In the collection
12 records
An Electrifying Evening With The Dizzy Gillespie Quintet
Dizzy Gillespie Quintet, 1961
Music From Mission: Impossible
Lalo Schifrin, 1967
Enter The Dragon (Original Sound Track From The Motion Picture)
Lalo Schifrin, 1973
It Takes A Whole Lot Of Human Feeling
Carmen McRae, 1974
Black Widow
Lalo Schifrin, 1976
Album 16
Various, 1977
Europa Jazz
Dizzy Gillespie & Gerry Mulligan, 1981
Mission: Impossible, Mannix, More Mission: Impossible
Lalo Schifrin, 1982
Cantaré, Cantarás = I Will Sing, You Will Sing
Hermanos, 1985
Dummy
Portishead, 1994
The Reel Lalo Schifrin
Lalo Schifrin, 1998
Crime-Stoppers: TV’s Greatest P.I. Themes
Various, 2000
Played with
Dizzy Gillespie
2 records together
Dizzy Gillespie Quintet
2 records together
Patti Austin
2 records together
George & Ira Gershwin
2 records together
Irving Mills
2 records together
Tom Mack
2 records together
Julio Iglesias
2 records together
Juan Carlos Calderón
2 records together
Leo Wright
2 records together
Chuck Lampkin
2 records together
Edmund Anderson
2 records together
Theodor Grouya
2 records together
About
Argentinian film and TV score composer, arranger, conductor and pianist.
Born on June 21, 1932 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Died on June 26, 2025 in Los Angeles, USA (from pneumonia).
Classically trained as a musician, he was the son of the concertmaster of the Buenos Aires Philharmonic (). His first piano teacher was Enrique Barenboim (the father of ). He studied at the Paris Conservatory under . Schifrin met in 1956, moved to the United States in 1958, and was a member of Gillespie’s quintet (1960-1962) writing the extended works “Gillespiana” and “The New Continent” for Gillespie.
He gained his highest recognition as a composer of music for the screen, including the theme for “Mission: Impossible” (TV series 1966-1973, and the later films from 1996), as well the motion pictures “Cool Hand Luke”, “Bullitt” and “Dirty Harry”. During the course of his career, Schifrin received six Oscar nominations, four Grammys (with twenty-one nominations), and one Cable ACE Award. He has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and was awarded an honorary Oscar in November 2018 in recognition of his work. His autobiography is titled “Mission Impossible: My Life In Music”.
See also the label Aleph Records and Donna Schifrin.