Lalo Schifrin
- Sound
- June 21, 1932 · Buenos Aires, Argentina
- June 26, 2025
Biography
Lalo Schifrin (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈlalo ˈʃifɾin]; born Boris Claudio Schifrin; June 21, 1932 – June 26, 2025) was an Argentine-American pianist, composer, arranger and conductor. He was best known for his large body of film and television scores, which incorporate jazz and Latin American musical elements alongside traditional orchestration. Schifrin's best known compositions include the themes from Mission: Impossible (1966) and Mannix (1967), as well as the scores to Cool Hand Luke (1967), Bullitt (1968), THX 1138 (1971), Enter the Dragon (1973), The Four Musketeers (1974), Voyage of the Damned (1976), The Eagle Has Landed (1976), The Amityville Horror (1979) and the Rush Hour trilogy (1998–2007). Schifrin was also noted for collaborations with Clint Eastwood from the late 1960s to the 1980s, particularly the Dirty Harry film series. He composed the Paramount Pictures fanfare used from 1976 to 2004. Schifrin was a five-time Grammy Award winner; he was nominated for six Academy Awards and four Emmy Awards. In 2019, he received an Honorary Academy Award from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in recognition of his successful career. Description above from the Wikipedia article Lalo Schifrin, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
Filmography
- The Groove Under the Groove
- Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning · Main Title Theme Composer
- Lalo
- Eastwood Symphonic · Music
- Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One · Main Title Theme Composer
- L'Âge d'or de la pub · Self
- Lalo Schifrin, Mission: Impossible - Conducted by Victor Jacob · Compositor
- Piano Cinéma · Music
- Romantic Mysticism: The Music of Billy Goldenberg · Self
- In The Tracks Of - Special Edition · Self
- The Ventures: Stars on Guitars
- Boléro, le refrain du monde · Self
- Bolero: A Global Hit · Self
- Mission: Impossible - Fallout · Main Title Theme Composer
- Tango under the Stars - Gustavo Dudamel · Self
- Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation · Main Title Theme Composer
- Last of the Independents: Don Siegel and the Making of 'Charley Varrick' · Self
- Richard Glazier: From Broadway to Hollywood · Self
- Sound of Cinema: The Music That Made the Movies · Self
- In The Tracks of Lalo Schifrin · Self
- Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol · Main Title Theme Composer
- Hollywood in Vienna · Self
- A Natural Born World-Shaker: The Making of 'Cool Hand Luke' · Self
- The Craft of Dirty Harry · Self
- Rush Hour 3 · Music
- Mission: Impossible III · Main Title Theme Composer
- Abominable · Music
- The Bridge of San Luis Rey · Music
- Blood and Steel: The Making of Enter the Dragon · Self
- After the Sunset · Music
- Alpha to Omega: Exposing 'The Osterman Weekend' · Self
- Bringing Down the House · Music
- Red Dragon · Conductor
- Longshot · Music
- Rush Hour 2 · Music
- Mission: Impossible II · Main Title Theme Composer
- Rush Hour · Music
- Tango · Music
- Something to Believe In · Conductor, Music
- Money Talks · Music
- Scorpion Spring · Music
- Mission: Impossible · Main Title Theme Composer
- Manhattan Merengue · Music
- The 3 Tenors in Concert 1994 · Self
- The Beverly Hillbillies · Music
- Movie Music Man: A Portrait of Lalo Schifrin · Self
- El Quijote de Miguel de Cervantes · Music
- A Woman Named Jackie · Music
- F/X2 · Music
- Face to Face · Music
- The Neon Empire · Music
- Return from the River Kwai · Music
- Original Sin · Music
- Cantos Aztecas · Self
- Mission: Impossible · Main Title Theme Composer, Music
- Berlin Blues · Music
- The Dead Pool · Music
- Shakedown on the Sunset Strip · Music
- The Silence at Bethany · Music
- Earth Star Voyager · Compositor
- Earth Star Voyager · Music
- Le monde est à vous · Self
- The Fourth Protocol · Music, Conductor
- Out on a Limb · Music
- Sparky's Magic Piano · Music
- Ninja Terminator · Music
- Triplecross · Music
- Beverly Hills Madam · Music
- The Ladies Club · Music
- Kung Fu: The Movie · Music
- Black Moon Rising · Music
- Terror at London Bridge · Music
- Bad Medicine · Music
- Command 5 · Music
- A.D. · Music
- Private Sessions · Music
- Hollywood Wives · Music
- The Mean Season · Music
- The New Kids · Music
- Glitter · Main Title Theme Composer