Boris Claudio "Lalo" Schifrin (born June 21, 1932) is an Argentine-American composer who primarily works in jazz. He's scored dozens of action movies and shows, but he's best known for his iconic Instrumental Theme Tune for Mission: Impossible and for being Clint Eastwood's Associated Composer.
Film scores:
- The Cincinnati Kid
- Cool Hand Luke
- The President's Analyst
- Bullitt
- Kelly's Heroes
- Pretty Maids All in a Row
- The Beguiled
- THX 1138
- Dirty Harry
- Prime Cut
- Enter the Dragon
- Charley Varrick
- Magnum Force
- The Eagle Has Landed
- Day of the Animals
- Rollercoaster
- Telefon
- The Cat from Outer Space
- Escape to Athena
- Boulevard Nights
- The Amityville Horror
- The Nude Bomb
- Caveman
- Amityville II: The Possession
- Wait Until Dark
- Doctor Detroit
- Sudden Impact
- Tank
- The Fourth Protocol
- The Dead Pool
- The Beverly Hillbillies
- Money Talks
- Rush Hour
- Rush Hour 2
- Bringing Down the House
- After the Sunset
- Abominable
- Rush Hour 3
Television scores:
- Wagon Train, episode "The Barbara Lindquist Story"
- Kraft Suspense Theatre, episodes "The Watchman," "The Kamchatka Incident," and "Threepersons"
- Alfred Hitchcock Presents, episode "Memo from Purgatory"
- The Man from U.N.C.L.E., Season 2 theme music and episodes "The Fiddlesticks Affair" and "The Ultimate Computer Affair"
- The Big Valley, Season 4
- Night Gallery, episode "The Miracle at Camafeo/The Ghost of Sorworth Place"
- Mission: Impossible, theme music and nineteen episodes
- Planet of the Apes, theme music and episodes "Escape from Tomorrow," "The Gladiators," and "The Good Seeds"
- Mannix, theme music and nine episodes
- Starsky & Hutch, Season 1 theme music and episodes "Pilot," "Savage Sunday," and "The Fix"
Video Game scores:
- Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow (main theme)
