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{{short description|Scottish composer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2018}}

{{Infobox musical artist
| name             = Lorne Balfe
| image            = Lorne Balfe.jpg
| image_size       = 
| birth_date       = {{birth date and age|1976|02|23|df=y}}
| birth_place      = {{Nowrap|[[Inverness]], Scotland}}
| background       = non_performing_personnel
| genre            = [[Film score]]s, [[video game music|video game score]], [[Electronic music|electronic]], [[New age music|new age]], [[Ambient (music)|ambient]], [[Rock music|rock]], [[alternative rock]], [[jazz]]
| instruments      = [[Piano]], [[Keyboard instrument|keyboards]], [[synthesizer]], [[guitar]]
| occupation       = Composer, music producer
| years_active     = 1999–present
| labels           = 
| website          = {{official website}}
| associated_acts  = [[Hans Zimmer]], [[Remote Control Productions (American company)|Remote Control Productions]]
| caption          = Balfe in 2007
| alias            = Oswin Mackintosh
}}

'''Lorne Balfe''' (born 23 February 1976) is a Scottish [[composer]] and [[record producer]] of [[film]], [[Television program|television]], and [[video game]] scores. 

A veteran of [[Hans Zimmer]]'s [[Remote Control Productions (American company)|Remote Control Productions]], Balfe's scoring credits include the films ''[[Megamind]]'', ''[[Penguins of Madagascar]]'', ''[[Home (2015 film)|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 (2021 film)|Black Widow]]'', ''[[Black Adam (film)|Black Adam]]'', ''[[Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves]]'', ''[[Gran Turismo (film)|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 (miniseries)|The Bible]]'', ''[[Marcella (TV series)|Marcella]]'', ''[[The Crown (TV series)|The Crown]]'', and ''[[Genius (U.S. TV series)|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]], [[Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah]], and [[Mikael Håfström]].

He composed the new fanfare for [[Skydance Productions]] transcribed as There's a World, There's A Moon. Balfe also composed the [[Annapurna Pictures]] deep note opening logo.

==Early life and education==

Balfe was born in [[Inverness]], [[Scotland]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.inverness-courier.co.uk/news/grab-a-bit-of-film-history-244865/|title=Inverness composer Lorne Balfe is raffling Black Widow signed score for Highland Hospice at only £10 a try|last=Glen|first=Louise|work=[[The Inverness Courier]]|date=19 July 2021|access-date=8 November 2022}}</ref> He went to [[Fettes College]] in Edinburgh, where he had a music scholarship.<ref name=Scotsman20020709>{{Cite web | url=https://www.scotsman.com/arts-and-culture/music/composing-a-career-of-note-in-la-1-846507 | title=Composing a career of note in LA | website=[[The Scotsman]] | date=9 July 2002 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190924111753/https://www.scotsman.com/arts-and-culture/music/composing-a-career-of-note-in-la-1-846507 | archive-date=2019-09-24 }}</ref>

==Discography==

=== Feature films ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Director(s)
! Studio(s)
! Notes
|-
| 2004
| ''Crazy in Love''
| Matt Routledge
| United Home Entertainment<br>Studio Bangkok Entertainment Co. Ltd.
