Lalo Schifrin

Lalo Schifrin Spanish pronunciation ˈlalo ˈʃifɾin born Boris Claudio Schifrin June 21 1932 June 26 2025 was an ArgentineAmerican 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 Schifrins 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 19982007 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 fivetime 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 CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia