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

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.