Film Music Reporter

Lalo Schifrin passed away today at age 93 of complications from pneumonia. The Grammy Award-winning Argentinian composer, best known his Mission: Impossible theme written for the 1960s TV series and used in the Tom Cruise-starring feature franchise, wrote numerous scores for film and television over a six decades-spanning career. He earned six Academy Award nominations for his scores for Stuart Rosenberg’s 1967 drama Cool Hand Luke, 1976 feature Voyage of the Damned & 1979 horror classic The Amityville Horror, Mark Rydell’s 1967 drama The Fox and Jeremy Paul Kagan’s 1983 comedy The Sting II and the original song People Alone from Joel Oliansky’s 1980 movie musical The Competition. He received an Honorary Oscar at the 10th Governors Awards in 2018. His other scoring credits include Enter the Dragon, Dirty Harry, Sudden Impact, The Cincinnati Kid, Bullit and the Rush Hour feature series. He was also honored with multiple Emmy Award nominations. News of Schifrin’s passing was reported by Variety.