“You must write notes on the screen without something,” said Shifrin in an interview with the television Academy of the television Academy. “We are looking for your music. Give us a rhythm. ” And it became rhythmic. Music in an extremely unusual thing 5/4 was an exciting and atmosphere, ideal for stories about espionage, hidden operations and a permanent race over time. Shifrin received Grammy for his soundtrack. The famous introduction became known as a musical work outside the series.
Lalo was actually his nickname. He was born on June 21, 1932 as Boris Claudio Shifrin in Buenos -Aires. His musical development began on a piano at a young age. His teacher at the piano was Enrique Barenbum, the father of the pianist and conductor Daniel Barenboim. Being a violinist, the father of Shifrin Louis had good contacts in the world of classical music, from which young Lalo won.
In college, he also discovered jazz. “And since then I devoted myself to both expressions,” he said to Jazz Professional in 1967. “There is nothing schizophrenic in it. People do not understand that good music is a big whole. I have no difference between jazz and classical music. This is the only thing that matters. ” The combination of styles formed his work. He made classic motives available to the main audience and brought jazz rhythms to the cinema.
Sociology and jazz
At first, jazz significantly influenced his further career. After studying sociology, Shifrin received a scholarship at the Paris Conservatory at the beginning of 20. He studied the composition there during the day, playing jazz clubs in the French capital at night. Returning to Buenos -Aires, he founded a jazz orchestra with whom he spoke at the TV show every week.
The meeting with the jazz musician Dizzzy Gillespie was innovative for his future career. First, he wrote the album “Gillespiana” for Gillespi, where he also played the piano. A few years later, Gillespi brought him to his quintet as a pianist. Shifrin moved to New York in the early 1960s and made a name in the United States -with jazz, as well as with Bossava New. He later accepted American citizenship.
In his old homeland, the Argentine sometimes participated in films. His first Hollywood obligation was the adventure film “Rhino!”, Which in Germany had the title “Safari -Syu” in 1964. In the same year, he wrote music for three more films, including the American television film “” Look at how they run “with Senta Berger and a French drama, how” protecting cats “with Alain Delon, and followed the series. He moved from New York to the film “Metropolis Los -Angeles.”
Random soundtrack for Steve Maccuine
On the Internet base of these films IMDB today, more than 200 soundtracks from Lalo Shifrin are listed. Its daily, jazz music for Classics of Steve McQueen “Bullitt” (1968), almost inhibiting the accompaniment for the thriller Clint Eastwood “Dirty Harry” (1971), including some continuations, are especially famous. For a cult film with Bruce Lee, Shifrin took a chance in a new area and combined Funa elements with Asian sounds and samples.
In subsequent years, the composer was responsible for the soundtracks for the “Hour of the Peak” series with Jackie Chan and Chris Takrom, among other things, and created music for some smaller or independent productions. His cult melody for the “mission is impossible” has always remained present, especially since thanks to the Hollywood blockbuster with Tom Cruise, it also sounded regularly in the cinema since 1996, as well as modern composers of the film, such as Danny Elfman or Hans Zimmer.
Lalo Shifrin received a total of five Grammy, including Latin Grammy. He was nominated four times for Emmy, six times per Oscars. In the fall of 2018, he received the honor of Oscar for his life. In an interview with the television academy, which annually awards Emmy, Shifrin was asked what he would like to remember after his death. “This is not my problem,” the musician answered. “The next generation must judge this.” Now Lalo Schiffrin died at the age of 93.