| {{N/A}}
|-
| 2009
|''Crying with Laughter''
| Justin Molotnikov
| Brit Films<br>Cinetic Rights Management
| Nominated - [[World Soundtrack Academy|World Soundtrack Award for Discovery of the Year]]
|-
| 2010
|''[[Megamind]]''
|[[Tom McGrath (animator)|Tom McGrath]]
|[[Paramount Pictures]]<br>[[DreamWorks Animation]]<br>[[PDI/DreamWorks]]
| rowspan="2" | Composed with [[Hans Zimmer]]
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2011
|''[[The Dilemma]]''
|[[Ron Howard]]
|[[Universal Pictures]]<br>[[Imagine Entertainment]]<br>[[Spyglass Entertainment]]
|-
|''[[Ironclad (film)|Ironclad]]''
|[[Jonathan English]]
|[[Warner Bros. Pictures]]
| {{N/A}}
|-
| 2012
|''[[The Sweeney (2012 film)|The Sweeney]]''
|[[Nick Love]]
|[[Entertainment One]]<br>[[Vertigo Films]]
| {{N/A}}
|-
| rowspan="4" |2013
|''[[The Frozen Ground]]''
| Scott Walker
| [[Lionsgate]]
| {{N/A}}
|-
|''[[Red Wing (film)|Red Wing]]''
|[[Will Wallace]]
|Gravitas Ventures
| {{N/A}}
|-
|''Side by Side''
| Arthur Landon
| Newtide Films<br/>Nanny Films
| {{N/A}}
|-
|''[[Not Another Happy Ending]]''
|[[John McKay (director)|John McKay]]
|Kaleidoscope Home Entertainment<br>Synchronicity Films Ltd.<br>British Film Company
| Composed with [[Dan Michaelson]]
|-
| rowspan="5" |2014
|''[[Son of God (film)|Son of God]]''
| Christopher Spencer
| [[20th Century Fox]]<br>[[Lightworkers Media]]
| Composed with [[Hans Zimmer]] & [[Lisa Gerrard]]
|-
|''Blackwood''
| Adam Wimpenny
| Wildcard Films
| {{N/A}}
|-
|''[[Words with Gods]]''
|[[Guillermo Arriaga]]
|{{N/A}}
|Segment: "God's Blood"
|-
|[[Gloria (2014 film)|''Gloria'']]
|Christian Keller
|[[Picturehouse (company)|Picturehouse]]
|Nominated – [[Ariel Award]] for Best Original Score
|-
|''[[Penguins of Madagascar]]''
|[[Eric Darnell]]<br>[[Simon J. Smith]]
|[[20th Century Fox]]<br>[[DreamWorks Animation]]<br>[[PDI/DreamWorks]]
| First solo work on a DreamWorks film without Hans Zimmer
|-
| rowspan="7" | 2015
|''[[Home (2015 film)|Home]]''
|[[Tim Johnson (film director)|Tim Johnson]]
| [[20th Century Fox]]<br>[[DreamWorks Animation]]
| Composed with [[Stargate (music producers)|Stargate]]
|-
|''[[Bone in the Throat]]''
|Graham Henman
|Upload Films<br>Hello and Company<br>Dignity Film Finance
|{{N/A}}
|-
|[[Dough (film)|''Dough'']]
|[[John Goldschmidt]]
|{{N/A}}
|{{N/A}}
|-
|''[[Terminator Genisys]]''
|[[Alan Taylor (director)|Alan Taylor]]
|[[Paramount Pictures]]<br />[[Skydance Productions]]
| Replaced [[Christophe Beck]]<br>''Terminator'' themes by [[Brad Fiedel]]
|-
|''[[Sommeren '92]]''
|[[Kasper Barfoed]]
|SF Film
|Composed with Jeppe Kaas
|-
|''[[Captive (2015 film)|Captive]]''
|[[Jerry Jameson]]
|[[Paramount Pictures]]
| {{N/A}}
|-
|[[American Hero (film)|''American Hero'']]
|[[Nick Love]]
|[[Screen Media Films]]<br/>[[Vertigo Films]]
|{{N/A}}
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2016
|''[[13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi]]''
|[[Michael Bay]]
|[[Paramount Pictures]]<br>[[3 Arts Entertainment]]<br>[[Michael Bay|Bay Films]]
| {{N/A}}
|-
|''[[War on Everyone]]''
|[[John Michael McDonagh]]
|[[Icon Productions|Icon Film Distribution]]
| {{N/A}}
|-
| rowspan="5" | 2017
|''[[The Lego Batman Movie]]''
|[[Chris McKay]]
|[[Warner Bros. Pictures]]<br>[[Warner Animation Group]]<br>[[DC Entertainment]]<br>[[RatPac-Dune Entertainment|RatPac Entertainment]]<br>[[The Lego Group|Lego System A/S]]
| {{N/A}}
|-
|''[[Ghost in the Shell (2017 film)|Ghost in the Shell]]''
|[[Rupert Sanders]]
|[[Paramount Pictures]]<br>[[DreamWorks Pictures]]
| Composed with [[Clint Mansell]]
|-
|''[[Churchill (film)|Churchill]]''
|[[Jonathan Teplitzky]]
|[[Lionsgate]]
| {{N/A}}
|-
|''[[The Florida Project]]''
|[[Sean Baker (film director)|Sean Baker]]
