Lorne Balfe
Lorne Balfe | |
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Balfe in 2007 | |
Background information | |
Also known as | Oswin Mackintosh |
Born | (1976-02-23) 23 February 1976 (age 48) Inverness, Scotland |
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, and Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah.
He composed the new fanfare for Skydance Productions transcribed as There’s a World, There’s A Moon.
Early life and education
Balfe was born in Inverness, Scotland.[1] He went to Fettes College in Edinburgh, where he had a music scholarship.[2]
Discography
Feature films
As composer of additional music
Year | Title | Director(s) | Composer(s) | Notes |
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2002 | 666 – Traue keinem, mit dem du schläfst! | Rainer Matsutani | Henning Lohner | — |
2003 | Mimic 3: Sentinel | J. T. Petty | — | |
2004 | Incident at Loch Ness | Zak Penn | — | |
Laura's Star | Piet De Rycker [fr] Thilo Rothkirch [de] | Hans Zimmer Henning Lohner Nick Glennie-Smith | — | |
2005 | Hellraiser: Deader | Rick Bota | Henning Lohner | — |
BloodRayne | Uwe Boll | — | ||
Santa's Slay | David Steiman | Uncredited | ||
Wallace and Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit | Steve Box Nick Park | Julian Nott | — | |
2006 | The Da Vinci Code | Ron Howard | Hans Zimmer | — |
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest | Gore Verbinski | — | ||
The Killing of John Lennon | Andrew Piddington | Martin Kiszko Makana | — | |
The Holiday | Nancy Meyers | Hans Zimmer | — | |
2007 | Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End | Gore Verbinski | — | |
Transformers | Michael Bay | Steve Jablonsky | — | |
The Simpsons Movie | David Silverman | Hans Zimmer | — | |
Bee Movie | Simon J. Smith | Rupert Gregson-Williams | — | |
2008 | Iron Man | Jon Favreau | Ramin Djawadi | Also arranger |
The Dark Knight | Christopher Nolan | Hans Zimmer James Newton Howard | — | |
Frost/Nixon | Ron Howard | Hans Zimmer | Also orchestrator | |
Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa | Eric Darnell Tom McGrath | — | ||
2009 | Angels & Demons | Ron Howard | — | |
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen | Michael Bay | Steve Jablonsky | — | |
Sherlock Holmes | Guy Ritchie | Hans Zimmer | Also score producer | |
2010 | Inception | Christopher Nolan | ||
2011 | Rango | Gore Verbinski | ||
Kung Fu Panda 2 | Jennifer Yuh Nelson | Hans Zimmer John Powell | — | |
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows | Guy Ritchie | Hans Zimmer | Also score producer | |
2012 | Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted | Eric Darnell Conrad Vernon Tom McGrath | — | |
The Dark Knight Rises | Christopher Nolan | — | ||
2013 | The Lone Ranger | Gore Verbinski | — | |
Rush | Ron Howard | — | ||
Captain Phillips | Paul Greengrass | Henry Jackman | Uncredited | |
2016 | Kung Fu Panda 3 | Jennifer Yuh Nelson Alessandro Carloni | Hans Zimmer | Also score producer |
2017 | Dunkirk | Christopher Nolan | ||
2019 | Looking Up | Deng Chao | Steffen Thum | Also executive score producer |
Ad Astra | James Gray | Max Richter | — |
Documentary films
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 |
Short films
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 |
Television
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 |
Video games
Year | Title | Notes | Ref. |
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2009 | Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 | Composed with Hans Zimmer Nominated - BAFTA Award for Best Original Score | |
2011 | Rango | — | |
Crysis 2 | Main theme composed by Hans Zimmer Composed with Borislav Slavov, Hans Zimmer & Tilman Sillescu | ||
Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure | Main theme composed by Hans Zimmer Additional music by Andrew Kawczynski & Pete Adams | ||
Assassin's Creed: Revelations | Cinematics and multiplayer music with Jesper Kyd Nominated - BAFTA Award for Best Original Music | ||
2012 | Skylanders: Giants | — | |
Assassin's Creed III | Nominated- BAFTA Award for Best Original Music | ||
2013 | Beyond: Two Souls | Finished score due to the death of Normand Corbeil Nominated - BAFTA Award for Best Original Music | |
Skylanders: Swap Force | — | ||
2014 | Skylanders: Trap Team | — | |
2015 | Skylanders: SuperChargers | — | |
Honor of Kings | Composed with Hans Zimmer, Duncan Watt & Jeff Broadbent | ||
2016 | Skylanders: Imaginators | — | |
2018 | FIFA 19 | Composed with Hans Zimmer[12] |
References
- ^ Glen, Louise (19 July 2021). "Inverness composer Lorne Balfe is raffling Black Widow signed score for Highland Hospice at only £10 a try". The Inverness Courier. Retrieved 8 November 2022.
- ^ "Composing a career of note in LA". The Scotsman. 9 July 2002. Archived from the original on 24 September 2019.
- ^ Erlich, David (21 May 2020). "Alexandre Desplat on Wes Anderson's Amazing 'French Dispatch' and del Toro's Musical 'Pinocchio'". IndieWire. Archived from the original on 22 May 2020. Retrieved 22 May 2020.
- ^ "Lorne Balfe Scoring Michael Bay's 'Ambulance'". Film Music Reporter. 4 August 2021. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
- ^ "Lorne Balfe Scoring Henry Joost's & Ariel Schulman's 'Secret Headquarters' | Film Music Reporter".
- ^ "Lorne Balfe to Score Neill Blomkamp's 'Gran Turismo' | Film Music Reporter".
- ^ a b "Lorne Balfe to Return for Christopher McQuarrie's 'Mission: Impossible 7 & 8' | Film Music Reporter". Retrieved 11 October 2020.
- ^ Lorne Balfe [@Lornebalfe] (18 August 2016). "#TBT Shoebox Zoo for the BBC . This was my first TV show . Listen to the main theme" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ "Lorne Balfe to Score BBC's & HBO's 'His Dark Materials'". Film Music Reporter. Retrieved 15 August 2019.
- ^ "2010 Awards Category Details Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Composition". interactive.org. Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences. Retrieved 17 April 2024.
- ^ "2014 Awards Category Details Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Composition". interactive.org. Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences. Retrieved 17 April 2024.
- ^ Hopkins, Tom (31 August 2018). "Full FIFA 19 Soundtrack Revealed; Hans Zimmer Working on The Journey's Score". Twinfinite. Retrieved 31 August 2018.
External links
- Official website
- Lorne Balfe at IMDb
- Lorne Balfe Interview at www.reviewgraveyard.com
- Interview with Lorne Balfe at FilmMusicSite.com
- Composing a career of note (Scotsman)
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- Megamind (2010)
- Penguins of Madagascar (2014)
- Terminator Genisys (2015)
- The Lego Batman Movie (2017)
- Pacific Rim Uprising (2018)
- Mission: Impossible – Fallout (2018)
- Gemini Man (2019)
- The Tomorrow War (2021)
- Black Widow (2021)
- The Wheel of Time (2021–present)
- Top Gun: Maverick (2022)
- Black Adam (2022)
- Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves (2023)
- Tetris (2023)
- Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One (2023)
- Gran Turismo (2023)
- Argylle (2024)
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