Lalo Schifrin

LALO SCHIFRIN. Argentine pianist, composer, arranger and conductor. His best known compositions include ; "Theme from Mission Impossible" / Cool Hand Luke (1967) / Bullitt (1968) / THX 1138 (1971) / Enter the Dragon (1973) / The Four Musketeers (1974) / Voyage of the Damned (1976) / The Amityville Horror (1979) and the Rush Hour trilogy (1998–2007). He is also noted for his 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. In 2019, he received an honorary Oscar "in recognition of his unique musical style, compositional integrity and influential contributions to the art of film scoring"