| [[A24]]<br>Cre Film<br>Freestyle Picture Company<br>[[Cinereach]]<br>[[June Pictures]]
| Orchestral version of "[[Celebration (Kool & the Gang song)|Celebration]]" by [[Kool & The Gang]]
|-
|''[[Geostorm]]''
|[[Dean Devlin]]
|[[Warner Bros. Pictures]]<br>[[Skydance Media]]
| Replaced [[Pinar Toprak]]
|-
| rowspan="4" | 2018
|''[[12 Strong]]''
|[[Nicolai Fuglsig]]
|[[Warner Bros. Pictures]]<br />[[Lionsgate]]<br>[[Alcon Entertainment]]<br> [[Black Label Media]]<br>[[Jerry Bruckheimer Films]]<br /> Torridon Films
| {{N/A}}
|-
|''[[The Hurricane Heist]]''
|[[Rob Cohen]]
|[[Entertainment Studios]]
| {{N/A}}
|-
|''[[Pacific Rim Uprising]]''
|[[Steven S. DeKnight]]
|[[Universal Pictures]]<br>[[Legendary Pictures]]<br>Double Dare You Productions
| Replaced [[John Paesano]]
|-
|''[[Mission: Impossible – Fallout]]''
|[[Christopher McQuarrie]]
|[[Paramount Pictures]]<br>[[Skydance Media]]<br>[[Bad Robot]]
|''Mission: Impossible'' themes by [[Lalo Schifrin]]
|-
| rowspan="5" |2019
|''[[Georgetown (film)|Georgetown]]''
|[[Christoph Waltz]]
|[[Vertical Entertainment]]<br>[[Paramount Pictures]]
| {{N/A}}
|-
|''[[Gemini Man (film)|Gemini Man]]''
|[[Ang Lee]]
|[[Paramount Pictures]]<br>[[Skydance Media]]<br>[[Jerry Bruckheimer Films]]
| Replaced [[Marco Beltrami]]
|-
|[[Jungleland (film)|''Jungleland'']]
|[[Max Winkler (director)|Max Winkler]]
|[[Vertical Entertainment]]<br/>Romulus Entertainment<br/>[[Scott Free Productions]]
|{{N/A}}
|-
|''[[Military Wives (film)|Military Wives]]''
|[[Peter Cattaneo]]
|[[Lionsgate]]
|{{N/A}}
|-
|''[[6 Underground (film)|6 Underground]]''
|Michael Bay
|[[Netflix]]<br>[[Skydance Media]]
|{{N/A}}
|-
| rowspan="2" |2020
|''[[Bad Boys for Life]]''
|[[Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah|Adil El Arbi<br>Bilall Fallah]]
|[[Columbia Pictures]]<br>[[Jerry Bruckheimer Films|Don Simpson/Jerry Bruckheimer Films]]
|''Bad Boys'' themes by [[Mark Mancina]]
|-
| ''[[Songbird (2020 film)|Songbird]]''
| Adam Mason
|[[STX Entertainment|STXfilms]]
| {{N/A}}
|-
| rowspan="6" | 2021
| ''[[Outside the Wire]]''
| [[Mikael Håfström]]
| [[Netflix]]
|{{N/A}}
|-
| ''[[The Tomorrow War]]''
| Chris McKay
| [[Amazon Studios]]<br>[[Paramount Pictures]]<br>[[Skydance Media]]
| {{N/A}}
|-
|''[[Black Widow (2021 film)|Black Widow]]''
|[[Cate Shortland]]
| [[Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures]]<br>[[Marvel Studios]]
| Replaced [[Alexandre Desplat]]<ref name="DesplatBalfe">{{Cite web |url=https://www.indiewire.com/2020/05/alexandre-desplat-interview-black-widow-pinocchio-french-dispatch-1202232702/ |title=Alexandre Desplat on Wes Anderson's Amazing 'French Dispatch' and del Toro's Musical 'Pinocchio'|last=Erlich |first=David |date=May 21, 2020 |publisher=[[IndieWire]] |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200522122655/https://www.indiewire.com/2020/05/alexandre-desplat-interview-black-widow-pinocchio-french-dispatch-1202232702/ |archive-date=May 22, 2020 |access-date=May 22, 2020}}</ref>
|-
| ''[[The Forgiven (2021 film)|The Forgiven]]''
| John Michael McDonagh
| [[Focus Features]]
| {{N/A}}
|-
| ''[[Silent Night (2021 film)|Silent Night]]''
| Camille Griffin
| [[RLJE Films]]
| {{N/A}}
|-
|''[[Rumble (2021 film)|Rumble]]'' 
|Hamish Grieve
|[[Paramount Pictures]]<br>[[Paramount Animation]]<br>[[WWE Studios]]
|{{N/A}}
|-
| rowspan="6" | 2022
|''[[Infinite Storm]]''
|[[Małgorzata Szumowska]]<br>[[Michał Englert]]
|[[Bleecker Street (company)|Bleecker Street]]
| {{N/A}}
|-
|''[[Ambulance (2022 film)|Ambulance]]''
|Michael Bay<ref>{{cite web|url=https://filmmusicreporter.com/2021/08/04/lorne-balfe-scoring-michael-bays-ambulance/|title=Lorne Balfe Scoring Michael Bay's 'Ambulance'|date=August 4, 2021|website=Film Music Reporter|access-date=August 4, 2021}}</ref>
