The original "Mission: Impossible" theme song, composed by Lalo Schifrin, lives on in the new "Final Reckoning" movie. They are four notes that changed the action game: “Dum dum da da.” That is the ...

Lalo Schifrin created some of the most memorable music in film and TV. Schifrin, 93, died Thursday in Los Angeles of complications from pneumonia, moving directors and filmmakers to pay tribute to the ...

The man who created the soundtrack to all our lives has died. At the age of 93, Lalo Schifrin has passed away. Most famous as the composer of the jaunty Mission: Impossible theme song, Schifrin was ...

Lalo Schifrin, the composer who wrote the endlessly catchy theme for “Mission: Impossible” and more than 100 other arrangements for film and television, died Thursday. He was 93. Schifrin’s son Ryan ...

Lalo Schifrin, the Grammy-winning composer of “Mission: Impossible” and film scores including “Cool Hand Luke,” “Dirty Harry” and “Bullitt,” died Thursday of complications from pneumonia. He was 93.

They are four notes that changed the action game: “Dum dum da da.” That is the musical motif that instantly set the suspenseful stage for many a thrilling spy adventure as the theme song of “Mission: ...