'Mission: Impossible' Composer Lalo Schifrin Dead at 93

Lalo Schifrin, the legendary composer who wrote the Mission: Impossible theme and provided the score for Dirty Harry, died Thursday at 93. The news was confirmed by his son, William Schifrin, to NPR. According to Variety, Schifrin died due to complications from pneumonia.

Schifrin grew up in Buenos Aires, Argentina, playing jazz and tango, the elements of which he would later incorporate into his compositions for celebrated film and TV. Throughout his decades-long career, Schifrin scored more than 100 projects and secured six Oscar nominations. In 2018, he was awarded an honorary Oscar. One of the composer’s most notable contributions was his instantly recognizable theme for the original Mission: Impossible television series. The track was used in the openings for each of the Tom Cruise Mission: Impossible movies, the last of which is currently in cinemas.

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Schifrin also composed themes for classic films, including Cool Hand Luke (1967), Enter the Dragon (1973), The Amityville Horror (1979), the Rush Hour trilogy, and Bringing Down the House (2003). His work on Luke and Amityville, as well as The Voyage of the Damned (1976) and The Sting II (1983), earned him Academy Award nominations. His theme, “Danube Incident,” from the Mission: Impossible soundtrack, continues to be sampled in a number of modern tracks, notably Portishead’s “Sour Times.”

Scifrin is survived by his wife, Donna, their three children, William Schifrin, Frances Schifrin, and Ryan Schifrin, as well as four grandchildren.