Men's Journal

How Legendary 'Mission: Impossible' Soundtrack Creator Changed the World

Lalo Schifrin will be remembered for all the right reasons. Schifrin was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in 1932, but visited New York City in 1956, where he met jazz legend Dizzy Gillespie. Schifrin ...
The New York Times

Lalo Schifrin, 93, Dies; Composer of ‘Mission: Impossible’ and Much More

He was best known for one enduring TV theme, but he had a startlingly diverse career as a composer, arranger and conductor in a wide range of genres. Lalo Schifrin, right, with the saxophonist and ...
Rolling Stone

Lalo Schifrin, Composer of ‘Mission: Impossible’ Theme, Dead at 93

Lalo Schifrin, the Oscar-nominated and Grammy-winning composer behind the “Theme From Mission: Impossible,” has died at the age of 93. The composer’s son Ryan confirmed his father’s death to the ...
The Hollywood Reporter

Lalo Schifrin, Acclaimed Composer of ‘Mission: Impossible’ and ‘Mannix’ Themes, Dies at 93

The Argentine native blended jazz and classical music, earned six Oscar noms and four Grammys and inspired a martial-arts legend. By Mike Barnes Senior Editor Schifrin, who received an honorary Oscar ...
NPR

'Mission: Impossible' composer Lalo Schifrin dies at 93

For a while in the 1960s and '70s, if a story moved fast, directors wanted it to move to the propulsive rhythms of Argentine composer Lalo Schifrin. Schifrin died on Thursday at the age of 93, his son ...