The haunting cascade of notes at the center of both “Danube Incident” and “Sour Times” was played on a Hungarian dulcimer, known as a cimbalom, a classic example of the kind of unique instrumentation ...

Lalo Schifrin, the Grammy-winning composer of “Mission: Impossible” and film scores including “Cool Hand Luke,” “Dirty Harry” and “Bullitt,” died Thursday of complications from pneumonia. He was 93.

He received six Academy Award nominations and scored 100 films throughout his career Lalo Schifrin, a decorated film composer who most notably wrote the Mission: Impossible theme, died at 93 on ...

Lalo Schifrin created some of the most memorable music in film and TV. Schifrin, 93, died Thursday in Los Angeles of complications from pneumonia, moving directors and filmmakers to pay tribute to the ...

Each week, SPIN digs into the catalogs of great artists and highlights songs you might not know for our Deep Cut Friday series. The haunting cascade of notes at the center of both “Danube Incident” ...