{"id":39227,"date":"2025-06-27T20:20:16","date_gmt":"2025-06-28T00:20:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=39227"},"modified":"2025-06-28T18:48:36","modified_gmt":"2025-06-28T22:48:36","slug":"39227","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=39227","title":{"rendered":"RIP Lalo Schifrin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/stallonezone.com\/zone\/2025\/z062725rip_lalo_schifrin.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"380\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Lalo Schifrin died yesterday from from complications of pneumonia. Mr. Schifrin was 93.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Lalo Schifrin was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina.\u00a0 His birth name was Boris Claudio Schifrin.\u00a0 He legally changed his name to Lalo when he came to the United States.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Lalo Schifrin was trained as a classical musician before falling in love with jazz.\u00a0 Mr. Schifrin received a scholarship to the Conservatoire de Paris.\u00a0 \u00a0He studied during the day and played jazz in clubs at night.\u00a0 While still in his twenties, Mr. Schifrin returned to Argentina.\u00a0 He began radio, television, and film work.\u00a0 Mr. Schifrin wrote for Xavier Cugat&#8217;s dance orchestra, Dizzy Gillespie and Duke Ellington.\u00a0 He was also recording his own music.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Lalo Schifrin began to get work for American television and films.\u00a0 He became one of the most prolific and productive composers.\u00a0 He was nominated for six <em>Academy Awards,<\/em> and in 2019 was given an <em>Honorary Oscar<\/em>.\u00a0 Mr. Schifrin was nominated for four <em>Primetime Emmy Awards<\/em> as well as three <em>Golden Globes<\/em>.\u00a0 He was nominated for 19 <em>Grammy Awards<\/em> and won four.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mr. Schifrin has 226 composer credits and 207 soundtrack credits on his IMDb resume.\u00a0 Some of his best known works include the themes to <em>THE Cat; Mission Impossible, Mannix<\/em> and <em>Starsky and Hutch<\/em>.\u00a0 \u00a0Some of his best known film scores include <em>Enter the Dragon, Cool Hand Luke, Bullitt, Dirty Harry, Rush Hour, The Amityville Horror, The Eagle Has Landed<\/em> and so many others.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mr. Schifrin&#8217;s best known composition is probably the <em>Mission Impossible<\/em> theme song.\u00a0 It&#8217;s a classic.\u00a0 My sentimental favorite is for <em>Enter the Dragon<\/em>.\u00a0 Truth is, I loved all of his music.\u00a0 Mr. Schifrin is a legend for good reason.\u00a0 His music which will live on forever.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Out thoughts and prayers go out to Lalo Schifrin&#8217;s family, friends and fans.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lalo Schifrin died yesterday from from complications of pneumonia. Mr. Schifrin was 93. 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