Lorne Balfe

Lorne Balfe
Background information
Born	23 February 1976 Inverness, Scotland
Occupation(s)	Composer, music producer
Years active	1999–present
Website	Lorne Balfe

Lorne Balfe (born 23 February 1976) is a Scottish music producer and composer for film, television, and video games.. He is best known for composing music for films such as Terminator Genisys, iBoy, and 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi, DreamWorks animated films Home and Penguins of Madagascar, video games Assassin's Creed: Revelations and Crysis 2, and the Skylanders franchise. He has a studio at Hans Zimmer's company Remote Control Productions, and has collaborated with him on multiple projects. He sometimes composes under the pseudonym "Oswin Mackintosh".

Discography

Year	Title	Director(s)	Studio(s)	Notes
2004	Shoebox Zoo [1]	Multiple	BBC One	Children's television production
2009	Crying with Laughter	Justin Molonitkov	Cinetic Rights Management	N/A
	Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2	Jason West	Activision	Main theme by Hans Zimmer Also score producer
	Sherlock Holmes	Guy Ritchie	Silver Pictures Village Roadshow Pictures Warner Bros. Pictures	Score composed by Hans Zimmer Score producer with Zimmer
2010	Megamind	Tom McGrath	Paramount Pictures DreamWorks Animation Pacific Data Images	with Hans Zimmer
2011	The Dilemma	Ron Howard	Imagine Entertainment Spyglass Entertainment Universal Pictures	with Hans Zimmer
	Ironclad	Jonathan English	Arc Entertainment	N/A
	Rango	James Ward Byrkit	Behaviour Interactive Electronic Arts	Video game
	Crysis 2	Cevat Yerli	Crytek Frankfurt Electronic Arts	with Hans Zimmer, Borislav Slavov, and Tilman Sillescu
	Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure	N/A	Activision	Main theme by Hans Zimmer; additional music by Andrew Kawczynski and Pete Adams
	Assassin's Creed: Revelations	Alexandre Amancio	Ubisoft	Cinematics and multiplayer music; with Jesper Kyd; additional music by Andrew Kawczynski and Steve Mazzaro
	Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows	Guy Ritchie	Silver Pictures Village Roadshow Pictures Warner Bros. Pictures	Score composed by Hans Zimmer Score producer with Zimmer
2012	The Sweeney	Nick Love	Vertigo Films Entertainment One	N/A
	Skylanders: Giants	N/A	Activision	Additional music by Dave Fleming, Andrew Kawczynski, and Jasha Klebe
	Assassins Creed III	Alex Hutchinson	Ubisoft	Additional music by Max Aruj, Dave Fleming, Andrew Kawczynski, Jasha Klebe, and Steve Mazzaro
2013	The Bible	Roma Downey, Mark Burnett, Richard Bedser	LightWorkers Media	With Hans Zimmer and Lisa Gerrard
	Magpie	Marc Price	Mitchell-Brunt Films	N/A
	The Frozen Ground	Scott Walker	Lionsgate	N/A
	Red Wing	Will Wallace	Hammond Entertainment	N/A
	Side by Side	Arthur Landon	Newtide Films	N/A
	Not Another Happy Ending	John McKay	British Film Company	N/A
	Blackwood	Adam Winpenny	Wildcard Films	N/A
	Beyond: Two Souls	David Cage	Quantic Dream	Finished score due to the death of Normand Corbeil
	Skylanders: Swap Force	N/A	Activision	N/A
2014	Son of God	Christopher Spencer	Lightworkers Media 20th Century Fox	with Hans Zimmer and Lisa Gerrard
	The Distortion of Sound	Jacob Rosenberg	Harman International Industries	N/A
	Skylanders: Trap Team	N/A	Activision	N/A
	Penguins of Madagascar	Simon J. Smith Eric Darnell	20th Century Fox DreamWorks Animation Pacific Data Images	N/A
2015	Home	Tim Johnson	20th Century Fox DreamWorks Animation	N/A
	A.D. The Bible Continues	Roma Downey, Mark Burnett, Richard Bedser	LightWorkers Media	With Hans Zimmer
	Terminator Genisys	Alan Taylor	Skydance Productions Paramount Pictures	Replaced Christophe Beck
	Captive	Jerry Jameson	Paramount Pictures	N/A
	Skylanders: SuperChargers	N/A	Activision	additional music by Max Aruj, Steffen Thum and Thomas Farnon
2016	13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi	Michael Bay	3 Arts Entertainment Paramount Pictures	N/A
	Kung Fu Panda 3	Jennifer Yuh Nelson, Alessandro Carloni	DreamWorks Animation	Score producer only score composed by Hans Zimmer
	Marcella	Charles Martin	Buccaneer Media	N/A
	Skylanders Imaginators		Activision	N/A
2017	The Lego Batman Movie	Chris McKay	Vertigo Entertainment Animal Logic DC Entertainment Warner Animation Group Warner Bros. Pictures	N/A

References

1. https://twitter.com/Lornebalfe/status/766394418215653376

External links

• Lorne Balfe at the Internet Movie Database
• Lorne Balfe Interview at www.reviewgraveyard.com
• Interview with Lorne Balfe at FilmMusicSite.com