|[[Universal Pictures]]
|Additional Music by Adam Price
|-
|''[[Top Gun: Maverick]]''
|[[Joseph Kosinski]]
|[[Paramount Pictures]]<br>[[Jerry Bruckheimer Films|Don Simpson/Jerry Bruckheimer Films]]<br>[[Skydance Media]]
| Score producer<br />Composed by [[Harold Faltermeyer]], [[Hans Zimmer]] and [[Lady Gaga]]
|-
|''[[Secret Headquarters]]'' 
|[[Henry Joost]]<br>[[Ariel Schulman]]
|[[Paramount Pictures]]<br>[[Jerry Bruckheimer Films]]
|Replaced [[Rob Simonsen]]<ref>{{cite web | url=http://filmmusicreporter.com/2022/03/10/lorne-balfe-scoring-henry-joosts-ariel-schulmans-secret-headquarters/ | title=Lorne Balfe Scoring Henry Joost's & Ariel Schulman's 'Secret Headquarters' &#124; Film Music Reporter }}</ref>
|-
|''[[Black Adam (film)|Black Adam]]''
|[[Jaume Collet-Serra]]
|[[Warner Bros. Pictures]]<br>[[New Line Cinema]]<br>[[DC Films]]<br>[[Seven Bucks Productions]]<br>[[FlynnPictureCo.]]
| {{N/A}}
|-
|''[[Ticket to Paradise (2022 film)|Ticket to Paradise]]''
|[[Ol Parker]]
|[[Universal Pictures]]<br>[[Working Title Films]]<br>[[Smokehouse Pictures]]<br>[[Red Om Films]]
| {{N/A}}
|-
| rowspan="5" | 2023
|''[[Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves]]''
|[[Jonathan Goldstein (filmmaker)|Jonathan Goldstein]]<br>[[John Francis Daley]]
|[[Paramount Pictures]]<br>[[eOne]]
| {{N/A}}
|-
|''[[Tetris (film)|Tetris]]''
|[[Jon S. Baird]]
|[[Apple TV+]]
| {{N/A}}
|-
|''[[Ghosted (2023 film)|Ghosted]]''
| [[Dexter Fletcher]]
|[[Apple TV+]]
| {{N/A}}
|-
|''[[Gran Turismo (film)|Gran Turismo]]''
| [[Neill Blomkamp]]
|[[Columbia Pictures]]<br>[[PlayStation Productions]]<br>[[Trigger Street Productions]]<br>[[2.0 Entertainment]]
|Replaced [[Stephen Barton]]<ref>{{cite web | url=http://filmmusicreporter.com/2023/04/24/lorne-balfe-to-score-neill-blomkamps-gran-turismo/ | title=Lorne Balfe to Score Neill Blomkamp's 'Gran Turismo' &#124; Film Music Reporter }}</ref><br>Composed with Andrew Kawczynski
|-
|''[[Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One]]''
|Christopher McQuarrie<ref name="McQuarrie">{{Cite web|title=Lorne Balfe to Return for Christopher McQuarrie's 'Mission: Impossible 7 & 8' {{!}} Film Music Reporter|url=https://filmmusicreporter.com/2020/05/13/lorne-balfe-to-return-for-christopher-mcquarries-mission-impossible-7-8/|access-date=2020-10-11|language=en-US}}</ref>
|[[Paramount Pictures]]<br>[[Skydance Media]]
|''Mission: Impossible'' themes by [[Lalo Schifrin]]
|-
|rowspan="6" |2024
| ''[[Argylle]]''
|[[Matthew Vaughn]]
|[[Apple TV+]]<br>[[Universal Pictures]]
| {{N/A}}
|-
| ''[[Bad Boys: Ride or Die]]''
| Adil El Arbi<br>Bilall Fallah
|[[Columbia Pictures]]<br>[[Jerry Bruckheimer Films|Don Simpson/Jerry Bruckheimer Films]]
|''Bad Boys'' themes by [[Mark Mancina]]
|-
| ''[[Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F]]''
|[[Mark Molloy]]
|[[Netflix]]
| ''Beverly Hills Cop'' themes by [[Harold Faltermeyer]]
|-
| ''[[Slingshot (2024 film)|Slingshot]]''
|[[Mikael Håfström]]
|Astral Pictures
| {{N/A}}
|-
| ''[[The Cut (2024 film)|The Cut]]''
| [[Sean Ellis]]
| Tea Shop Productions<br>Amazing Owl
| Composed with [[Stuart Michael Thomas]]
|-
| ''[[Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl]]''
| [[Nick Park]]<br>Merlin Crossingham
| [[Netflix]]<br>[[Aardman Animations]]
| ''Wallace & Gromit'' themes by [[Julian Nott]]
|-
|2025
|''[[Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning]]''
|Christopher McQuarrie<ref name="McQuarrie" />
|[[Paramount Pictures]]<br>[[Skydance Media]]
|''Mission: Impossible'' themes by [[Lalo Schifrin]]
|-
|}

==== As composer of additional music ====
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Director(s)
!Composer(s)
! Notes
|-
|2002
|''[[666 – Traue keinem, mit dem du schläfst!]]''
