded by two singles – Black Adam and the Justice Society's themes, released on September 30 and October 5, respectively.
Penguins of Madagascar: Music from the Motion Picture is the score album for the 2014 film Penguins of Madagascar. The fourth instalment and spin-off of the Madagascar film series, features original score composed by Lorne Balfe, in his first solo debut in a DreamWorks Animation film. He previously wrote additional music for the previous two Madagascar films and also co-composed the score of Megamind (2010) with Hans Zimmer. Zimmer and his music company Remote Control Productions produced the original soundtrack.
Kung Fu Panda 3 (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) is the soundtrack album to the 2016 film Kung Fu Panda 3, the third instalment in the Kung Fu Panda franchise and the sequel to Kung Fu Panda 2 (2011). The film score is composed by Hans Zimmer, who scored the previous instalments with John Powell, but the latter did not return for the third instalment, thereby Zimmer being credited as the sole composer for the franchise. The album was released by Sony Classical Records on January 29, 2016, to positive critical response.
Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation is the score album to the 2015 film Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation. The fifth installment in the Mission: Impossible film series, starring Tom Cruise, and the sequel to Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol (2011), the film is directed by Christopher McQuarrie and featured musical score composed by Joe Kramer, who composed for McQuarrie's previous films, The Way of the Gun (2000) and Jack Reacher (2012). The album was released digitally on July 24, 2015, by Paramount Music, and the physical version of the soundtrack was released by La-La Land Records on the same day.
Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One is the soundtrack to the 2023 film Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One, the seventh instalment in the Mission: Impossible film series and the sequel to Mission: Impossible – Fallout (2018). Lorne Balfe, who composed the score for the predecessor, returned to provide music for the original planned two-part series of Dead Reckoning. The soundtrack to the film was released digitally on July 12, 2023, alongside the film by Sony Music Entertainment and Paramount Music, with a physical release to be followed on July 26, by La-La Land Records. The album was recorded in various parts of Europe with 500 musicians performing the score. The opening titles of the film were released as a single on July 6.
Gran Turismo (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) is the soundtrack to the 2023 film Gran Turismo. Jointly composed by Lorne Balfe and Andrew Kawczynski, the soundtrack consisting of 17 instrumental tracks from the score, was released by Sony Classical Records on August 11, 2023 in digital formats, with a physical release on August 25.
Argylle (Soundtrack from the Apple Original Film) is the soundtrack to the 2024 film of the same name directed by Matthew Vaughn. It contains 28 tracks, with two original songs—"Electric Energy" by Ariana DeBose, Boy George and Nile Rodgers, and "Get Up and Start Again" by DeBose—and the remainder consisted instrumental tracks from the film score composed by Lorne Balfe. The former was released as a single on January 26, 2024, and the soundtrack in its entirety released on February 2, 2024, through Platoon and Marv Music.
Two soundtracks were released for the epic biblical film Son of God: an original soundtrack and an album that featured music inspired by the film and an original soundtrack. The former featured compositions from the musical score composed by Hans Zimmer and Lorne Balfe and also featuring Lisa Gerrard; the trio worked on the History Channel television miniseries The Bible (2013), created by Mark Burnett and Roma Downey, who also produced the film under the Lightworkers Media. The album also consisted of remixed songs from CeeLo Green, OneRepublic, Sara Bareilles amongst others. The latter was distributed by Word Entertainment that featured contributions from Christian music artists Francesca Battistelli, Chris August, Dara Maclean, Sidewalk Prophets amongst others. Both the albums were released on February 25, 2014, three days before the film's release.