Lorne Balfe

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Lorne Balfe
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, Black Widow, Black Adam, Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves, and Gran Turismo, 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 directors Michael Bay, Chris McKay, and Christopher McQuarrie.

He even composed the new fanfare for Skydance Productions transcribed as There’s a World, There’s A Moon.