|Rainer Matsutani
| rowspan="3" |[[Henning Lohner]]
|{{N/A}}
|-
|2003
|''[[Mimic 3: Sentinel]]''
|[[J. T. Petty]]
|{{N/A}}
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2004
|''[[Incident at Loch Ness]]''
|[[Zak Penn]]
|{{N/A}}
|-
|''[[Laura's Star]]''
|{{ill|Piet De Rycker|fr}}<br>{{ill|Thilo Rothkirch|de|Thilo Graf Rothkirch}}
|[[Hans Zimmer]]<br>[[Henning Lohner]]<br>[[Nick Glennie-Smith]]
|{{N/A}}
|-
| rowspan="4" |2005
|''[[Hellraiser: Deader]]''
|Rick Bota
| rowspan="3" |[[Henning Lohner]]
|{{N/A}}
|-
|[[BloodRayne (film)|''BloodRayne'']]
|[[Uwe Boll]]
|{{N/A}}
|-
|''[[Santa's Slay]]''
|David Steiman
|Uncredited
|-
|''[[Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit]]''
|[[Steve Box]]<br>[[Nick Park]]
|[[Julian Nott]]
|{{N/A}}
|-
| rowspan="4" |2006
|[[The Da Vinci Code (film)|''The Da Vinci Code'']]
|[[Ron Howard]]
| rowspan="2" |[[Hans Zimmer]]
|{{N/A}}
|-
|''[[Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest]]''
|[[Gore Verbinski]]
|{{N/A}}
|-
|''[[The Killing of John Lennon]]''
|[[Andrew Piddington]]
|[[Martin Kiszko]]<br>[[Makana (musician)|Makana]]
|{{N/A}}
|-
|''[[The Holiday]]''
|[[Nancy Meyers]]
| rowspan="2" |[[Hans Zimmer]]
|{{N/A}}
|-
| rowspan="4" |2007
|''[[Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End]]''
|[[Gore Verbinski]]
|{{N/A}}
|-
|[[Transformers (film)|''Transformers'']]
|[[Michael Bay]]
|[[Steve Jablonsky]]
|{{N/A}}
|-
|''[[The Simpsons Movie]]''
|[[David Silverman (animator)|David Silverman]]
|[[Hans Zimmer]]
|{{N/A}}
|-
|''[[Bee Movie]]''
|[[Simon J. Smith]]
[[Steve Hickner]]
|[[Rupert Gregson-Williams]]
|{{N/A}}
|-
| rowspan="4" |2008
|[[Iron Man (2008 film)|''Iron Man'']]
|[[Jon Favreau]]
|[[Ramin Djawadi]]
|Also arranger
|-
|''[[The Dark Knight]]''
|[[Christopher Nolan]]
|[[Hans Zimmer]]<br>[[James Newton Howard]]
|{{N/A}}
|-
|[[Frost/Nixon (film)|''Frost/Nixon'']]
|[[Ron Howard]]
| rowspan="3" |[[Hans Zimmer]]
|Also orchestrator
|-
|''[[Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa]]''
|[[Eric Darnell]]<br>[[Tom McGrath (animator)|Tom McGrath]]
|{{N/A}}
|-
| rowspan="3" |2009
|[[Angels & Demons (film)|''Angels & Demons'']]
|[[Ron Howard]]
|{{N/A}}
|-
|''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen]]''
|[[Michael Bay]]
|[[Steve Jablonsky]]
|{{N/A}}
|-
|[[Sherlock Holmes (2009 film)|''Sherlock Holmes'']]
|[[Guy Ritchie]]
| rowspan="3" |[[Hans Zimmer]]
| rowspan="3" |Also score producer
|-
|2010
|''[[Inception]]''
|[[Christopher Nolan]]
|-
| rowspan="3" |2011
|[[Rango (2011 film)|''Rango'']]
|[[Gore Verbinski]]
|-
|''[[Kung Fu Panda 2]]''
|[[Jennifer Yuh Nelson]]
