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Lalo Schifrin Dies: ‘Mission: Impossible’ Theme Composer Who Wrote Scores For ‘Dirty Harry’, ‘Cool Hand Luke’ & 100-Plus Others Was 93
Lalo Schifrin has died. He who composed the 'Mission: Impossible' theme and did scores for 100-plus films and TV shows including 'Dirty Harry' and 'Rush Hour.'
Also a pianist and conductor, Schifrin won four Grammys on 19 career nominations spanning 40 years and was six-time Academy Award nominee for The Sting II, The Competition, The Amityville Horror, Voyage of thye Damned, The Fox and Cool Hand Luke. In all, he penned more than 100 scores for film and television including Mannix, Bullitt, THX 1138, Enter the Dragon, The Four Musketeers, The Eagle Has Landed, Tango, Bringing Down The House, The Bridge of San Luis Rey, After the Sunset and Abominable. As a jazz pianist, he worked with legends including Dizzy Gillespie, Sarah Vaughan, Ella Fitzgerald, Stan Getz, Count Basie, Jon Faddis, James Moody, Louie Bellson and Kenny Burrell.
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