Lalo Schifrin, “Mission: Impossible ”and “Dirty Harry” Composer, Dies at 93

Lalo Schifrin, a dressed up movie composer who astir notably wrote nan Mission: Impossible theme, died astatine 93 connected Thursday, June 26.

His son, William Schifrin, confirmed his decease to NPR. He died from complications of pneumonia, per Variety. PEOPLE has reached retired to Schifrin's rep for comment.

Schifrin earned six Oscar nominations and scored complete 100 films, per the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. He was awarded an honorary Oscar successful 2018 astatine nan Academy's Governors Awards Gala.

The composer, who was calved and raised successful Buenos Aires, Argentina, successful a Jewish-Argentine family, grew up surrounded by a divers orchestra of philharmonic inspiration. His begetter played violin successful nan Teatro Colon Opera, and Schifrin was a classically trained pianist.

He later played pinch tango icon Astor Piazzolla, represented Argentina successful an world jazz show successful Paris and began a 16-piece jazz band, each while successful his 20s. A chance brushwood pinch American jazz fable Dizzy Gillespie inspired Schifrin to constitute a portion called "Gillespiana," resulting successful Gillespie bringing Schifrin to nan United States to bring his philharmonic talents overseas, per NPR.

From there, Schifrin built momentum successful Hollywood for his unsocial expertise to incorporated nan blend of tango and jazz influences from his puerility into galore notable films, including nan melodramatic chase-driven crescendo of Clint Eastwood's Dirty Harry franchise opening successful 1971.

Schifrin astir notably composed nan taxable for nan original tv bid Mission: Impossible, which ran from 1966 to 1973 connected CBS. The bid would spell connected to animate nan Tom Cruise-starring movie franchise of nan aforesaid name, which began successful 1996. The last installment, Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning, was released connected May 23. The movie bid uses Schifrin's taxable for its opening in installments sequences.

The composer besides notably scored Cool Hand Luke starring Paul Newman successful 1967, Enter nan Dragon in 1973, The Amityville Horror successful 1979, and more. Schifrin made a cameo quality successful Red Dragon, a prequel movie to Hannibal and The Silence of nan Lambs, as an orchestra conductor successful 2002.

Schifrin's sleek, jazzy way "Danube Incident" from nan Mission: Impossible soundtrack has been sampled by a number of modern artists, astir notably connected English stone set Portishead's "Sour Times," released successful 1994.

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He is survived by his woman Donna and 3 children, William Schifrin, Frances Schifrin, Ryan Schifrin, and 4 grandchildren.