|[[Hans Zimmer]]<br>[[John Powell (film composer)|John Powell]]
|{{N/A}}
|-
|''[[Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows]]''
|[[Guy Ritchie]]
| rowspan="5" |[[Hans Zimmer]]
|Also score producer
|-
| rowspan="2" |2012
|''[[Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted]]''
|[[Eric Darnell]]<br>[[Conrad Vernon]]<br>[[Tom McGrath (animator)|Tom McGrath]]
|{{N/A}}
|-
|''[[The Dark Knight Rises]]''
|[[Christopher Nolan]]
|{{N/A}}
|-
| rowspan="3" |2013
|[[The Lone Ranger (2013 film)|''The Lone Ranger'']]
|[[Gore Verbinski]]
|{{N/A}}
|-
|[[Rush (2013 film)|''Rush'']]
|[[Ron Howard]]
|{{N/A}}
|-
|[[Captain Phillips (film)|''Captain Phillips'']]
|[[Paul Greengrass]]
|[[Henry Jackman]]
|Uncredited
|-
|2016
|''[[Kung Fu Panda 3]]''
|[[Jennifer Yuh Nelson]]<br>[[Alessandro Carloni]]
| rowspan="2" |[[Hans Zimmer]]
| rowspan="2" |Also score producer
|-
|2017
|[[Dunkirk (2017 film)|''Dunkirk'']]
|[[Christopher Nolan]]
|-
| rowspan="2" |2019
|''[[Looking Up (film)|Looking Up]]''
|[[Deng Chao]]
|Steffen Thum
|Also executive score producer
|-
|[[Ad Astra (film)|''Ad Astra'']]
|[[James Gray (director)|James Gray]]
|[[Max Richter]]
|{{N/A}}
|-
|}

=== Documentary films ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Director(s)
! Notes
|-
| rowspan="2" |2013
|''Girl Rising''
|Richard Robbins
|{{N/A}}
|-
|[[Salinger (film)|''Salinger'']]
|[[Shane Salerno]]
|{{N/A}}
|-
| rowspan="4" |2014
|[[Manny (film)|''Manny'']]
|[[Leon Gast]]<br>Ryan Moore
|{{N/A}}
|-
|''The Last Man on the Moon''
|Mark Craig
|{{N/A}}
|-
|''[[Pantani: The Accidental Death of a Cyclist]]''
|James Erskine
|{{N/A}}
|-
|[[Above and Beyond (2014 film)|''Above and Beyond'']]
|[[Roberta Grossman]]
|{{N/A}}
|-
| rowspan="2" |2016
|''Le Mans: 3D''
|James Erskine
|{{N/A}}
|-
|''The Fresco Fiasco''
|Victoria Wimpenny
|{{N/A}}
|-
|2018
|''[[Studio 54 (film)|Studio 54]]''
| rowspan="2" |[[Matt Tyrnauer]]
|{{N/A}}
|-
|2019
|''[[Where's My Roy Cohn?]]''
|{{N/A}}
|-
| 2020
| ''[[Rebuilding Paradise]]''
| [[Ron Howard]]
| Composed With [[Hans Zimmer]]
|-
| 2024
| ''[[Carville: Winning is Everything, Stupid!]]''
| Matt Tyrnauer
| {{N/A}}
|}

===Short films===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Director(s)
! Notes
|-
| 2002
| ''Cigarette''
| Oliver Moran
| {{N/A}}
|-
| 2003
| ''Loved, Alone''
| Indra Bhose
| {{N/A}}
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2010
| ''Uganda: Friends of the Gorilla''
| Rachel Layne McDonald
| {{N/A}}
|-
| ''Sodales''
| [[Jessica Biel]]
| {{N/A}}
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2011
| ''When You Find Me''
| [[Bryce Dallas Howard]]
| {{N/A}}
|-
| ''J.A.W.''
