imo, this song is 50% responsible for the franchise still being alive and attended at cinema. when the theme is rolling in traillers, people be like "oh it's that franchise with this song" and looking forward to buy a ticket.
Lalo Schifrin also composed the music for Bruce Lee´s Enter the Dragon
In their only meeting Bruce Lee confessed to him that he would often train to the sound of his Mission Impossible theme !
I would like to dedicate this song to a dear friend who has long since passed, Captain Annette Orval of the France National Police, who loved Mission Impossible and used this tune on her answering machine. RIP Cou-Cou - Fred
Fascinating trivia from Wikipedia: Schifrin came up with the 5/4 time signature by starting with Morse Code for M.I., which is "dash ---- dash --- dot.dot." Exactly as the rhythm became.
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