Lalo Schifrin

Mission: Possible—Lalo Schifrin Checks Out at 93, Theme Song Still Playing

At 93, Lalo Schifrin—whose four-bar countdown made the ‘Mission: Impossible’ theme utterly inescapable—exits stage left due to complications from pneumonia, as confirmed by his son via the BBC.

Spanning seven decades, Schifrin’s output includes 'The Man From U.N.C.L.E.', 'Enter the Dragon', 'The Amityville Horror', and the 'Rush Hour' saga. Balancing jazz leanings with film commissions, he collects 19 Grammy nominations, six Oscar nods, and an Honorary Oscar dished out by Clint Eastwood in 2018.