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South China Morning Post
27-06-2025
- Entertainment
- South China Morning Post
Mission: Impossible composer Lalo Schifrin dead at 93
Famed composer Lalo Schifrin, who created themes for a host of hit Hollywood films and television shows – including the instantly recognisable Mission: Impossible score – died Thursday aged 93. Born in Argentina, Schifrin blended the influences of his classical and symphonic training with jazz and modern sounds in his diverse and vast oeuvre, which includes the scores for around 100 films, some of them the best-known of their generation. His death was confirmed by his son, Ryan Schifrin, to several entertainment trade publications. Schifrin's work for film includes The Cincinnati Kid (1965) and Bullitt (1968), both with Steve McQueen, Paul Newman's Cool Hand Luke (1968), and Clint Eastwood's Dirty Harry (1971). Play He also created the score to the 1960s Mission: Impossible television series, which inspired the theme of the massive film franchise starring Tom Cruise.
Malay Mail
27-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Malay Mail
‘Mission: Impossible' composer Lalo Schifrin dies aged 93
LOS ANGELES, June 27 — Famed composer Lalo Schifrin, who created themes for a host of hit Hollywood films and television shows—including the instantly recognizable 'Mission: Impossible' score—died Thursday aged 93, US media reported. Born in Argentina, Schifrin blended the influences of his classical and symphonic training with jazz and modern sounds in his diverse and vast oeuvre, which includes the scores for around 100 films, some of them the best-known of their generation. His death was confirmed by his son, Ryan Schifrin, to several entertainment trade publications. Schifrin's work for film includes 'The Cincinnati Kid (1965) and 'Bullitt' (1968), both with Steve McQueen, Paul Newman's 'Cool Hand Luke' (1968), and Clint Eastwood's 'Dirty Harry' (1971). He also created the score to the 1960s 'Mission: Impossible' television series, which inspired the theme of the massive film franchise starring Tom Cruise. A pipe-smoker in his younger years and bespectacled with a mane of silver hair later, he was also a highly respected international orchestra conductor and jazz pianist. Boris Claudio Schifrin was born in Buenos Aires on June 21, 1932 into a musical family, his father Luis Schifrin being the concert master of the city's Philharmonic Orchestra for 25 years. He learned piano at a young age, developing an extensive knowledge of classical music. His introduction in his teens to jazz and the American sound—through its greats such as Charlie Parker, George Gershwin and Louis Armstrong—was like a conversion, he would say later, and set his life on a new course. After training in Paris, Schifrin returned to Buenos Aires and set up his own big band, with a performance notably impressing jazz legend trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie. 'So after we finished, Dizzy came to me and said, did you write all these charts? And I said, yes. Would you like to come to United States? I thought he was joking. He wasn't,' Schifrin recounted to NPR in 2007. 'I wouldn't be here had it not been for that moment,' he told the US radio. Schifrin moved to the United States in 1958 and became a US citizen over a decade later. In Hollywood, television producer Bruce Geller asked him to create scores for his television series 'Mission: Impossible' (1966) and 'Mannix' (1969). Geller's brief was for 'a theme that's exciting, promising, but not too heavy' and anticipates the action to follow, Schifrin told NPR in 2015. Geller said that when 'people go to the kitchen and get a Coca-Cola, I want them to hear the theme and say, Oh, this is 'Mission: Impossible',' he recounted. The score he delivered earned Schifrin two Grammy music awards in 1967, adding to two for the albums 'The Cat' (1964) and 'Jazz Suite On The Mass Texts' (1965). Shifrin received several Academy Award nominations for his film work including for 'Cool Hand Luke.' In 2018, he received an honorary Oscar for lifetime achievement, presented by Eastwood. — AFP
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The Independent
26-06-2025
- Entertainment
- The Independent
Mission: Impossible theme composer Lalo Schifrin dies aged 93
Lalo Schifrin, the composer best known for giving the Mission: Impossible series its dramatic theme tune, has died. He was 93. The Buenos Aires-born musician was a prolific soundtrack composer, writing indelible scores for such classic films as Enter The Dragon and Cool Hand Luke as well as the Dirty Harry and Rush Hour franchises. His son Ryan Schifrin told Deadline that his father died 'peacefully' on Thursday morning. Variety reports the cause of death was complications from pneumonia. Boris Claudio "Lalo" Schifrin was born on June 21, 1932. His father was a violinist for the orchestra at the Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires, and the young Schifrin began studying piano from the age of six. At 20, he won a scholarship to the Conservatoire de Paris, where he also began playing in jazz clubs. He later returned to Buenos Aires and formed his own orchestra, but continued to work with noted jazz musicians, including Dizzy Gillespie. Schifrin was asked by MGM to score their 1963 adventure movie, Rhino!. He moved to Los Angeles the same year, and began his extensive work in film. In 1965 he wrote the score for the Steve McQueen movie The Cincinnati Kid, and the following year was approached by producer Bruce Geller and Desilu Studios to compose the theme for a new spy television show they were developing. In 2018 Schifrin spoke to The Independent at length about the writing of his signature theme for Mission: Impossible, recalling that Tom Cruise had hugged him at the premiere of the 1996 film adaptation. 