Another film buff digression.
Perhaps the most famous piece of music in 5/4 time.
(At least some of the movies inexplicably rearranged the theme in 4/4, because dumbing things down is what they do.)
Few film composers left more of a mark on popular culture than Lalo Schifrin did in the '60s and '70s
Bullitt - Opening Credits
Enter The Dragon
Most of the Dirty Harry movies.
He was already coming off a remarkably successful career as a composer and pianist, both through his solo works...
The Wave by Lalo Schifrin
and his collaborations with Dizzy Gillespie.
Gillespiana (Live On The Ed Sullivan Show, April 30, 1961)
Gillespiana: Panamericana
For a while there, Schifrin and Jerry Goldsmith seemed to be constantly trading off. Goldsmith did the Flint films. Schifrin took over for The President's Analyst. Goldsmith wrote the theme to The Man from U.N.C.L.E.; Schifrin radically reworked it.
Goldsmith was like one of those actors who disappear into the makeup and become entirely different people—Gary Oldman comes to mind. Schifrin, by contrast, was more like Cary Grant. He never felt the need to hide his distinctive style. There is, however, one very notable exception: in the film Cool Hand Luke, Schifrin produced a score of gorgeous Americana, comparable to Goldsmith's Lilies of the Field or The Wild Rovers.
Cool Hand Luke (Main Title)
Cool Hand Luke also produced a piece of stock music that was used for decades after the film came out. Check it out—about two minutes in.
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