Lalo Schifrin

Lalo Schifrin (born June 21, 1932)[1] is an Argentinepianist, composer, arranger and conductor. He is bestknown for his lm and TV scores, such as the "ThemefromMission: Impossible". He has received four GrammyAwards and six Oscar nominations. Schifrin, associatedwith the jazz music genre, is also noted for work withClint Eastwood in the late 1960s, 1970s and 1980s, par-ticularly the Dirty Harry lms.

1 Early lifeSchifrin was born Boris Claudio Schifrin in BuenosAires to Jewish parents.[2] His father, Luis Schifrin, ledthe second violin section of the orchestra at the TeatroColn for three decades.[1] At the age of six, Schifrinbegan a six-year course of study on piano with EnriqueBarenboim, the father of the pianist and conductor DanielBarenboim. At age 16, Schifrin began studying pianowith the Greek-Russian expatriate Andreas Karalis, for-mer head of the Kiev Conservatory, and harmony withArgentine composer Juan Carlos Paz. During this time,Schifrin also became interested in jazz.Although Schifrin studied sociology and law at theUniversity of Buenos Aires, it was music that captured hisattention.[1] At age 20, he successfully applied for a schol-arship to the Paris Conservatoire. At night he played jazzin the Paris clubs. In 1955, Schifrin played piano withArgentinian bandoneon giant stor Piazzolla, and rep-resented his country at the International Jazz Festival inParis.

2 Later life and careerAfter returning home to Argentina, Schifrin formed ajazz orchestra, a 16-piece band that became part of a pop-ular weekly variety show on Buenos Aires TV. Schifrinalso began accepting other lm, television and radio as-signments. In 1956, Schifrin met Dizzy Gillespie and of-fered to write an extended work for Gillespies big band.Schifrin completed the work, Gillespiana, in 1958[1] (itwas recorded in 1960). Later that year Schifrin beganworking as an arranger for Xavier Cugat's popular Latindance orchestra.While in NewYork in 1960, Schifrin again met Gillespie,who had by this time disbanded his big band for nancialreasons. Gillespie invited Schifrin to ll the vacant pi-

ano chair in his quintet. Schifrin immediately acceptedand moved to New York City. Schifrin wrote a secondextended composition for Gillespie, The New Continent,which was recorded in 1962. In 1963, MGM, which hadSchifrin under contract, oered the composer his rstHollywood lm assignment with the African adventureRhino!.[1] Schifrin moved to Hollywood late that year.He also radically re-arranged the theme for the popularNBC-TV series The Man from U.N.C.L.E., altering orig-inal composer Jerry Goldsmith's theme to a jazzy melodyemphasizing utes and exotic percussion, which woundup winning the Emmy award for Best TV Theme in 1965.One of Schifrins most recognizable and enduring com-positions is the theme music for the long-running TV se-riesMission: Impossible. It is a distinctive tune written inthe uncommon 5/4 time signature. Similarly, Schifrinstheme for the hugely successful Mannix private eye TVshow was composed a year later in a 3/4 waltz time;Schifrin composed several other jazzy and bluesy num-bers over the years as additional incidental music for theshow.Schifrins Tar Sequence from his Cool Hand Luke score(also written in 5/4) was the longtime theme for theEyewitness News broadcasts onNewYork stationWABC-TV and other ABC aliates, as well as National NineNews in Australia. CBS Television used part of the themeof his St. Ives soundtrack for its golf broadcasts in the1970s and early 1980s.Schifrins score for Coogans Blu in 1968 was the be-ginning of a long association with Clint Eastwood and di-rector Don Siegel. Schifrins strong jazz blues ris wereevident in Dirty Harry.Schifrins working score for 1973s The Exorcist was re-jected by the lms director, William Friedkin. Schifrinhad written six minutes of dicult and heavy musicfor the initial lm trailer, but audiences were report-edly frightened by the combination of sights and sounds.Warner Bros. executives told Friedkin to instruct Schifrinto tone it down with softer music, but Friedkin did notrelay the message. Schifrins nal score was thrown outinto the parking lot. Schifrin reported in an interview thatworking with Friedkin was one of themost unpleasant ex-periences in his life.[3]

In the 1998 lm Tango, Schifrin returned to the tangomusic he had grown familiar with while working as storPiazzollas pianist in the mid-1950s. He brought tradi-tional tango songs to the lm as well as introducing com-positions of his own in which tango is fused with jazz

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elements.[4]

In 1997, the composer founded Aleph Records.[5]

