Conference 7.286::jazz

739.0. "Lalo Schifrin" by HANDVC::STEVELIU () Mon Feb 10 1997 01:35

    
    With the launch of "Mission Impossible" the movie, his music 
    has now been better known by the movie goers.
    
    I have been collecting his music since the 1960's, he has
    won awards and have been nominated for grammys 6 times. 
    He is most noticed for his composition for TV series,
    in particular, "Mission Impossible" plus other favorite
    prime-times in the 60's and 70's such as "Starky and Hutch",
    the "Medical Center", "Mennex". His notable movie scores
    include Bruce Lee's "Enter the Dragon", Steve McQueen's "Bullit",
    Clint Eastwood's the "Dirty Harry" series and Paul Newman's 
    "Cool Hand Luke".
    
    I think his music is revolutionary, his music has been so long,
    has still a big impact to the audience at large and sounds
    as fresh as you heard them 30 years ago. 
    
    His music is generally been classified as Jazz (you probably find
    his records in the jazz or movie soundtrack sections) but his
    musical influence crosses boundary.
    
    Do you have any favorites of his ? let us dedicate this note to 
    Mr. Lalo Schifrin.
    
    sl.