'He said he grew up with the television series and the music was one of the biggest elements that convinced him to get involved in the movie project, not only as an actor but as the co-producer,' recalled Schifrin. 'So he made my day.' He said the music itself came to him quickly. 'I had a very short time to write it. I had to do it right away,' he remembered. 'I sat at my desk and wrote that theme in exactly one-and-a-half minutes. It was not inspiration; it was a need to do it. It was my own little mission impossible! The whole thing – including the chorus, the bongos, everything you hear – took me maybe three minutes. I was creating sound of impossible missions and making them swing. I didn't know it was going to be so successful.' The theme was well received by the public, and bolstered Schifrin's reputation. In the 60s he composed the music for the Paul Newman film Cool Hand Luke and Steve McQueen's Bullitt. The following decade his scores included several Dirty Harry films and the Bruce Lee classic Enter The Dragon. He continued to work consistently throughout the 80s and 90s, finding further success with Rush Hour in 1998. He returned for the sequels, with Rush Hour 3 providing his final film credit in 2007. In November 2018, Schifrin received an honorary Academy Award. He is survived by his wife Donna, his three children William Schifrin, Frances Schifrin and Ryan Schifrin and four grandchildren.
News.com.au
26-06-2025
- Entertainment
- News.com.au
'Mission: Impossible' composer Lalo Schifrin dies aged 93
Famed composer Lalo Schifrin, who created themes for a host of hit Hollywood films and television shows -- including the instantly recognizable "Mission: Impossible" score -- died Thursday aged 93, US media reported. Born in Argentina, Schifrin blended the influences of his classical and symphonic training with jazz and modern sounds in his diverse and vast oeuvre, which includes the scores for around 100 films, some of them the best-known of their generation. His death was confirmed by his son, Ryan Schifrin, to several entertainment trade publications. Schifrin's work for film includes "The Cincinnati Kid (1965) and "Bullitt" (1968), both with Steve McQueen, Paul Newman's "Cool Hand Luke" (1968), and Clint Eastwood's "Dirty Harry" (1971). He also created the score to the 1960s "Mission: Impossible" television series, which inspired the theme of the massive film franchise starring Tom Cruise. A pipe-smoker in his younger years and bespectacled with a mane of silver hair later, he was also a highly respected international orchestra conductor and jazz pianist. Boris Claudio Schifrin was born in Buenos Aires on June 21, 1932 into a musical family, his father Luis Schifrin being the concert master of the city's Philharmonic Orchestra for 25 years. He learned piano at a young age, developing an extensive knowledge of classical music. His introduction in his teens to jazz and the American sound -- through its greats such as Charlie Parker, George Gershwin and Louis Armstrong -- was like a conversion, he would say later, and set his life on a new course. After training in Paris, Schifrin returned to Buenos Aires and set up his own big band, with a performance notably impressing jazz legend trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie. "So after we finished, Dizzy came to me and said, did you write all these charts? And I said, yes. Would you like to come to United States? I thought he was joking. He wasn't," Schifrin recounted to NPR in 2007. "I wouldn't be here had it not been for that moment," he told the US radio. Schifrin moved to the United States in 1958 and became a US citizen over a decade later. In Hollywood, television producer Bruce Geller asked him to create scores for his television series "Mission: Impossible" (1966) and "Mannix" (1969). Geller's brief was for "a theme that's exciting, promising, but not too heavy" and anticipates the action to follow, Schifrin told NPR in 2015. Geller said that when "people go to the kitchen and get a Coca-Cola, I want them to hear the theme and say, Oh, this is 'Mission: Impossible'," he recounted. The score he delivered earned Schifrin two Grammy music awards in 1967, adding to two for the albums "The Cat" (1964) and "Jazz Suite On The Mass Texts" (1965). Shifrin received several Academy Award nominations for his film work including for "Cool Hand Luke." In 2018, he received an honorary Oscar for lifetime achievement, presented by Eastwood.