He also wrote the main theme for Splinter Cell: PandoraTomorrow.Schifrin made a cameo appearance in Red Dragon (2002)as an orchestra conductor.He is also widely sampled in hip-hop and trip-hop songs,such as Heltah Skeltah's "Prowl" or Portishead's "SourTimes". Both songs sample Schifrins Danube Incident,one of many themes he composed for specic episodes ofthe Mission: Impossible TV series.On April 23, 2007, Lalo Schifrin presented a concert oflm music for the Festival du Film Jules Verne Aventures(aka Festival Jules Verne), at Le Grand Rex theatre inParis, France Europes biggest movie theater that wascaught by Festival leaders for a 73 and a half minute CDnamed Lalo Schifrin: Le Concert Paris.In 2010, a ctionalised account of Lalo Schifrins creationof the Mission: Impossible tune was featured in a LiptonTV commercial aired in a number of countries around theworld.[6]

Alternative hip hop group Blue Scholars recorded attrack entitled Lalo Schifrin on their third albumCinemetropolis (2011).

3 AwardsTo date, Lalo Schifrin has won four Grammy Awards(with twenty-one nominations), one Cable ACE Award,one Emmy Award, and received six Oscar nominations,and has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

4 Discography

4.1 Albums 1957: Spectrum (Epic) 1959: Piano Espaol (Tico) reissued as Lalol: TheLatin Sound of Lalo Schifrin (Roulette)

1962: Lalo = Brilliance (Roulette) 1962: Bossa Nova: New Brazilian Jazz (Audio Fi-delity)

1962: Piano, Strings and Bossa Nova (MGM) 1963: Samba Para Dos with Bob Brookmeyer(Verve)

1963: Between Broadway & Hollywood (MGM) 1964: Explorations with Louis Bellson (Roulette)

1964: New Fantasy (Verve) 1965: Jazz Suite on the Mass Texts with Paul Horn(RCA Victor)

1965: Once a Thief and Other Themes (Verve) 1966: The Dissection and Reconstruction of MusicFrom the Past as Performed By the Inmates of LaloSchifrins Demented Ensemble as a Tribute to theMemory of the Marquis De Sade (Verve)

1968: Theres a Whole Lalo Schifrin Goin' On (Dot) 1971: Rock Requiem (Verve) 1976: Black Widow (CTI) 1977: Towering Toccata (CTI) 1978: Gypsies (Tabu) 1979: No One Home (Tabu) 1982: Ins and Outs (Palo Alto) 1992: Jazz Meets the Symphony (Atlantic) 1993: More Jazz Meets the Symphony (Atlantic) 1993: Cantos Aztecas (Pro Arte) 1995: Firebird: Jazz Meets the Symphony No. 3(Four Winds)

1996: Gillespiana (Aleph) 1997: Lili'uokalani Symphony (Urtext Digital Clas-sics)

1998: Jazz Mass in Concert (Aleph) 1998: Metamorphosis: Jazz Meets the Symphony No.4 (Aleph)

1999: Mannix (Aleph) 1999: Latin Jazz Suite (Aleph) 1999: Jazz Goes to Holywood (Aleph) 1999: The Fox (Aleph) 2000: Esperanto (Aleph) 2000: Bullitt (Aleph) 2000: Intersections: Jazz Meets the Symphony No. 5(Aleph)

2001: Schifrin/Schuller/Shapiro: Piano Trios(Naxos)

2005: Letters From Argentina (Aleph) 2011: Invocation: Jazz Meets the Symphony No. 7(Aleph)

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4.2 Soundtrack albums 1964: Gone with the Wave (soundtrack) (Colpix) 1965: The Liquidator (soundtrack) (MGM) 1965: The Cincinnati Kid (soundtrack) (MGM) 1966: Murderers Row (soundtrack) (Colgems) 1967: Cool Hand Luke (soundtrack) (Dot) 1967: Sol Madrid (soundtrack) (MGM) 1967: Music from Mission: Impossible (Dot) 1968: The Fox (soundtrack) (Warner Bros.) 1968: More Mission: Impossible (Paramount) 1968: Mannix (Paramount) 1968: Bullitt (soundtrack) (Warner Bros.) 1969: Che! (soundtrack) (Tetragrammaton) 1970: Kellys Heroes (soundtrack) (MGM) 1973: Enter the Dragon (soundtrack) (WarnerBros.)

1977: Voyage of the Damned (soundtrack)(Entr'Acte)

1977: Rollercoaster (soundtrack) (MCA) 1979: The Amityville Horror (soundtrack) (Ameri-can International Pictures, Inc.)

