Lalo Schifrin
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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- 2024 · Lalo as
- 2023 · L'Âge d'or de la pub as Self (archive footage)
- 2022 · Romantic Mysticism: The Music of Billy Goldenberg as Self - Composer
- 2020 · In The Tracks Of - Special Edition as Self
- 2020 · The Ventures: Stars on Guitars as
- 2019 · Boléro, le refrain du monde as Self
- 2019 · Bolero: A Global Hit as Self
- 2017 · Tango under the Stars - Gustavo Dudamel as Self - Composer
- 2015 · Last of the Independents: Don Siegel and the Making of 'Charley Varrick' as Self
- 2015 · Richard Glazier: From Broadway to Hollywood as Self
- 2013 · Sound of Cinema: The Music That Made the Movies as Self - Participant
- 2012 · In The Tracks of Lalo Schifrin as Self
- 2011 · Hollywood in Vienna as Self
- 2008 · A Natural Born World-Shaker: The Making of 'Cool Hand Luke' as Self
- 2008 · The Craft of Dirty Harry as Self
- 2004 · Blood and Steel: The Making of 'Enter the Dragon' as Self
- 2004 · Alpha to Omega: Exposing 'The Osterman Weekend' as Self
- 2002 · Red Dragon as Conductor
- 1994 · The 3 Tenors in Concert 1994 as Self - Guest Conductor
- 1988 · Cantos Aztecas as Self - Conductor
- 1987 · Le monde est à vous as Self
- 1965 · The Background Beat as Self
- 1961 · Jazz Casual as Self - Piano