Schifrin at home in Los Angeles, circa 1989 - Bob Riha Jr/Getty Images Lalo Schifrin, who has died aged 93, was the composer of some 100 works for classical and jazz orchestras and of more than 150 ...

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: ...

(AP) - 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 ...