| [[Nate Parker]]
| {{N/A}}
|-
| rowspan="3" | 2013
| ''Evermore''
| [[Biz Stone]]
| {{N/A}}
|-
| ''Making a Scene''
| [[Janusz Kamiński]]
| {{N/A}}
|-
| ''The Championship Rounds''
| Daniel Stine
| {{N/A}}
|-
| 2014
| ''Almost Home''
| Todd Wilderman
| {{N/A}}
|-
| 2015
| ''Wasted Beauty''
| Martin Paves
| {{N/A}}
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2016
| ''[[Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Scroll]]''
| Rodolphe Guenoden
| Composed with [[John Powell (film composer)|John Powell]] & Hans Zimmer
|-
| ''Alibi''
| Cameron Burnett
| {{N/A}}
|-
| rowspan="6" | 2017
| ''Them''
| Nate James Williams
| {{N/A}}
|-
| ''[[Rakka (film)|Rakka]]''
| rowspan="4| [[Neill Blomkamp]]
| rowspan="4| Main composer
|-
| ''Firebase''
|-
| ''Zygote''
|-
| ''Adam: The Mirror''
|-
| ''Happy Birthday to Me''
| Michael Reilly
| Composed with Max Aruj
|}

===Television===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Notes
|-
| 2004
| ''[[Shoebox Zoo]]<ref>{{cite tweet|user=Lornebalfe|author=Lorne Balfe|number=766394418215653376|date=18 August 2016|title=#TBT Shoebox Zoo for the BBC . This was my first TV show . Listen to the main theme}}</ref>''
| 
|-
|2005-06
|[[Nova (American TV program)|''Nova'']]
| rowspan="3" |Documentary series
|-
|2006-07
|''[[How to Look Good Naked]]''
|-
| rowspan="2" |2007
|''The Science of Superstorms''
|-
|''[[River City]]''
|Main theme by Hard Todd
|-
|2009
|''[[WWII in HD]]''
|Documentary series
|-
|2012
|''[[Restless (TV series)|Restless]]''
|
|-
| 2013
| ''[[The Bible (miniseries)|The Bible]]''
|[[Miniseries]]<br>Composed with [[Hans Zimmer]] & [[Lisa Gerrard]]
|-
|2014
|[[The Driver (TV series)|''The Driver'']]
|
|-
| rowspan="3" |2015
|[[Sons of Liberty (miniseries)|''Sons of Liberty'']]
|[[Miniseries]]<br>Main theme composed by Hans Zimmer
|-
|''[[A.D. The Bible Continues]]''
|[[Miniseries]]<br>Composed with Hans Zimmer
|-
|''[[Saints & Strangers]]''
|[[Miniseries]]
|-
|2016
|''[[The Story of God with Morgan Freeman]]''
| rowspan="2" |Documentary series
|-
| rowspan="2" |2016-18
|''[[The Investigator: A British Crime Story]]''
|-
|''[[Marcella (TV series)|Marcella]]''
| 
|-
| rowspan="2" |2017
|''Le Mans: Racing Is Everything''
|Documentary series
|-
|''[[The Crown (TV series)|The Crown]]''
| Main theme composed by Hans Zimmer<br>Composed with [[Rupert Gregson-Williams]]
|-
| 2017–present
|''[[Genius (U.S. TV series)|Genius]]''
| Main theme composed with Hans Zimmer
Nominated- [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Original Main Title Theme Music]]
|-
|2018
|[[The Cry (2018 TV series)|''The Cry'']]
|[[Miniseries]]
|-
|2019
|''This is Football''
|Documentary series
|-
|2019–2022
|''[[His Dark Materials (TV series)|His Dark Materials]]''<ref>{{cite web |title=Lorne Balfe to Score BBC's & HBO's 'His Dark Materials' |url=https://filmmusicreporter.com/2019/08/14/lorne-balfe-to-score-bbcs-hbos-his-dark-materials/ |website=Film Music Reporter |access-date=15 August 2019}}</ref>
|
|-
|2020
|''[[Pennyworth (TV series)|Pennyworth]]''
|
|-
|2021
|''[[Dopesick (miniseries)|Dopesick]]''
|[[Miniseries]]
|-
|2021
|''[[The Wheel of Time (TV series)|The Wheel of Time]]''
|Replaced [[David Buckley]]; [[List of The Wheel of Time (TV series) soundtracks|soundtracks]]
|-
|2022
|''[[Man vs. Bee]]''
| 
|-
|2022
|''Mayflies''
|
|-
|2023
|''[[Life on Our Planet]]''
|
|}

===Video games===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Notes
!Ref.