2005: Caveman ( 1981 lm )

4.3 Albums featuredWith Cannonball Adderley

The Cannonball Adderley Quintet & Orchestra(Capitol, 1970) - composer, conductor and arranger

With Maurice Andr

Trompettissimo (Erato, 1994) - arranger and conduc-tor

With Count Basie

Back with Basie (Roulette, 1962)

With Louis Bellson

Thunderbird (Impulse!, 1965) - arranger

With Luiz Bonf

Luiz Bonfa Plays and Sings Bossa Nova (Verve,1963) - arranger

With Candido Camero

Conga Soul (Roulette, 1962) - piano, composer, ar-ranger

With Jos Carreras, Plcido Domingo and LucianoPavarotti

The Three Tenors in Concert (London, 1990) - ar-ranger

The Three Tenors in Concert 1994 (Atlantic, 1994)- arranger

The 3 Tenors - Paris 1998 (Atlantic, 1998) - arranger

With Dizzy Gillespie

Gillespiana (Verve, 1960) - composer, piano and ar-ranger

An Electrifying Evening with the Dizzy GillespieQuintet (Verve, 1961) - piano

Carnegie Hall Concert (Verve, 1961) - piano A Musical Safari (1961) - piano Dizzy on the French Riviera (Philips, 1962) - piano,composer and arranger

New Wave (Philips, 1962) - piano, arranger The New Continent (Limelight, 1962) - piano, com-poser and arranger

Something Old, Something New (Philips, 1963) - ar-ranger

Dizzy Gillespie and the Double Six of Paris (Philips,1963) - arranger

Free Ride (Pablo, 1977) - keyboards, composer, ar-ranger and conductor

With Eddie Harris

Bossa Nova (Vee-Jay, 1962) - piano, composer, ar-ranger

With Al Hirt

Latin in the Horn (RCA Victor, 1966) - conductorand arranger

With Jimmy Smith

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The Cat (Verve Records, 1964) - conductor and ar-ranger

The Cat Strikes Again (LaserLight Records, 1980)

With Sarah Vaughan

Sweet 'n' Sassy (1963 Roulette Records)

With Cal Tjader

Several Shades of Jade (Verve Records, 1963)

5 Film scoresFeature lms, documentaries, and short subjects forwhich Schifrin provided original music. These includelms for which he composed the entire score, and othersfor which he composed the theme or other partial contri-butions

1957: Venga a bailar el rock 1958: The Boss 1964: Joy House 1964: Rhino! 1964: See How They Run (TV movie) 1965: Blindfold 1965: Dark Intruder 1965: Once a Thief 1965: The Liquidator 1966: I Deal in Danger 1966: Murderers Row 1966: The Doomsday Flight (TV movie) 1966: The Making of a President: 1964 (TV docu-mentary)

1966: Way...Way Out 1967: Cool Hand Luke 1967: How I Spent My Summer Vacation (TVmovie)

1967: Sullivans Empire (TV movie) 1967: The Fox 1967: The Presidents Analyst 1967: The Venetian Aair

1967: Whos Minding the Mint? 1968: Braddock (TV movie) 1968: Bullitt 1968: Coogans Blu 1968: Hell in the Pacic 1968: Sol Madrid 1968: The Brotherhood 1968: The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich (TV doc-umentary)

1968: Where Angels Go, Trouble Follows 1969: Che! 1969: Eye of the Cat 1969: Mission Impossible Versus the Mob 1970: I Love My Wife 1970: Imago 1970: Kellys Heroes 1970: Pussycat, Pussycat, I Love You 1970: The Aquarians (TV movie) 1970: The Mask of Sheba (TV movie) 1970: WUSA 1971: Dirty Harry 1971: Escape (TV movie) 1971: Mrs. Pollifax-Spy 1971: Pretty Maids All in a Row 1971: The Beguiled 1971: The Christian Licorice Store 1971: The Hellstrom Chronicle 1971: THX 1138 1972: Joe Kidd 1972: Prime Cut 1972: Rage 1972: The Wrath of God 1972: Welcome Home, Johnny Bristol (TV movie) 1973: Charley Varrick 1973: Egan (TV movie) 1973: Enter the Dragon

5 1973: Harry in Your Pocket 1973: Hit! 1973: Hunter (TV movie) 1973: Magnum Force 1973: The Neptune Factor 1974: Golden Needles 1974: Man on a Swing 1974: Night Games (TV movie) 1974: The Four Musketeers 1974: Up from the Ape (documentary) 1975: Delancey Street: The Crisis Within (TVmovie)

1975: Foster and Laurie (TV movie) 1975: Guilty or Innocent: The Sam Sheppard Mur-der Case (TV movie)

1975: The Master Gunghter 1976: Brenda Starr (TV movie) 1976: Sky Riders 1976: Special Delivery 1976: St. Ives 1976: The Eagle Has Landed 1976: Voyage of the Damned 1977: Day of the Animals 1977: Good Against Evil (TV movie) 1977: Rollercoaster 1977: Telefon 1978: Nunzio 1978: Return from Witch Mountain 1978: The Cat from Outer Space 1978: The Manitou 1978: The Nativity (TV movie) 1978: The Presidents Mistress (TV movie) 1979: Boulevard Nights 1979: Escape to Athena 1979: Institute for Revenge (TV movie) 1979: Love and Bullets

