ComposerLorne Balfehas revealed that recording sessions for theMission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning Part Onescore are underway in London, at the AIR Studios. Balfe, who also scored the sixth film in the franchise,Mission: Impossible — Fallout, shared several pictures from the recording session in a tweet on Saturday, and wrote ina follow-up tweetthat fans will hear early snippets of the score, perhaps in a trailer, “soon.”
Balfe is a former protégé of the Oscar-winning composerHans Zimmer. He’s perhaps best known for his scores for hit films such asThe Lego Batman Movie,Bad Boys for LifeandBlack Widow. Headlined byTom Cruise, the Mission: Impossible movies are famous for reworking Lalo Schifrin’s iconic themes from the original television show, and incidentally, Balfe performed similar duties on another popular franchise, when he scoredTerminator Genisys.
Balfe’s score for Fallout had more than a few hat-tips to his mentor Zimmer’s work onChristopher Nolan’s films. Zimmer, by the way, scored the second film in the franchise, which was directed byJohn Woo. The first film, directed byBrian De Palma, was scored byDanny Elfman.Mission: Impossible IIIdirectorJ.J. Abramsbrought his regular collaboratorMichael Giacchinoto score that film. Giacchino also returned to score the fourth film,Mission: Impossible — Ghost Protocol, which was directed byBrad Bird. The fifth film,Mission: Impossible — Rogue Nation, was scored byJoe Kraemer.
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Dead Reckoning Part Oneis directed byChristopher McQuarrie, who also directed the fifth and sixth films, and will return for the eighth as well. The filmmaker has fostered a long and successful creative partnership with Cruise, with whom he has collaborated on films such asValkyrie,Edge of Tomorrow,The Mummy,Jack Reacherand the upcomingTop Gun: Maverick.
Their partnership on the Mission: Impossible series has produced the biggest hits of their respective careers. By all accounts, the seventh film (which only recently got a title) will raise the bar for a franchise that is already somewhat synonymous with large-scale stunt sequences.
Dead Reckoning Part Onehad aparticularly difficult production, which was impacted by numerous pandemic-related delays and resulted in a budget that has reportedly ballooned to nearly $300 million. Production on the eighth film got underway recently.Dead Reckoning Part One bringsback franchise veteransVing Rhames,Henry Czerny,Simon Pegg,Rebecca Ferguson,Vanessa Kirby, andFrederick Schmidt. New cast members includeHayley Atwell,Pom Klementieff,Shea Whigham,Esai Morales,Rob Delaney,Charles Parnell,Indira Varma,Mark Gatiss,Greg Tarzan Davis, andCary Elwes.
Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning Part Onehits theaters on August 20, 2025.Mission Impossible: 8arrives on June 27, 2025. You can check out Balfe’s tweet here, and stay tuned to Collider for more updates.