|-
| 2009
| ''[[Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2]]''
| Composed with Hans Zimmer
Nominated - [[6th British Academy Games Awards|BAFTA Award for Best Original Score]]<br>Nominated - [[International Film Music Critics Association|IMFCA Award for Best Original Score for a Video Game or Interactive Media]]<br>Nominated - [[13th Annual Interactive Achievement Awards|Interactive Achievement Award for Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Composition]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.interactive.org/awards/award_category_details.asp?idAward=2010&idGameAwardType=94 |title=2010 Awards Category Details Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Composition |publisher=[[Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences]] |website=interactive.org |access-date=17 April 2024}}</ref>
|
|-
| rowspan="4" | 2011
| ''[[Rango (video game)|Rango]]''
|{{N/A}}
|
|-
| ''[[Crysis 2]]''
| Main theme composed by Hans Zimmer<br>Composed with Borislav Slavov, Hans Zimmer & Tilman Sillescu
|
|-
| ''[[Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure]]''
| Main theme composed by Hans Zimmer<br>Additional music by Andrew Kawczynski & Pete Adams
|
|-
| ''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations]]''
| Cinematics and multiplayer music with [[Jesper Kyd]]
Nominated - [[8th British Academy Games Awards|BAFTA Award for Best Original Music]]
|
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2012
| ''[[Skylanders: Giants]]''
| {{N/A}}
|
|-
| ''[[Assassin's Creed III]]''
| Nominated- [[9th British Academy Games Awards|BAFTA Award for Best Original Music]]
|
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2013
| ''[[Beyond: Two Souls]]''
| Finished score due to the death of [[Normand Corbeil]]
Nominated - [[10th British Academy Games Awards|BAFTA Award for Best Original Music]]<br>Nominated - [[International Film Music Critics Association|IMFCA Award for Best Original Score for a Video Game or Interactive Media]]<br>Nominated - [[17th Annual D.I.C.E. Awards|D.I.C.E. Award for Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Composition]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.interactive.org/awards/award_category_details.asp?idAward=2014&idGameAwardType=94 |title=2014 Awards Category Details Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Composition |publisher=[[Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences]] |website=interactive.org |access-date=17 April 2024}}</ref>
|
|-
| ''[[Skylanders: Swap Force]]''
| {{N/A}}
|
|-
| 2014
| ''[[Skylanders: Trap Team]]''
| {{N/A}}
|
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2015
| ''[[Skylanders: SuperChargers]]''
| {{N/A}}
|
|-
| ''[[Arena of Valor|Honor of Kings]]''
| Composed with Hans Zimmer, Duncan Watt & Jeff Broadbent
|
|-
| 2016
| ''[[Skylanders: Imaginators]]''
| {{N/A}}
|
|-
| 2018
| ''[[FIFA 19]]''
| Composed with Hans Zimmer<ref>{{cite web|title=Full FIFA 19 Soundtrack Revealed; Hans Zimmer Working on The Journey's Score|url=https://twinfinite.net/2018/08/full-fifa-19-soundtrack-revealed-hans-zimmer-working-on-the-journeys-score/|last=Hopkins|first=Tom|publisher=Twinfinite|date=August 31, 2018|access-date=August 31, 2018}}</ref>
|-
|2024
|''[[Dragon Age: The Veilguard]]''
|Composed with Hans Zimmer<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ycUBNoAPwYs |title=Dragon Age: The Veilguard Main Theme [From "Dragon Age: The Veilguard (Original Soundtrack)"] |date=2024-09-30 |last=Hans Zimmer - Topic |access-date=2024-10-01 |via=YouTube}}</ref>
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
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*{{official website}}
*{{IMDb name|1154632}}
*[http://www.reviewgraveyard.com/00_interviews/12-01-03_lorne-balfe.html Lorne Balfe Interview] at www.reviewgraveyard.com
*[http://www.filmmusicsite.com/en/composers.cgi?go=interview&coid=364&firstname=Lorne&lastname=Balfe Interview with Lorne Balfe] at FilmMusicSite.com
*[https://www.scotsman.com/arts-and-culture/music/composing-a-career-of-note-in-la-1-846507/ Composing a career of note (Scotsman)]

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