Boris 'Lalo' Schifrin
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Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Argentina
20th Century
Orchestral, Jazz, Film/Television Music
Biography
Lalo (Boris) Schifrin was the son of Luís Schifrin, concertmaster and a founding member of the Buenos Aires Philharmonic. In college, Lalo studied music and law and went to Paris on scholarship. In 1955, he performed as a representative of Argentina at the International Jazz Festival at Salle Pleyel. Back in Argentia, he met jazz musician Dizzy Gillespie in 1956 where Schifrin was performing with his 16-piece band. He began composing music and in 1958 traveled to America to work with Dizzy Gillespie as the band's pianist and musical arranger. He continued to work as a jazz musician with the big names of jazz including Ella Fitzgerald, Quincy Jones, Sarah Vaughan, Stan Getz, Jimmy Smith, Cannonball Adderley, Ray Brown, and Count Basie. After his first album for Roulette he became busy writing TV and film music and performing at jazz festivals. He was honored with a star on the Hollywood "Walk of Fame" in 1988 and wrote the finale music for the Three Tenors concerts (José Carreras, Placido Domingo, and Luciano Pavorotti) in 1990, 1994, and 1998. With four Grammys (16 nominations) and six Oscar nominations to his credit, he has been one of the most active composers of his time.
Main Works
Feature Films
Cachibache (1957)
El Jefe (aka The Boss) (1958)
Rhino! (1964)Joyhouse (aka The Love Cage) (1964)
Chrysler Theater Presents "Clash of Cymbals" (1964)
See How They Run (aka The Widow Makers) (TV: 1964)
Gone With The Wave (1964)
Alfred Hitchcock Hour ("Memo From Purgatory") (1964)
Once A Thief (1965)
The Way Out Men (TV: 1965)
The Cincinnati Kid (1965)
The Making Of A President: 1964 (1965)
Blindfold (1965)
The Dark Intruder (aka Something With Claws or The Black Cloak) (1965)
The Liquidator (1965)
I Deal In Danger (from Blue Light) (1966)
Murderers' Row (1966)
The Venetian Affair (1966)Way...Way Out (1966)
National Geographic Presents "The Hidden World Of Insects" (1966)
Chrysler Theater Presents "A Small Rebellion" (1966)
Cool Hand Luke (1967) - Academy Award Nominee, Best Original Score
The President's Analyst (1967)
Who's Minding The Mint (1967)
Bullitt (1968)
Coogan's Bluff (1968)
The Fox (1968) - Academy Award Nominee, Best Original Score
The Brotherhood (1968)
Hell In The Pacific (1968)
Sol Madrid (1968)"Ché!" (1969)
Eye Of The Cat (1969)
Where Angels Go, Trouble Follows (1969)
Pussycat, Pussycat I Love You (1970)
Kelly's Heroes (1970)
The Aquarians (aka Deep Lab) (TV: 1970)
I Love My Wife (1970)Imago (1970)
THX-1138 (1970)
The Mask of Sheeba (aka Quest: The Mask of Sheeba) (1970)
WUSA (1970)
The Christian Licorice Store (1971)
Earth II (1971)
The Beguiled (1971)
Dirty Harry (1971)
Pretty Maids All In A Row (1971)
Escape (TV: 1971)
The Hellstrom Chronicle (1971)
Mrs. Pollifax: Spy (1971)
Prime Cut (1972)
Joe Kidd (1972)
Rage (1972)
The Wrath Of God (1972)
To Be Free (1972)
The Exorcist (Not Used: 1973)
Charley Varrick (1973)
Enter The Dragon (aka The Deadly Three) (1973)
Harry In Your Pocket (1973)
Hit! (1973)
Magnum Force (1973)
Warner Bros. Movies: A 50-Year Salute (1973)
The Neptune Factor (aka The Neptune Disaster, An Underwater Odyssey) (1973)
Man On A Swing (1974)
Golden Needles (aka Chase For The Golden Needle) (1974)
The Master Gunfighter (1975)
The Four Musketeers (1975)
Rollercoaster (1976)
Sky Riders (1976)
Special Delivery (aka Dangerous Break) (1976)
St. Ives (1976)
Voyage Of The Damned (1977) - Golden Globe Nominee & Academy Award Nominee, Best Original Score
Day Of The Animals (aka Something Is Out There) (1977)
Telefon (1977)
The Eagle Has Landed (1977)
Love And Bullets (1978)
Nunzio (1978)
Return From Witch Mountain (1978)
The Cat From Outer Space (1978)
The Manitou (1978)
Airport '79 (aka The Concorde-Airport '79 or Concord: Airport 79) (1979)
The Amityville Horror (1979) - Golden Globe Nominee & Academy Award Nominee, Best Original Score
