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British composer
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Male
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Birth:
23 February 1976(Inverness)
The details
Biography
Introduction
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 | 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 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 | with Explosions in the Sky |