Yahoo
26-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Jonathan Bailey Has a Clarinet Solo in ‘Jurassic World Rebirth' Score: 'Highlight of My Career'
In addition to starring in Jurassic World Rebirth, Jonathan Bailey revealed that he also played a part in helping with the film's score. While appearing on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, the late night host brought up that he heard the actor helped score the film. More from The Hollywood Reporter Scarlett Johansson on Her Viral Red Carpet Kisses With Jonathan Bailey: "I've Got a Lot of Love to Give" 'Jurassic World Rebirth' Team "High-Fived Each Other" When They Got Praise From Steven Spielberg Mahershala Ali Admits He Doesn't "Know Where Marvel Is at Right Now" After 'Blade' Delays 'This really was the highlight of my career,' Bailey said. 'The nerd in me erupted like Vesuvius.' Bailey explains that while performing in the Richard II theater production in London, Rebirth director Gareth Edwards told him they'd be recording Alexandre Desplat's new score at the Abbey Road Studios which was nearby. He also said they'd be incorporating some from John Williams' iconic original score. Bailey said he visited to watch the '105-piece world-class orchestra' and 'got goosebumps.' 'As the week progressed,' Bailey continued, 'I came back and I was like, 'Can I bring my clarinet?' I played the clarinet in school — I told you it was a nerdy story — and on the Friday, they said, 'Look, you can come.'' Bailey said that he just wanted to play one note even if it was 'one slightly sharp note' because it would've been a 'dream come true.' He manifested that dream because a clarinet solo eventually came up. Though Bailey admitted he was at initially hesitant and declined Desplat's offer to play he then changed his mind because he would regret not taking him up on the offer for 'the rest of my life.' When another clarinet solo opportunity came up Bailey recalled Desplat looking at him and saying, 'It's now or never.'' 'And I just went, 'Okay, let's do it.' And I ended up playing the theme of Dr. Henry Loomis, the character I play in a Jurassic film on the clarinet, which is in the score.' The actor explained that it proved to be a full circle moment given in 1993, the same year Jurassic Park premiered, his grandfather gave him his first clarinet. 'It just shows that if you find something you love and you commit to it, you never know how it comes full circle,' Bailey said. 'But honestly, it was so emotional.' Jurassic World Rebirth takes place five years after the franchise's last film fronted by Chris Pratt. In the film, dinosaurs have begun to die out, except along the equator. A pharmaceutical company sponsors a mission — executed by Scarlett Johansson's skilled covert operative, Mahershala Ali's fixer and Bailey's paleontologist — to collect genetic materials from the remaining dinos. When Bailey, as Dr. Henry Loomis, touched a dinosaur on set, he said in his Hollywood Reporter cover story that it was an emotional experience. 'Isn't that what all humans are really trying to find in their life, the equivalent of their passion in its natural environment?' Bailey said of the emotional impact of the scene. 'It doesn't get more pure than that.' Best of The Hollywood Reporter The 40 Best Films About the Immigrant Experience Wes Anderson's Movies Ranked From Worst to Best 13 of Tom Cruise's Most Jaw-Dropping Stunts