Boulevard Nights (1979)
Escape To Athena (aka Offside 7 or Golden Raiders) (1979)
The Nude Bomb (aka The Return Of Maxwell Smart) (1980)
Battle Creek Brawl (aka The Big Brawl) (1980)
The Competition (1980) - Academy Award Nominee, Best Original Song - "People Alone"
Brubaker (1980)
Loophole (aka Break-In) (1980)
Serial (1980)
When Time Ran Out (1980)
The Seduction (1981)
Buddy Buddy (1981)
Caveman (1981)
Los Viernes de la Eternidad (aka The Fridays of Eternity) (1981)
La Pelle (aka The Skin) (1981)
The Sting II (1982) - Academy Award Nominee, Best Original Song
Amityville II: The Possession (1982)
Class of 1984 (1982)
Fast Walking (1982)
A Stranger Is Watching (1982)
Doctor Detroit (1983)
The Osterman Weekend (1983)
Sudden Impact (1983)
Tank (1984)
Private Sessions (1985)
The Mean Season (1985)
Bad Medicine (1985)
The New Kids (aka Striking Back) (1985)
Beverly Hills Madam (TV: 1986)
The Ladies Club (1986)
Kung Fu (1986)
Black Moon Rising (1986)
Sparky's Magic Piano (1987)
The Fourth Protocol (1987)
Berlin Blues (1988)
Little Sweetheart (1988)
Return From The River Kwai (1988)
The Dead Pool (1988)
FX 2 (aka FX 2: The Deadly Art of Illusion) (1991)
The Beverly Hillbillies (1993)
Manhattan Merengue! (1994)
Scorpion Spring (1995)
Money Talks (1997)
Tango (1998)
Rush Hour (1998)
Something To Believe In (1999)
Longshot (aka Jack of All Trades) (2000)
Rush Hour 2 (2001)
Bringing Down The House (2003)
Television Themes
Harris Against The World (TV series: 1964)
The Man From U.N.C.L.E. (TV series: 1964-67)
Blue Light (TV series: 1966)
Jericho (TV series pilot: 1966)
Mission: Impossible (TV series: 1966-73)
T.H.E. Cat (TV series: 1966-67)
The Doomsday Flight (TV: 1966)
How I Spent My Summer Vacation (aka Deadly Roulette) (TV: 1967)
Sullivan's Empire (TV: 1967)
The Rise And Fall Of The Third Reich (TV: 1967)
Mannix (TV series: 1967-75)
U.M.C. (aka Operation Heartbeat) (TV pilot for Medical Center: 1969)
The Young Lawyers (TV series: 1969-71)
Medical Center (TV series: 1969-76)
Welcome Home Johnny Bristol (TV: 1971)
The Partners (TV series: 1971-72)
The Hunter (TV: 1972)
Night Games (TV: 1974)
Planet Of The Apes (TV series: 1974)
Petrocelli (TV series: 1974-76)
Foster And Laurie (TV: 1975)
Bronk (TV series: 1975-76)
Starsky And Hutch (TV series pilot: 1975)
Delancey Street: The Crisis Within (TV series pilot: 1975)
Guilty Or Innocent: The Sam Sheppard Murder Case (TV: 1976)
Most Wanted (TV series: 1976-77)
Brenda Starr (TV: 1976)
Good Against Evil (TV: 1977)
The Nativity (TV: 1978)
The President's Mistress (TV: 1978)
Institute For Revenge (TV: 1979)
Back To The Planet Of The Apes (from 1974 TV series Planet Of The Apes) (TV: 1981)
The Chicago Story (TV: 1981)
Falcon's Gold (aka Robbers Of The Sacred Mountain) (TV: 1982)
Victims (TV: 1982)
Princess Daisy (TV: 1983)
Starflight: The Plane That Couldn't Land (aka Starflight One) (TV: 1983)
A.D.: Anno Domini (TV miniseries: 1984)
Command 5 (TV: 1984)
Spraggue (aka Spraggue: Murder For Two) (TV: 1984)
Rita Hayworth: The Love Goddess (TV: 1983)
Hollywood Wives (TV miniseries: 1985)
Bridge Across Time (aka Arizona Ripper or Terror At London Bridge) (TV: 1985)
Triplecross (TV: 1985)
Out On A Limb (TV: 1987)
Mission: Impossible (TV series: 1988-90)
Shakedown On Sunset Strip (TV: 1988)
Earth*Star Voyager (TV: 1988)
Neon Empire (TV: 1989)
Little White Lies (TV: 1989)
Don Quixote (TV miniseries: 1989)
Original Sin (TV: 1989)
The Silence At Bethany (TV: 1989)
Face To Face (TV: 1990)
A Woman Named Jackie (TV miniseries: 1991)
Classical and Jazz
Invocations
Pulsations
Tropicos
Gillespiana Suite for Trumpet and Bass
Canons for String Quartet
The Cat for Jazz Band and Percussion
The Jazz Mass
Symphonic Sketches of Cool Hand Luke
Concerto for Double Bass and Orchestra
Pan American Games Overture
La Nouvelle Orleans (For Woodwind and Orchestra)
Dances Concertantes (For Clarinet and Orchestra)
Cantos Aztecas (Opera)
Lili'Uokalani Symphony (Symphony No. 1)
