Lalo Schifrin
Personal Info
Known for
Sound
Gender
Male
Birthday
1932-06-21
Day of Death
2025-06-26 (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.
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Known For
Acting
(2024)
(2023)
L'Âge d'or de la pub
as Self (archive footage)
(2022)
Romantic Mysticism: The Music of Billy Goldenberg
as Self - Composer
(2020)
(2020)
(2019)
Bolero: A Global Hit
as Self
(2019)
Boléro, le refrain du monde
as Self
(2017)
Tango under the Stars - Gustavo Dudamel
as Self - Composer
(2015)
(2015)
(2012)
(2008)
(2008)
The Craft of Dirty Harry
as Self
(2004)
(2004)
(2002)
Red Dragon
as Conductor
(1994)
The 3 Tenors in Concert 1994
as Self - Guest Conductor
(1988)
Cantos Aztecas
as Self - Conductor
(1965)
The Background Beat
as Self
Crew
(2025)
Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning
Main Title Theme Composer
(2023)
Eastwood Symphonic
Music
(2023)
Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One
Main Title Theme Composer
(2023)
Sweetwater
Music
(2023)
(2022)
Piano Cinéma
Original Music Composer
(2018)
Mission: Impossible - Fallout
Main Title Theme Composer
(2015)
Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation
Main Title Theme Composer
(2011)
Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol
Main Title Theme Composer
(2007)
Rush Hour 3
Original Music Composer
(2006)
Abominable
Original Music Composer
(2006)
Mission: Impossible III
Main Title Theme Composer
(2004)
After the Sunset
Original Music Composer
(2004)
The Bridge of San Luis Rey
Original Music Composer
(2003)
Bringing Down the House
Original Music Composer
(2001)
Longshot
Original Music Composer
(2001)
Rush Hour 2
Original Music Composer
(2000)
Mission: Impossible II
Main Title Theme Composer
(1998)
Rush Hour
Original Music Composer
(1998)
Tango
Original Music Composer
(1998)
Something to Believe In
Conductor, Original Music Composer
(1997)
Money Talks
Original Music Composer
(1996)
Mission: Impossible
Main Title Theme Composer
(1996)
Scorpion Spring
Original Music Composer
(1995)
Manhattan Merengue
Original Music Composer
(1993)
The Beverly Hillbillies
Original Music Composer
(1992)
(1991)
F/X2
Original Music Composer
(1990)
Face to Face
Music
(1989)
The Neon Empire
Original Music Composer
(1989)
Return from the River Kwai
Original Music Composer
(1989)
Original Sin
Music
(1988)
The Dead Pool
Original Music Composer
(1988)
(1988)
Berlin Blues
Original Music Composer
(1988)
Shakedown on the Sunset Strip
Original Music Composer
(1987)
The Fourth Protocol
Original Music Composer, Conductor
(1987)
Sparky's Magic Piano
Original Music Composer
(1986)
Beverly Hills Madam
Original Music Composer
(1986)
Black Moon Rising
Original Music Composer
(1986)
The Ladies Club
Original Music Composer
(1986)
Triplecross
Original Music Composer
(1986)
Kung Fu: The Movie
Original Music Composer
(1985)
Terror at London Bridge
Original Music Composer
(1985)
Private Sessions
Original Music Composer
(1985)
Bad Medicine
Original Music Composer
(1985)
The Mean Season
Original Music Composer
(1985)
The New Kids
Original Music Composer
(1985)
Command 5
Music
(1984)
Tank
Original Music Composer
(1983)
Sudden Impact
Original Music Composer
(1983)
The Osterman Weekend
Original Music Composer
(1983)
The Sting II
Original Music Composer
(1983)
Rita Hayworth: The Love Goddess
Original Music Composer
(1983)
Doctor Detroit
Original Music Composer
(1983)
Starflight: The Plane That Couldn't Land
Original Music Composer
(1982)
The Seduction
Original Music Composer
(1982)
Class of 1984
Original Music Composer
(1982)
Victims
Original Music Composer
(1982)
Amityville II: The Possession
Original Music Composer
(1982)
A Stranger Is Watching
Original Music Composer
(1982)
Fast-Walking
Original Music Composer
(1982)
Falcon's Gold
Original Music Composer
(1982)
Wait Until Dark
Music
(1981)
Caveman
Original Music Composer
(1981)
The Skin
Original Music Composer
(1981)
(1981)
Loophole
Original Music Composer, Conductor
(1981)
Buddy Buddy
Original Music Composer
(1981)
Chicago Story
Original Music Composer
(1980)
The Nude Bomb
Original Music Composer
(1980)
When Time Ran Out...
