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

Red Dragon

as Conductor

L'Âge d'or de la pub

as Self (archive footage)

The 3 Tenors in Concert 1994

as Self - Guest Conductor

Blood and Steel: The Making of 'Enter the Dragon'

as Self

The Craft of Dirty Harry

as Self

The Ventures: Stars on Guitars

Sound of Cinema: The Music That Made the Movies

as Self - Participant

Last of the Independents: Don Siegel and the Making of 'Charley Varrick'

as Self

Alpha to Omega: Exposing 'The Osterman Weekend'

as Self

A Natural Born World-Shaker: The Making of 'Cool Hand Luke'

as Self