Lalo Schifrin Lalo Schifrin

Born: 21 June 1932, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Biography:
Argentinean composer, conductor and jazz musician Boris Claudio "Lalo" Schifrin had his musical talents encouraged from an early age, not least by his father Luís, who was a founder member of the Buenos Aires Philharmonic Orchestra. After studying in Paris during the 1950s, he was asked by jazz great Dizzy Gillespie to become his band's pianist and musical arranger, and a career was born. Schifrin made an inauspicious debut in film music, scoring a low-budget action movie called "Rhino!" in 1964. However, Schifrin's star was soon in ascendance, and went on to become one of the most influential composers of the 1960s and 70s, with films like "Cool Hand Luke" (1967), "Bullitt" (1968), "Coogan's Bluff" (1968), "The Fox" (1968), "Dirty Harry" (1971), "Enter the Dragon" (1973), "Magnum Force" (1973), "Voyage of the Damned" (1976), "The Eagle Has Landed" (1976) and "The Amityville Horror" (1979). Schifrin's TV work is also well recognised, and he has contributed music for such series as "The Man from UNCLE", "Starsky and Hutch", “Planet of the Apes” and the near-legendary "Mission Impossible". Schifrin's trademark 'urban cool' style, combining contemporary jazz, blues and pop rhythms with a classical orchestra, won him many fans, and six Oscar nominations. After almost a decade away from film music in the late 1980s/early 1990s, during which time he was worked with such famous names as The Three Tenors (Luciano Pavarotti, Placido Domingo and Jose Carreras), Ray Brown, Grady Tate, Diana Ross and Natalie Cole, Schifrin returned to public prominence in 1998 with his throwback score for the comedy "Rush Hour", and is once again in demand. Schifrin is married, to Donna, and has three children, one of whom – Ryan – is an aspiring filmmaker.

Reviews:
Abominable, Bringing Down the House, Bullitt, Rush Hour, Rush Hour 2 and Rush Hour 3