Original Music Composer
(1980)
Brubaker
Original Music Composer
(1980)
The Forgotten City of the Planet of the Apes
Original Music Composer
(1980)
Serial
Original Music Composer
(1980)
The Big Brawl
Original Music Composer
(1980)
The Competition
Original Music Composer
(1980)
Back to the Planet of the Apes
Theme Song Performance
(1979)
The Amityville Horror
Original Music Composer
(1979)
Love and Bullets
Music, Original Music Composer
(1979)
Escape to Athena
Original Music Composer
(1979)
Institute for Revenge
Original Music Composer
(1979)
Boulevard Nights
Original Music Composer, Conductor
(1979)
The Concorde... Airport '79
Original Music Composer
(1978)
The Manitou
Original Music Composer
(1978)
The President's Mistress
Original Music Composer
(1978)
Return from Witch Mountain
Original Music Composer
(1978)
Nunzio
Original Music Composer
(1978)
The Cat from Outer Space
Original Music Composer
(1978)
The Nativity
Original Music Composer
(1977)
Rollercoaster
Original Music Composer
(1977)
Day of the Animals
Original Music Composer
(1977)
Good Against Evil
Original Music Composer
(1977)
Telefon
Original Music Composer
(1976)
The Eagle Has Landed
Original Music Composer
(1976)
St. Ives
Original Music Composer
(1976)
Sky Riders
Original Music Composer
(1976)
Special Delivery
Original Music Composer
(1976)
Voyage of the Damned
Original Music Composer
(1975)
(1975)
The Master Gunfighter
Original Music Composer
(1975)
Guilty or Innocent: The Sam Sheppard Murder Case
Original Music Composer
(1975)
Starsky & Hutch
Original Music Composer
(1975)
Foster & Laurie
Music
(1975)
Up From The Ape
Music
(1974)
The Four Musketeers
Original Music Composer
(1974)
Man on a Swing
Original Music Composer, Conductor
(1974)
Golden Needles
Original Music Composer
(1974)
Night Games
Music
(1973)
Magnum Force
Original Music Composer
(1973)
Enter the Dragon
Original Music Composer
(1973)
Charley Varrick
Original Music Composer
(1973)
The Neptune Factor
Original Music Composer
(1973)
Hit!
Original Music Composer
(1973)
Harry in Your Pocket
Original Music Composer
(1973)
Hunter
Music
(1972)
Joe Kidd
Original Music Composer, Conductor
(1972)
Prime Cut
Original Music Composer
(1972)
Welcome Home, Johnny Bristol
Original Music Composer
(1972)
The Wrath of God
Original Music Composer
(1972)
Rage
Original Music Composer, Orchestrator
(1971)
Dirty Harry
Original Music Composer
(1971)
THX 1138
Original Music Composer
(1971)
The Beguiled
Original Music Composer
(1971)
Pretty Maids All in a Row
Original Music Composer, Songs
(1971)
Mrs. Pollifax — Spy
Original Music Composer, Music Director
(1971)
Escape
Original Music Composer
(1971)
The Hellstrom Chronicle
Original Music Composer
(1971)
The Christian Licorice Store
Original Music Composer
(1971)
Earth II
Original Music Composer, Music
(1970)
Kelly's Heroes
Original Music Composer
(1970)
(1970)
The Mask of Sheba
Original Music Composer
(1970)
I Love My Wife
Original Music Composer
(1970)
Pussycat, Pussycat, I Love You
Original Music Composer
(1970)
WUSA
Original Music Composer
(1970)
The Aquarians
Music
(1970)
Imago
Music
(1969)
The Young Lawyers
Original Music Composer
(1969)
Operation Heartbeat
Music
(1969)
Eye of the Cat
Original Music Composer
(1969)
Che!
Original Music Composer
(1969)
Mission: Impossible vs. the Mob
Original Music Composer
(1968)
Bullitt
Original Music Composer
(1968)
Hell in the Pacific
Original Music Composer
(1968)
Coogan's Bluff
Original Music Composer
(1968)
Sol Madrid
Original Music Composer
(1968)
Where Angels Go, Trouble Follows
Original Music Composer
(1968)
The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich
Original Music Composer
(1968)
The Brotherhood
Original Music Composer
(1967)
Cool Hand Luke
Original Music Composer
(1967)
The President's Analyst
Conductor, Original Music Composer
(1967)
The Venetian Affair
Original Music Composer
(1967)
How I Spent My Summer Vacation
Original Music Composer
(1967)
Who's Minding the Mint?
Original Music Composer
(1967)
The Fox
Original Music Composer, Conductor
(1966)
A Small Rebellion
Music
(1966)
Way... Way Out
Original Music Composer
(1966)
I Deal In Danger
Original Music Composer
(1966)
Murderers' Row
Original Music Composer
(1966)
The Doomsday Flight
Original Music Composer
(1966)
Blindfold
Original Music Composer
(1966)
(1965)
The Cincinnati Kid
Original Music Composer
(1965)
Once a Thief
Original Music Composer, Conductor
(1965)
Dark Intruder
Original Music Composer
(1965)
The Liquidator
Original Music Composer
(1964)
Joy House
Original Music Composer
(1964)
See How They Run
Original Music Composer
(1964)
Rhino!
Original Music Composer
(1958)
The Boss
Original Music Composer
(1957)