A new episode of Mission: Impossible was about to begin. The 1960s-era espionage series was a smash hit with a theme song as heart-racing as each thrilling episode plot. Videos by American Songwriter ...

Composer Lalo Schifrin WireImage 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.” ...

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 ...

May 23 (UPI) --Jimmy Fallon and The Roots joined Tom Cruise and the cast of Mission: Impossible - Final Reckoning to sing the franchise theme song a cappella Thursday. Cruise, 62, appears by ...

The Mission: Impossible theme everyone knows was written in 1966 by Argentinian jazz pianist Lalo Schifrin, who had come to the U.S. a few years earlier with Dizzy Gillespie 's band.

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.