As Tom Cruise’s spy film franchise is supposedly coming to a close with “Mission: Impossible — The Final Reckoning,” we uncover secrets of the classic theme song.

Lalo Schifrin, the composer who wrote the endlessly catchy theme for “Mission: Impossible” and more than 100 other arrangements for film and television, died Thursday. He was 93.

Lalo Schifrin, composer of the classic Mission: Impossible theme, has died. The Argentine-American composer’s death was announced in a statement shared with the BBC by his son Ryan. Lalo was ...

The original "Mission: Impossible" theme song, composed by Lalo Schifrin, lives on in the new "Final Reckoning" movie. They are four notes that changed the action game: “Dum dum da da.” That ...

Here’s an exclusive extract, with Cruise looking back on that legendary Mission: Impossible 2 opener. TOM CRUISE: “I wanted to do a climbing sequence.

The Brief 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.

And I did.” “Mission: Impossible” won Grammys for best instrumental theme and best original score from a motion picture or a TV show. In 2017, the theme was entered into the Grammy Hall of Fame.

Lalo Schifrin, the legendary composer who penned the instantly recognizable Mission: Impossible theme and did scores for more than 100 other films and TV shows ranging from The Cincinnati Kid ...

Lalo Schifrin, the composer who wrote the endlessly catchy theme for "Mission: Impossible" and more than 100 other arrangements for film and television, died Thursday. He was 93.

And I did.” “Mission: Impossible” won Grammys for best instrumental theme and best original score from a motion picture or a TV show. In 2017, the theme was entered into the Grammy Hall of Fame.