Lorne Balfe
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Background information | |
Born | Inverness, Scotland | 23 February 1976
Occupation(s) | Composer, music producer |
Years active | 1999–present |
Website | Lorne Balfe |
Lorne Balfe (born 23 February 1976) is a Scottish composer and music producer. He is best known for composing music for films such as Terminator Genisys, DreamWorks films Home and Penguins of Madagascar, Video Games Assassin's Creed: Revelations, 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 |
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2009 | Crying with Laughter | Justin Molonitkov | Cinetic Rights Management | — |
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 | Jason West | Activision | Main theme by Hans Zimmer Also score producer | |
Sherlock Holmes | Guy Ritchie | 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 | Universal Pictures Imagine Entertainment Spyglass Entertainment |
with Hans Zimmer |
Ironclad | Jonathan English | Arc Entertainment | — | |
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 | — | 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 | Warner Bros. Pictures | Score composed by Hans Zimmer Score producer with Zimmer | |
2012 | The Sweeney | Nick Love | Entertainment One | — |
Skylanders: Giants | — | 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 | — | |
The Frozen Ground | Scott Walker | Lionsgate | — | |
Red Wing | Will Wallace | Hammond Entertainment | — | |
Side by Side | Arthur Landon | Newtide Films | — | |
Not Another Happy Ending | John McKay | British Film Company | — | |
Blackwood | Adam Winpenny | Wildcard Films | — | |
Beyond: Two Souls | David Cage | Quantic Dream | Finished score due to the death of Normand Corbeil | |
Skylanders: Swap Force | — | Activision | — | |
2014 | Son of God | Christopher Spencer | 20th Century Fox | with Hans Zimmer and Lisa Gerrard |
The Distortion of Sound | Jacob Rosenberg | Harman International Industries | — | |
Skylanders: Trap Team | — | Activision | — | |
Penguins of Madagascar | Simon J. Smith Eric Darnell |
20th Century Fox DreamWorks Animation Pacific Data Images |
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2015 | Home | Tim Johnson | 20th Century Fox DreamWorks Animation |
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A.D. The Bible Continues | Roma Downey, Mark Burnett, Richard Bedser | LightWorkers Media | With Hans Zimmer | |
Terminator Genisys | Alan Taylor | Paramount Pictures | Replaced Christophe Beck | |
Captive | Jerry Jameson | Paramount Pictures | — | |
Skylanders: SuperChargers | — | Activision | additional music by Max Aruj, Steffen Thum and Thomas Farnon | |
2016 | 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi | Michael Bay | Paramount Pictures | — |
Kung Fu Panda 3 | Jennifer Yuh Nelson | DreamWorks Animation | Collaborated with Hans Zimmer | |
Marcella | Charles Martin | Buccaneer Media |
External links
- Lorne Balfe at IMDb
- Lorne Balfe Interview at www.reviewgraveyard.com
- Interview with Lorne Balfe at FilmMusicSite.com