Lorne Balfe (born 23 February 1976) is a Scottish composer of film, television, and video game scores.
Balfe was born in Inverness, Scotland. He went to Fettes College in Edinburgh, where he had a music scholarship.
A veteran of Hans Zimmer's Remote Control Productions, Balfe's scoring credits include the films Megamind, Penguins of Madagascar, Home, Terminator Genisys, ', The Lego Batman Movie, ' and its sequel ', Bad Boys for Life and its sequel ', Black Widow, Black Adam, ', Gran Turismo, and ', as well as the video games ', Assassin's Creed III, Crysis 2, Skylanders, and '. 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 the directors Michael Bay, Chris McKay, Christopher McQuarrie, Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah, Mikael HÃÂ¥fström and Jaume Collet-Serra.
He composed the new fanfare for Skydance Media transcribed as There's a World, There's A Moon. Balfe also composed the Annapurna Pictures deep note opening logo.
Balfe is also involved in The Game Awards as the conductor of the Game Awards Orchestra and the composer and arranger of several musical performances performed at the show. Since The Game Awards 2018, he has composed a medley of the themes of the six nominees for Game of the Year every year as a presentation of the award at the end of the show.