Six times to Oscar for the original bands of classics such as Luke the cold hand EITHER Amyville: The Devil’s HouseLalo Schifrin was mainly known for having composed one of the most famous themes in the history of television, that of Impossible mission. The Argentine composer died on Thursday, June 26 at the age of 93, announced that his son Will Schiffrin in Hollywood Reporter.
As Variety points out, Lalo Schifrin liked to incorporate his compositions for cinema and television a wide variety of genres, such as jazz and rock. An element that is in particular on the subject of Impossible missioninseparable from the wick that lights at the beginning of the credits.
This composition has won Lalo Schifrin two of his five Grammy Awards and a great recognized until today, the series created by Bruce Geller and transmitted between 1966 and 1973 had experienced a second life with the series of films taken by Tom Cruise since 1996.
“I wanted a little humor, Lightness, an issue that does not take it too seriously,” said Lalo Schifrin, cited by Variety.
An Oscar of honor received from the hands of Clint Eastwood
Lalo Schifrin was also behind the credits of Starsky and Hutch EITHER Mannix as well as the man behind the soundtrack D ‘Dragon operation, The last film filmed by Bruce Lee, or helped forge the cold incorporated by Steve McQueen in Bullitt
In 2018, he had received an Oscar of Honor throughout his career, becoming the third composer to distinguish in this way. Schifrin had received the statuette from Clint Eastwood, Schifrin, had composed the music of the five parts of the “Dirty Harry” Callahan adventures.
Born in Buenos Aires in 1932, Lalo Schifrin had significantly studied at the Paris Conservatory and played in Parisian jazz clubs in the 1950s. “I had a double life,” said Lalo Schifrin on Telegraph in 2004. “I studied at the conservatory during the day and played at night with jazz groups in places like Saint-Germain Club.”
During his career, Lalo Schifrin had also been at the head of the most prestigious orchestras in the world, from London to Mexico that cost Vienna or Los Angeles. He had also been between the 1980s and early 1990s, the musical director of the Paris Philharmonic Orchestra, created to record film music.
Source: BFM TV
