Overview

• Lalo Schifrin died on June 26, 2025, at the age of 93, according to Variety and Deadline.
• Over a career spanning more than five decades, he composed iconic themes for film and television, including Mission: Impossible, Bullitt, Starsky & Hutch and Enter the Dragon.
• Born in Buenos Aires in 1932 to a musical family, he studied piano and composition from childhood before earning a scholarship to study in Paris in the 1950s.
• His big break came when Dizzy Gillespie hired him as an arranger and pianist, leading to collaborations such as the album Gillespiana.
• He received four Grammy Awards, an honorary Oscar in 2018 and a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1988.