Lorne Balfe (born 23 February 1976) is a British composer and record producer of film, television, and video game scores. A veteran of Hans Zimmer's Remote Control Productions, Balme is known for his composing music for big-budget films like 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi, Terminator Genisys, Mission: Impossible – Fallout, the DreamWorks Animation films Home and Penguins of Madagascar, as well as the video games Assassin's Creed: Revelations, Assassin's Creed III, Crysis 2, Skylanders, the Call of Duty franchise and the new fanfare for Skydance Media, which debuted in The Adam Project. He has also scored the television series The Bible, Marcella, The Crown, and Genius, the latter for which he was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Original Main Title Theme Music.
Balfe was born in Inverness, Scotland. He went to Fettes College in Edinburgh, where he had a music scholarship.
Feature Film Filmography[]
| Year | Film | Position | Co-Composed with | Company |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Megamind | Music | Hans Zimmer | DreamWorks Animation |
| 2014 | Penguins of Madagascar | N/A | ||
| 2015 | Home | Stargate |