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Lalo Schifrin
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Argentine-American pianist, composer, arranger and conductor (1932–2025)
Film & TV
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Lalo Schifrin (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈlalo ˈʃifɾin]; born Boris Claudio Schifrin; June 21, 1932 – June 26, 2025) was an Argentine-American pianist, composer, arranger and conductor. He was best known for his large body of film and television scores, which incorporate jazz and Latin American musical elements alongside traditional orchestration. Schifrin's best known compositions include the…
Known for
- The Groove Under the Groove2026
- Lalo2024
- L'Âge d'or de la pub — Self (archive footage)2023
- Romantic Mysticism: The Music of Billy Goldenberg — Self - Composer2022
- The Ventures: Stars on Guitars2020
- In The Tracks Of - Special Edition — Self2020
- Bolero: A Global Hit — Self2019
- Boléro, le refrain du monde — Self2019
- Tango under the Stars - Gustavo Dudamel — Self - Composer2017
- Last of the Independents: Don Siegel and the Making of 'Charley Varrick' — Self2015
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Key facts
- Born
- Boris Claudio Schifrin , ( 1932-06-21 ) June 21, 1932, Buenos Aires , Argentina
- Died
- June 26, 2025 (2025-06-26) (aged 93), Los Angeles , California, U.S.
- Education
- University of Buenos Aires Conservatoire de Paris
- Genres
- Film score jazz big band rock contemporary classical
- Occupations
- Musician composer arranger conductor
- Instruments
- Piano keyboards
- Years active
- 1952–2025
- Labels
- Tico Roulette Audio Fidelity MGM Verve Colpix Colgems Dot Warner Bros. Paramount EntrActe CTI Tabu Palo Alto Atlantic Aleph
- Spouses
- Sylvia Schon ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1958 , divorced ) Donna Cockrell ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1971 )
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Buenos Aires
- Place of death
- Los Angeles
- Occupation
- bandleader
- Educated at
- National School of Buenos Aires
- Languages spoken
- Spanish
- Genre
- classical music
- Instrument
- keyboard instrument
- Record label
- Atlantic Records
- Official website
- www.schifrin.com
- Image
- Lalo schifrin (cropped) (2).jpg
- Number of children
- 3
- Work location
- New York City
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- date of birth
- 1932-06-21
- start of work period
- 1950-00-00
- topic's main category
- Category:Lalo Schifrin
- Commons category
- Lalo Schifrin
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Original Song
- name in native language
- Lalo Schifrin
- birth name
- Boris Claudio Schifrin
- pseudonym
- Lalo Schifrin
- manner of death
- natural causes
- related category
- Category:Films scored by Lalo Schifrin
- P12674
- Plasmodium malariae
- copyright representative
- Broadcast Music, Inc.
- date of death
- 2025-06-26
- cause of death
- pneumonia
- end of work period
- 2025-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
Boris Claudio "Lalo" Schifrin (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈlalo ˈʃifɾin]; June 21, 1932 – June 26, 2025) was an Argentine and American pianist, composer, arranger and conductor. Initially prominent as a jazz composer, he was best known for his large body of film and television scores, which incorporates jazz and Latin American musical elements alongside traditional orchestration.
Schifrin's best known compositions include the themes from T.H.E. Cat (1966), Mission: Impossible (1966) and Mannix (1967), as well as the scores to Cool Hand Luke (1967), Bullitt (1968), THX 1138 (1971), Enter the Dragon (1973), The Four Musketeers (1974), Voyage of the Damned (1976), The Eagle Has Landed (1976), The Amityville Horror (1979) and the Rush Hour trilogy (1998–2007). Schifrin was also noted for collaborations with Clint Eastwood from the late 1960s to the 1980s, particularly the Dirty Harry film series. He composed the Paramount Pictures fanfare used from 1976 to 2004.
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