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Lalo Schifrin (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈlalo ˈʃifɾin]; born Boris Claudio Schifrin; June 21, 1932 – June 26, 2025) was an Argentine-American pianist, composer, arranger and conductor. He was best known for his large body of film and television scores, which incorporate jazz and Latin American musical elements alongside traditional orchestration.
Schifrin's best known compositions include the themes from Mission: Impossible (1966) and Mannix (1967), as well as the scores to Cool Hand Luke (1967), Bullitt (1968), THX 1138 (1971), Enter the Dragon (1973), The Four Musketeers (1974), Voyage of the Damned (1976), The Eagle Has Landed (1976), The Amityville Horror (1979) and the Rush Hour trilogy…
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Lalo Schifrin (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈlalo ˈʃifɾin]; born Boris Claudio Schifrin; June 21, 1932 – June 26, 2025) was an Argentine-American pianist, composer, arranger and conductor. He was best known for his large body of film and television scores, which incorporate jazz and Latin American musical elements alongside traditional orchestration. Schifrin's best known compositions include the themes from Mission: Impossible (1966) and Mannix (1967), as well as the scores to Cool Hand Luke (1967), Bullitt (1968), THX 1138 (1971), Enter the Dragon (1973), The Four Musketeers (1974), Voyage of the Damned (1976), The Eagle Has Landed (1976), The Amityville Horror (1979) and the Rush Hour trilogy (1998–2007). Schifrin was also noted for collaborations with Clint Eastwood from the late 1960s to the 1980s, particularly the Dirty Harry film series. He composed the Paramount Pictures fanfare used from 1976 to 2004. Schifrin was a five-time Grammy Award winner; he was nominated for six Academy Awards and four Emmy Awards. In 2019, he received an Honorary Academy Award from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in recognition of his successful career. Description above from the Wikipedia article Lalo Schifrin, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Lalo Schifrin's Filmography
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The Groove Under the Groove
Lalo
L'Âge d'or de la pub
as Self (archive footage)
Romantic Mysticism: The Music of Billy Goldenberg
as Self - Composer
In The Tracks Of - Special Edition
as Self
The Ventures: Stars on Guitars
Boléro, le refrain du monde
as Self
Bolero: A Global Hit
as Self
Tango under the Stars - Gustavo Dudamel
as Self - Composer
Last of the Independents: Don Siegel and the Making of 'Charley Varrick'
as Self
No Poster
Richard Glazier: From Broadway to Hollywood
as Self
In The Tracks of Lalo Schifrin
as Self
A Natural Born World-Shaker: The Making of 'Cool Hand Luke'
as Self
The Craft of Dirty Harry
as Self
Blood and Steel: The Making of Enter the Dragon
as Self
Alpha to Omega: Exposing 'The Osterman Weekend'
as Self
Red Dragon
as Conductor
The 3 Tenors in Concert 1994
as Self - Guest Conductor
Movie Music Man: A Portrait of Lalo Schifrin
as Self - Composer, Conductor
Cantos Aztecas
as Self - Conductor
No Poster
Olympic Gala
No Poster
The Background Beat
as Self