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Theme from Mission: Impossible

January 01, 1970

"Mission Impossible (song)" redirects here. For the Coi Leray song, see Trendsetter (Coi Leray album).

"Theme from Mission: Impossible" is the theme tune of the American espionage TV series Mission: Impossible (1966–1973). The theme was written and composed by Argentine composer Lalo Schifrin and has since gone on to appear in several other works of the Mission: Impossible franchise, including the 1988 TV series, the film series, and the video game series.

"Theme from Mission: Impossible"
One of the side-A labels of the US single
Single by Lalo Schifrin
from the album Music from Mission: Impossible
Released1967
Recorded1967
GenreTheme music
Length2:31
LabelDot
Songwriter(s)Lalo Schifrin
Producer(s)Tom Mack

Overview edit

 
Theme

The theme is written in a 5
4 time signature, which Schifrin has jokingly explained as being for mutant people with five legs.[1]

The Morse code for M.I. is two dashes followed by two dots   ▄▄▄ ▄▄▄ ▄ ▄  ; if a dot is one beat and a dash is one and a half beats, then this gives a bar of five beats, exactly matching the theme's underlying rhythm.[2] It has been suggested that Schifrin consciously used the Morse code as a starting point for his composition, but this cannot be verified. Schifrin did write that he used Morse code as a method for obtaining an unusual rhythmic pattern for his theme to the film The Concorde... Airport '79.[3]

Schifrin's working title for the song was "Burning Fuse".[4] Schifrin compared his writing process to writing a letter: "When you write a letter, you don’t have to think what grammar or what syntaxes you’re going to use, you just write a letter. And that’s the way it came." He estimated that he wrote the main theme in 90 seconds and completed the full arrangement in three minutes.[4]

The actor Martin Landau, who played the character Rollin Hand on the show, attended the recording session for the theme song. "Lalo raised his wand to the musicians and I heard 'dun dun, da da, dun dun, da da' for the first time, and it was deafening", Landau recalled. "Lalo interrupted the band and said, 'no, no, it should be like this.' They resumed and before we could say anything, they had recorded it. I was stunned. It was so perfect. I came out humming that tune."[4]

Reception edit

The original single release peaked at number 41 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and 19 on the magazine's Adult Contemporary chart in 1967. Also in that year, two years before Leonard Nimoy began playing the role of Paris in Mission Impossible, the theme appeared on the album Leonard Nimoy Presents Mr. Spock's Music from Outer Space. (Nimoy did not perform on the song.)[5]

Awards edit

The theme won for the Best Instrumental Theme at the 10th Grammy Awards held on February 29, 1968.[6][7] Schifrin also won the Grammy for Best Original Score Written For A Motion Picture Or A Television Show.[8] In 2017, the 1967 recording of the Theme from Mission: Impossible by Lalo Schifrin on Dot Records was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame.[9]

Schifrin's version, as performed with the London Philharmonic Orchestra, received a nomination for the Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Performance for the 39th Grammy Awards held in 1997. The Clayton and Mullen version was also nominated for the same award in the same edition.[10]

Track listing edit

  • 7" single
  1. "Mission: Impossible" – 2:31
  2. "Jim on the Move" – 3:12

Charts edit

Chart (1967) Peak
position
Canada Top Singles (RPM)[11] 39
US Billboard Hot 100 41
US Easy Listening (Billboard) 19

Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen Jr. version edit

"Theme from Mission: Impossible"
 
Single by Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen Jr.
from the album Mission: Impossible: Music from and Inspired by the Motion Picture
ReleasedJune 3, 1996 (1996-06-03)[12]
Genre
Length3:27
LabelMother
Songwriter(s)Lalo Schifrin
Producer(s)
  • David Beal
  • Larry Mullen

In 1996, the theme was remade by U2 members Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen Jr. for the soundtrack to the film. The duo recorded two versions of the song, the main theme and another subtitled "Mission Accomplished". The main theme was used during the end credits. Unlike the original, the majority of this version is in common time, with the exception of the intro. The accompanying music video was directed by English singer, songwriter, musician and music video director Kevin Godley.[14]

Critical reception edit

Larry Flick from Billboard wrote that Clayton and Mullen "cover the film's instantly recognizable theme, effectively funking it up for the '90s with a shuffling jeep beat". He complimented Lalo Schifrin's melody as "suspenseful and compelling as ever" and added, "It'll give fans of the TV show a fun jolt while entertaining a whole new generation."[15] Dave Sholin from the Gavin Report commented, "Those not familiar with this piece of music A) are under five years of age, B) have been living with Theodore Kaczynski for the past 25 years, or C) are not aware of television. This interpretation by half of U2 will be heard by millions of moviegoers expected to see what's been anticipated as the film of the summer. Try cranking this up and driving around the hills of San Francisco! Very cool."[16]

Richard Smith from Melody Maker noted that the Mission Impossible theme "has been weirded and danced up with lots of (not desperately imaginative) This tape will self destruct-type samples laid over the top."[17] A reviewer from Music Week gave it four out of five, adding that the song "should be massive".[18] Music Week editor Alan Jones stated, "They have successfully updated it while retaining its more memorable motifs and drafted in mixers including Junior Vasquez, Guru and Goldie to give it a variety of dancefloor flavourings."[19]

Chart performance edit

The instrumental became a worldwide hit. In the United States, it peaked at number seven on the Billboard Hot 100 and received a gold certification, selling 500,000 copies there.[20][21] It additionally peaked at number one in Finland, Hungary and Iceland, number two in Australia and Ireland, and number seven in the United Kingdom.

