In the second volume of its Lalo Schifrin Collection series, the Dragon’s Domain label has paired two of the composer’s lesser-known outings, the soundtrack to “Escape to Athena” (1979) and the never-before-issued score to the 1984 film “Tank.” Aside from both boasting the talents of composer Lalo Schifrin (1932-2025), the two films would seem to…
Lalo Schifrin – “The Venetian Affair” (1967)
It’s hard to fathom, but in 1966 alone Lalo Schifrin (1932-2025) composed the music for at least five theatrical films, including “Murderers Row” (which yielded a soundtrack album at the time), two TV movies, four TV documentaries, and four TV series, including “T.H.E. Cat” and, most memorably, “Mission: Impossible.” He also recorded the masterful Marquis…
The Lalo Schifrin Collection (2025)
Recently, the American soundtrack label Dragon’s Domain Records has begun issuing CDs and and digital downloads of the film and concert work of composer Lalo Schifrin (1932-2025). The label has so far issued stand-alone CDs of the previously available The Fourth Protocol (1987) and Return from the River Kwai (1989) and such rarities – and,…
“T.H.E. Cat” (1966-67) and Lalo Schifrin
Out of the night comes a man who saves lives at the risk of his own. Once a circus performer, an aerialist who refused the net. Once a cat burglar, a master among jewel thieves. Now a professional bodyguard. Primitive… savage… in love with danger. The Cat! Such was the premise of the half-hour Paramount…
Revisiting “Jaws” – Lalo Schifrin (1976)
In a detailed post last month, I covered Lalo Schifrin’s 1976 disco-oriented version of John Williams’s familiar theme to the movie Jaws, the world’s first blockbuster film and a hit from the previous summer. There are very few covers of the Williams theme and Schifrin – himself a notable composer for film and TV –…
Lalo Schifrin – “The Mask of Sheba” (1970)
A good half of Lalo Schifrin’s film music has found its way to some sort of a release outside of the original film, including the composer’s most memorable scores for such films as Bullitt, Enter the Dragon. and after a whopping four decades later, Dirty Harry, But apart from his TV work on “Mission: Impossible”…