Overview

• He died on June 26, 2025, from pneumonia complications, a fact confirmed by his sons Will and Ryan Schifrin.
• His seven-decade career encompassed more than 100 film and television scores, including Mission: Impossible, Dirty Harry and Bullitt.
• He crafted the iconic Mission: Impossible theme in an unconventional 5/4 time signature with a Morse code motif that remains central to the franchise.
• His work garnered four Grammy Awards, six Academy Award nominations and an honorary Oscar at the 2019 Governors Awards.
• His final major composition, the symphony “Long Live Freedom,” premiered on April 5 at Buenos Aires’s Teatro Colón.