{"id":3159,"date":"2025-06-27T01:43:10","date_gmt":"2025-06-27T01:43:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/lalo-schifrin-death-mission-impossible-composer-dead-1236008815\/"},"modified":"2025-06-27T01:43:10","modified_gmt":"2025-06-27T01:43:10","slug":"lalo-schifrin-death-mission-impossible-composer-dead-1236008815","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/lalo-schifrin-death-mission-impossible-composer-dead-1236008815\/","title":{"rendered":"Lalo Schifrin, Composer of the Classic \u2018Mission: Impossible\u2019 Theme, Dies at\u00a093"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\n\tIf he had only composed the unforgettable instrumental theme<\/a> from Mission: Impossible<\/em>, Lalo Schifrin would be fondly remembered. But the Argentine native had a seven-decade career that made him one of the premier composers in both film and television. Schifrin died Thursday (June 26) at age 93.<\/p>\n

\n\tSchifrin received 19 Grammy nominations spanning 40 years (1962-2002) and multiple genres (both jazz and pop) and skillsets (composition, arrangement and performance). He won four Grammys.<\/p>\n

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\n\tSchifrin received four Primetime Emmy nominations \u2013 three for Mission: Impossible<\/em> and one for his music for David Wolper\u2019s The Making of the President 1964<\/em>. He received six Oscar nominations, five for scores (Cool Hand Luke<\/em>, The Fox<\/em>, Voyage of the Damned<\/em>, The Amityville Horror<\/em> and The Sting II<\/em>) and one for a song, \u201cPeople Alone\u201d from The Competition<\/em> (1980), which he co-wrote with lyricist Will Jennings.<\/p>\n

\n\tSchifrin never won a Primetime Emmy or an Oscar in competition, but in 2018 the Motion Picture Academy awarded him an Honorary Oscar \u201cin recognition of his unique musical style, compositional integrity and influential contributions to the art of film scoring.\u201d \u00a0He was just the third film scorer to receive such an award, following Alex North (1985) and Ennio Morricone<\/a> (2006). A fourth film scorer, Quincy Jones<\/a>, was awarded an Honorary Oscar posthumously last year.<\/p>\n

\n\tSchifrin\u2019s Honorary Oscar was presented by Clint Eastwood<\/a>, for whom Schifrin had scored many films, from Coogan\u2019s Bluff<\/em> (1968) to The Bridge of San Luis Rey<\/em> (2004). Their work together included the iconic 1971 film Dirty Harry<\/em> and its four sequels.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cI am very honored by this distinction that touches me profoundly,\u201d Schifrin said in accepting the award. \u201cMy love and appreciation for motion pictures started very early in my life. I remember when I was five years old my parents took me to see a movie, a horror movie, and at that moment I realized that without music it wouldn\u2019t be so scary. And it\u2019s true. I have been fortunate to have the opportunity to work with great, outstanding directors, producers, and talented musicians in the creation of musical scores to support their projects. \u2026 Composing for movies has given me a lifetime of joy and creativity. Receiving this Honorary Oscar is a culmination of a dream. It is a \u2018mission accomplished.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

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