Lalo Schifrin
Known For
Sound
Birthday
June 21, 1932
Day of Death
June 26, 2025 (93 years old)
Place of Birth
Buenos Aires, Argentina
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.
Known For

Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol
2011

Mission: Impossible
1996

Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation
2015

Mission: Impossible - Fallout
2018

Mission: Impossible III
2006

Mission: Impossible II
2000

Rush Hour
1998

Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One
2023

Rush Hour 2
2001

Rush Hour 3
2007

Dirty Harry
1971

Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning
2025

Enter the Dragon
1973

Cool Hand Luke
1967

Bullitt
1968

