He had just turned 93, he composed music that was immortalized on the screen, like that of Mission Impossible, and he had even received an Oscar, so he had had a long and full career. But as much as it is a fact of life, the news of Lalo Schifrin's death has caused me a feeling of sadness and nostalgia.

One of the most popular rhythmic progressions of the 20th century was created by Argentine musician Lalo Schifrin, who died this Thursday in Los Angeles at the age of 93 due to pneumonia. It's the theme song for the series (and later film) Mission: Impossible, composed in 1966. Schifrin, a contemporary of Henry Mancini, was one of the great innovators of film and television music in the 1960s, when the audiovisual industry recognized the potential of jazz, precisely at a time when the clubs of the French capital were hosting many jazz musicians. big band in Argentina. Later contacts with Dizzy Gillespie and Quincy Jones further oriented his career. His knowledge of symphonic and jazz music shaped Schifrin's personality, and he settled in New York (where he wrote arrangements for Xavier Cugat's orchestra) before making the leap to Hollywood. In addition to Mission: Impossible, also composed the main theme of the series Mannix (1967), which thirty years later served as the theme song for the program APM? from TV3, and which Quentin Tarantino paid tribute to Once upon a time... Hollywood (2019). In those years he also made the soundtracks for films such as The king of the game (1965), The legend of the indomitable (1967), Bullitt (1968) and The human jungle (1968). That is, he worked on films by directors such as Norman Jewison, Stuart Rosenberg, Peter Yates, and Don Siegel.