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: Honour 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. He went to Fettes College in Edinburgh, where he had a music scholarship.
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