Lalo Schifrin
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.
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Movies (47)
Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning
Main Title Theme Composer (Sound)
2025
Lalo
2024
Eastwood Symphonic
Music (Sound)
2023
Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One
Main Title Theme Composer (Sound)
2023
L'Âge d'or de la pub
as Self (archive footage)
2023
Lalo Schifrin, Mission: Impossible - Conducted by Victor Jacob
Compositor (Crew)
2023
Piano Cinéma
Original Music Composer (Sound)
2022
Romantic Mysticism: The Music of Billy Goldenberg
as Self - Composer
2022
In The Tracks Of - Special Edition
as Self
2020
The Ventures: Stars on Guitars
2020
Boléro, le refrain du monde
as Self
2019
Bolero: A Global Hit
as Self
2019
Mission: Impossible - Fallout
Main Title Theme Composer (Sound)
2018
Tango under the Stars - Gustavo Dudamel
as Self - Composer
2017
Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation
Main Title Theme Composer (Sound)
2015
Last of the Independents: Don Siegel and the Making of 'Charley Varrick'
as Self
2015
Richard Glazier: From Broadway to Hollywood
as Self
2015
In The Tracks of Lalo Schifrin
as Self
2012
Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol
Main Title Theme Composer (Sound)
2011
A Natural Born World-Shaker: The Making of 'Cool Hand Luke'
as Self
2008
The Craft of Dirty Harry
as Self
2008
Rush Hour 3
Original Music Composer (Sound)
2007
Mission: Impossible III
Main Title Theme Composer (Sound)
2006
Abominable
Original Music Composer (Sound)
2006
The Bridge of San Luis Rey
Original Music Composer (Sound)
2004
Blood and Steel: The Making of Enter the Dragon
as Self
2004
After the Sunset
Original Music Composer (Sound)
2004
Alpha to Omega: Exposing 'The Osterman Weekend'
as Self
2004
Bringing Down the House
Original Music Composer (Sound)
2003
Red Dragon
as Conductor
2002
Longshot
Original Music Composer (Sound)
2001
Rush Hour 2
Original Music Composer (Sound)
2001
Mission: Impossible II
Main Title Theme Composer (Sound)
2000
Rush Hour
Original Music Composer (Sound)
1998
Tango
Original Music Composer (Sound)
1998
Something to Believe In
Conductor (Sound)
1998
Money Talks
Original Music Composer (Sound)
1997
Scorpion Spring
Original Music Composer (Sound)
1996
Mission: Impossible
Main Title Theme Composer (Sound)
1996
Manhattan Merengue
Original Music Composer (Sound)
1995
The 3 Tenors in Concert 1994
as Self - Guest Conductor
1994
The Beverly Hillbillies
Original Music Composer (Sound)
1993
El Quijote de Miguel de Cervantes
Music (Sound)
1992
F/X2
Original Music Composer (Sound)
1991
Face to Face
Music (Sound)
1990
The Neon Empire
Original Music Composer (Sound)
1989
Return from the River Kwai
Original Music Composer (Sound)
1989