1979: The Amityville Horror 1979: The Concorde ... Airport '79 1980: Brubaker 1980: Serial 1980: The Big Brawl 1980: The Competition 1980: The Nude Bomb 1980: When Time Ran Out 1981: Buddy Buddy 1981: Caveman 1981: La pelle 1981: Loophole 1981: The Fridays of Eternity 1982: A Stranger Is Watching 1982: Amityville II: The Possession 1982: Class of 1984 1982: Falcons Gold (TV movie) 1982: Fast-Walking 1982: The Seduction 1982: Victims (TV movie) 1982: Wait Until Dark (TV movie) 1983: Doctor Detroit 1983: Princess Daisy (TV movie) 1983: Rita Hayworth: The Love Goddess (TVmovie)

1983: Staright: The Plane That Couldn't Land (TVmovie)

1983: Sudden Impact 1983: The Osterman Weekend 1983: The Sting II 1984: Spraggue (TV movie) 1984: Tank 1985: Bad Medicine 1985: Bridge Across Time (TV movie) 1985: Command 5 (TV movie) 1985: Private Sessions (TV movie)

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1985: The Mean Season 1985: The New Kids 1986: Beverly Hills Madam (TV movie) 1986: Black Moon Rising 1986: Kung Fu: The Movie (TV movie) 1986: The Ladies Club 1986: Triplecross (TV movie) 1987: Out on a Limb (TV movie) 1987: The Fourth Protocol 1988: Berln Blues 1988: Shakedown on the Sunset Strip (TV movie) 1988: The Dead Pool 1988: Earth Star Voyager (TV mini series) 1989: Original Sin (TV movie) 1989: Return from the River Kwai 1989: The Neon Empire (TV movie) 1990: Face to Face] (TV movie) 1991: F/X2 1993: The Beverly Hillbillies 1995: Manhattan Merengue! 1996: Scorpion Spring 1997: Money Talks 1998: Rush Hour 1998: Something to Believe In 1998: Tango 2001: Culture Clash: West Meets East (video docu-mentary short)

2001: Jackie Chans Hong Kong Tour (video docu-mentary short)

2001: Longshot 2001: Rush Hour 2 2002: Tom the Cat (short) 2003: Bringing Down the House 2004: After the Sunset 2004: Biyik (short) 2004: The Bridge of San Luis Rey

2006: Abominable 2007: Rush Hour 3 2007: Ultrasordine (short) 2008: Autour de 'Rush Hour 3' en 80 mots (videodocumentary)

2009: Mission Impossible (short) 2011: No Rest for the Wicked: A Basil & MoebiusAdventure (short)

2011: Love Story 2013: Sweetwater

5.1 Television scores 1965: The Man from U.N.C.L.E. 1965: The Big Valley 1966: Blue Light 1966: T.H.E. Cat 1966: Mission: Impossible 1967: Mannix 1969: Medical Center 1974: Planet of the Apes 1975: Starsky and Hutch 1976: Most Wanted 1982: Chicago Story 1984: Glitter 1987: Sparkys Magic Piano

6 See also List of music arrangers List of jazz arrangers

7 References[1] Huey, Steve (1932-06-21). Allmusic biography. All-

music.com. Retrieved 2012-06-25.

[2] Brook, Vincent (2006). You should see yourself: Jewishidentity in postmodern American culture. Rutgers Univer-sity Press. p. 96. ISBN 0-8135-3845-9.

7[3] Schifrin interview with Miguel ngel Ordez & PabloNieto for ''Score Magacine'' (translated from the originalSpanish)". Scoremagacine.com. 2005-05-20. Retrieved2012-06-25.

[4] Sony Pictures. Tango: The Production. Productionnotes. Sonypictures.com. Retrieved 2012-06-25.

[5] Aleph Records discography. Dougpayne.com. Re-trieved 2012-06-25.

[6] Lipton Yellow Label Tea: Mission Impossible?". Pop-sop. Retrieved 2012-06-25.

8 External links Lalo Schifrins ocial website Lalo Schifrin at the Internet Movie Database Cinema Retro attends Lalo Schifrins London con-cert

Aleph Records Discography - record label operatedby Schifrin

Two Interviews with Lalo Schifrin by Bruce Due(June 23, 1988, and October 9, 2003)

Lalo Schifrin Interview for WeirdMusic.net / UK-top40Charts.com Magazine

Lalo Schifrin interview video at the Archive ofAmerican Television

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