Filmography:
Rush Hour 3 (2007), Abominable (2006), The Bridge of San Luis Rey (2005), After the Sunset (2004), Bringing Down the House (2003), Rush Hour 2 (2001), Longshot (2000), Rush Hour (1998), Tango (1998), Money Talks (1997), Something to Believe In (1997), The Beverly Hillbillies (1993), Don Quixote (1991), A Woman Named Jackie (1991), F/X 2 (1991), Face to Face (1990), Original Sin (1989), The Neon Empire (1989), Shakedown on the Sunset Strip (1988), Earth Star Voyager (1988), Berlín Blues (1988), The Dead Pool (1988), The Fourth Protocol (1987), Out on a Limb (1987), Black Moon Rising (1986), Beverly Hills Madam (1986), The Ladies Club (1986), The Mean Season (1985), Triplecross (1985), A.D. Anno Domini (1985), Bad Medicine (1985), Bridge Across Time (1985), The New Kids (1985), Tank (1984), Command 5 (1984), Spraggue (1984), Starflight: The Plane That Couldn't Land (1983), The Osterman Weekend (1983), The Sting II (1983), Doctor Detroit (1983), Rita Hayworth: The Love Goddess (1983), Sudden Impact (1983), Amityville II: The Possession (1982), Falcon's Gold (1982), Class of 1984 (1982), Fast-Walking (1982), The Seduction (1982), A Stranger Is Watching (1982), Victims (1982), Caveman (1981), Buddy Buddy (1981), Chicago Story (1981), The Fridays of Eternity (1981), La Pelle (1981), When Time Ran Out (1980), The Nude Bomb (1980), Brubaker (1980), Th Big Brawl (1980), The Competition (1980), Loophole (1980), Serial (1980), Airport '79 (1979), The Amityville Horror (1979), Boulevard Nights (1979), Escape to Athena (1979), Institute for Revenge (1979), Love and Bullets (1979), The Cat from Outer Space (1978), The Manitou (1978), The Nativity (1978), Nunzio (1978), The President's Mistress (1978), Return from Witch Mountain (1978), Rollercoaster (1977), Day of the Animals (1977), Good Against Evil (1977), Telefon (1977), Sky Riders (1976), Brenda Starr (1976), The Eagle Has Landed (1976), Special Delivery (1976), St. Ives (1976), Voyage of the Damned (1976), Foster and Laurie (1975), The Master Gunfighter (1975), The Four Musketeers (1975), Delancey Street: The Crisis Within (1975), Guilty or Innocent: The Sam Sheppard Murder Case (1975), Back to the Planet of the Apes (1974), Golden Needles (1974), Man on a Swing (1974), Night Games (1974), Starsky and Hutch (1974), Enter the Dragon (1973), Hunter (1973), Charley Varrick (1973), Harry in Your Pocket (1973), Hit! (1973), Magnum Force (1973), The Neptune Factor (1973), Prime Cut (1972), Joe Kidd (1972), Rage (1972), The Wrath of God (1972), Earth II (1971), Pretty Maids All in a Row (1971), The Beguiled (1971), Escape (1971), Dirty Harry (1971), The Hellstrom Chronicle (1971), Mrs. Pollifax - Spy (1971), Welcome Home, Johnny Bristol (1971), Kelly's Heroes (1970), Pussycat, Pussycat, I Love You (1970), THX 1138 (1970), The Aquarians (1970), I Love My Wife (1970), Imago (1970), The Mask of Sheba (1970), WUSA (1970), Che! (1969), Eye of the Cat (1969), The Young Lawyers (1969), Bullitt (1968), Coogan's Bluff (1968), Sol Madrid (1968), The Fox (1968), The Brotherhood (1968), Hell in the Pacific (1968), Mission: Impossible vs. the Mob (1968), The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich (1968), Where Angels Go, Trouble Follows (1968), Cool Hand Luke (1967), How I Spent My Summer Vacation (1967), Mannix (1967), The President's Analyst (1967), Sullivan's Empire (1967), The Venetian Affair (1967), Who's Minding the Mint? (1967), Way Way Out (1966), Mission: Impossible (1966), The Doomsday Flight (1966), I Deal In Danger (1966), Murderers' Row (1966), Blindfold (1965), Once a Thief (1965), The Cincinnati Kid (1965), Dark Intruder (1965), The Liquidator (1965), Les Félins (1964), See How They Run (1964), Rhino! (1964).

Highest Grossing Films as at end of 2007 (adjusted for inflation):
Rush Hour 2 ($282.9m), The Amityville Horror ($215.2m), Rush Hour ($213.1m), Magnum Force ($157.7m), Bringing Down the House ($155.8m), Sudden Impact ($152.0m), Rush Hour 3 ($144.2m), Dirty Harry ($106.6m), Brubaker ($97.7m), Enter the Dragon ($75.8m)

Awards:
1984 Academy Awards - Nominee, Best Original Song Score and Its Adaptation or Best Adaptation Score - The Sting II
1981 Academy Awards - Nominee, Best Original Song - "People Alone" from The Competition
1980 Academy Awards - Nominee, Best Original Score - The Amityville Horror
1977 Academy Awards - Nominee, Best Original Score - The Voyage of the Damned
1969 Academy Awards - Nominee, Best Original Score - The Fox
1968 Academy Awards - Nominee, Best Original Score - Cool Hand Luke
1980 Golden Globes - Nominee, Best Original Score - The Amityville Horror
1977 Golden Globes - Nominee, Best Original Score - The Voyage of the Damned
1998 Grammy Awards – Nominee, Best Instrumental Composition Written for a Motion Picture or Television – Rush Hour

Links:
Official Lalo Schifrin Web Page
Lalo Schifrin Page at Hopper Management

Abominable The Amityville Horror A.D. Anno Domini Boulevard Nights Brubaker Bullitt Caveman Che! Dirty Harry/Sudden Impact/Magnum Force Don Quixote The Eagle Has Landed Enter the Dragon The Exorcist (Rejected Score) Les Félins The Hellstrom Chronicle The Fox Kelly’s Heroes Magnum Force Mannix Once a Thief The Osterman Weekend Planet of the Apes (TV) Rollercoaster Rush Hour Rush Hour 2 Rush Hour 3 Something to Believe In Tango THX 1138


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