Mission Accomplished

 

Composer/musician Lalo Schifrin has passed at 93. Mentored by jazz great Dizzy Gillespie, he combined his jazz and classical background into a unique sound that led to soundtracks for many films including Cool Hand Luke, Bullitt, Dirty Harry, Enter the Dragon, and Rush Hour. He was nominated for four Emmy Awards and six Oscars being awarded an honorary Oscar in 2018. He garnered 23 Grammy nominations and won five.  Among his numerous TV soundtracks were contributing to The Man from U.N.C.L.E. and Starsky and Hutch and composing two glorious themes, Mannix and Mission Impossible, the latter of which has become a classic and used in all Mission Impossible films to date.