It took Lalo Schifrin all of three minutes to write his famed theme — set to an unusual 5/4 time signature — for the TV series “Mission: Impossible.” “Orchestration’s not the problem for me,” he says.
Lalo Schifrin, the composer who created the "Mission: Impossible" theme song, has died. Schifrin was 93 years old. The composer wrote more than 100 songs for film and television. Lalo Schifrin, the ...