Lorne Balfe (born 23 February 1976) is a Scottish composer and music producer, known for his work scoring film, television, and video games.
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Life and career
Balfe was born in Inverness, Scotland. He went to Fettes College in Edinburgh, where he had a music scholarship.
A veteran of Hans Zimmer's Remote Control Productions, Balfe's scoring credits include the films 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, Rumble, Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves, Gran Turismo, Argylle, Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F, The Naked Gun, The Cat in the Hat, and three DreamWorks Animation films: Megamind, Penguins of Madagascar, and Home.
He has also scored 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 frequently collaborates with the directors Michael Bay, Chris McKay, Christopher McQuarrie, Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah, Mikael Håfström and Jaume Collet-Serra; and violinists Charlie Bisharat and Eun-Mee Ahn.
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.
Balfe is also involved in The Game Awards as the conductor of the Game Awards Orchestra and the composer and arranger of several musical performances performed at the show. Since The Game Awards 2018, he has composed a medley of the themes of the six nominees for Game of the Year every year as a presentation of the award at the end of the show.