Re: Composer Lalo Schifrin has passed away at the age of 93

anim8rfsk wrote:

Sad news from the world of cinema. Composer Lalo Schifrin
has passed away at the age of 93. Schifrin's best known
compositions included the themes from the tv series
Mission: Impossible, Mannix, Planet of the Apes, and
Starsky and Hutch as well as the scores to the films Dark
Intruder (1965), Cool Hand Luke (1967), Bullitt (1968),
Eye of the Cat (1969), THX 1138 (1971), Enter the Dragon
(1973), The Four Musketeers (1974), Voyage of the Damned
(1976), The Eagle Has Landed (1976), Day of the Animals
(1977), The Manitou (1978), The Amityville Horror (1979),
Amityville II: The Possession (1982), Class of 1984 (1984)
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 series of
films. He composed the Paramount Pictures fanfare used
from 1976 to 2004. His final work was the main title theme
for the anthology horror film Tales of Halloween (2015).
He was a five-time Grammy Award winner; he was nominated
for six Academy Awards and four Emmy Awards.
 
 

:(

Sad news.

I've got the orginal TV music by Schifrin on vinyl and
CD.

And he did the soundtrack for my favorite movie, The
Eagle Has Landed as noted above.

R.I.P. Lalo.

Nyssa, who will probably watch her favorite movie this
weekend in Schifrin's honor