Lalo Schifrin

Bullitt Soundtrack - Lalo Schifrin - "Shifting Gears" HD
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Lalo started showing up on YouTube a couple of weeks ago and I've listened to some of his tunes and they're not bad. I think you'd call them jazz. Then this one popped up the other day and I said whoa! Here we've got the ominous lead up to the big chase scene and it's the music that gives it that ominous feel.

So just who is this Lalo guy? Wikipedia knows all:

Boris Claudio "Lalo" Schifrin (born June 21, 1932) is an Argentine-American pianist, composer, arranger and conductor. He is best known for his large body of film and TV scores since the 1950s, including the theme from Mission: Impossible, Bullitt and Enter the Dragon. He has received five Grammy Awards and six Academy Awards nominations. Associated with the jazz music genre, Schifrin is also noted for his collaborations with Clint Eastwood from the late 1960s to the 1980s, particularly the Dirty Harry series of films.

Golly gee, if Clint likes him he must be okay.