Lorne Balfe, Rachel Portman

Lorne Balfe is a Grammy Award-winning composer and producer known for his various film, television, and video game scores. A protégé of composer Hans Zimmer, he has garnered acclaim for scoring such high-profile films as 2018's Mission Impossible: Fallout, 2022's Black Adam, and 2024's Bad Boys: Ride or Die. Born in Inverness, Scotland, in 1976, Balfe grew up in a musical family and began playing piano at a young age. A gifted musician, by his teens he was making a living writing jingles for commercials, a skill he quickly transmuted into scoring music for TV shows. After a p...