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 Mission: Impossible – Fallout, 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, Skylanders and the Call of Duty 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 The Last Man on the Moon Mark Craig Gravitas Ventures 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 Composed With Stargate 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 Executive Score Producer By Hans Zimmer Additional Music By Dieter Hartmann & Andrew Kawczynski 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 Executive Score Producer By Hans Zimmer 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 N/A Activision N/A 2017 The Lego Batman Movie Chris McKay Vertigo Entertainment Animal Logic DC Entertainment Warner Animation Group Warner Bros. Pictures N/A Ghost in the Shell Rupert Sanders DreamWorks Pictures Paramount Pictures With Clint Mansell Genius Ron Howard National Geographic Fox 21 Television Studios OddLot Entertainment N/A The Florida Project Sean Baker Freestyle Picture Company Sweet Tomato Films June Pictures Cre Film A24 N/A Geostorm Dean Devlin Electric Entertainment Skydance Media Warner Bros. Replaced Pinar Toprak Rakka Neill Blomkamp Oats Studios Short film 2018 12 Strong Nicolai Fuglsig Alcon Entertainment Black Label Media Jerry Bruckheimer Films Warner Bros. Pictures N/A The Hurricane Heist Rob Cohen Entertainment Studios N/A Pacific Rim Uprising Steven S. DeKnight Legendary Entertainment Universal Pictures Replaced John Paesano Mission: Impossible – Fallout Christopher McQuarrie Paramount Pictures Succeeded Joe Kraemer