Track listings edit

CD single

MUMTT75 / 576470-2
No.TitleLength
1."Theme from Mission: Impossible"3:27
2."Mission: Impossible Theme (Mission Accomplished)"3:05
Total length:6:32

12-inch single

12MUM75 / 576471-1
No.TitleLength
1."Theme from Mission: Impossible"3:27
2."Theme from Mission: Impossible" (Junior's Hard Mix)8:50
3."Mission: Impossible Theme (Mission Accomplished)" (Dave Clarke Remix)4:30
4."Mission: Impossible Theme (Mission Accomplished)"3:05
5."Mission: Impossible Theme (Mission Accomplished)" (Cut The Red Not The Blue)4:35
6."Theme From Mission: Impossible" (Junior's Hard Dub 1)7:44
Total length:32:11
MUMCD75 / 576471-2
No.TitleLength
1."Theme from Mission: Impossible"3:27
2."Theme from Mission: Impossible" (Junior's Hard Mix-Edit)4:10
3."Mission: Impossible Theme (Mission Accomplished)"3:05
4."Mission: Impossible Theme (Mission Accomplished)" (Cut the Red Not the Blue)4:35
5."Mission: Impossible Theme (Mission Accomplished)" (Dave Clarke Remix)4:30
Total length:19:47

Charts edit

Certifications edit

Region Certification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[51] Gold 35,000^
New Zealand (RMNZ)[67] Gold 5,000*
United States (RIAA)[68] Gold 500,000^

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Other cover versions and renditions edit

Jazz organist Jimmy Smith recorded a cover version for his 1968 album Livin' It Up.

One cover version was recorded by French No Wave artist Lizzy Mercier Descloux on her 1979 album, Press Color.[69]

A version of the theme was used during the panty raid sequence of the 1984 movie Revenge of the Nerds.

Rhythm section and production duo Sly and Robbie recorded a cover version for their 1997 album Mambo Taxi, a reggae and dub reworking of classic film themes.

The theme's melodies form the basis of Limp Bizkit's 2000 single "Take a Look Around", which was recorded for the soundtrack of the second film.

Russian ethnic band Bugotak recorded a Russian-language rap song with ethnic Siberian instruments based on "Take a Look Around", the theme and "Empty Spaces" by Pink Floyd, entitled "Missiya Maadai-kara nevypolnima".

American rapper Kanye West and producer Jon Brion created a remix version at the end credits of the third film.

Brave Combo covered the theme as a "deep groove cumbia" on their 2008 album, The Exotic Rocking Life.

Houston rapper Chamillionaire, remixed the theme song for his cancelled third album Venom in 2010.[70][71]

In 2010, a fictionalized account of Lalo Schifrin's creation of the Mission: Impossible tune was featured in a Lipton TV commercial aired in a number of countries around the world.[72]

Tiësto created a dance remix version of the theme to promote the fourth film in the series Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol (2011).[73]

In January 2013, violinist and dancer Lindsey Stirling and The Piano Guys, Steven Sharp Nelson (cello) and Jon Schmidt (piano), released their interpretation of the "Theme from Mission: Impossible".[74][75] The arrangement is true to the Schifrin original, but also employs a passage with a liberal use of the Piano Sonata in C by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart K. 545 first movement and a self-composed passage to end the piece.[76] The arrangement was introduced with a music video having a comedic cloak and dagger theme. Two official copies of the video have garnered nearly 10.7 million views (as of April 2021) on Lindsey Stirling's YouTube channel[77] and over 20 million views on The Piano Guys YouTube channel (as of April 2021).[76]

For the promotion of the fifth film Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation (2015), Japanese guitarist Miyavi covered the theme.[78]

The theme was used in a series of commercials for Etsy during the 2023 Christmas season.

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Mission Impossible song redirects here For the Coi Leray song see Trendsetter Coi Leray album Theme from Mission Impossible is the theme tune of the American espionage TV series Mission Impossible 1966 1973 The theme was written and composed by Argentine composer Lalo Schifrin and has since gone on to appear in several other works of the Mission Impossible franchise including the 1988 TV series the film series and the video game series Theme from Mission Impossible One of the side A labels of the US singleSingle by Lalo Schifrinfrom the album Music from Mission ImpossibleReleased1967Recorded1967GenreTheme musicLength2 31LabelDotSongwriter s Lalo SchifrinProducer s Tom Mack Contents 1 Overview 2 Reception 3 Awards 4 Track listing 5 Charts 6 Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen Jr version 6 1 Critical reception 6 2 Chart performance 6 3 Track listings 6 4 Charts 6 4 1 Weekly charts 6 4 2 Year end charts 6 5 Certifications 7 Other cover versions and renditions 8 References 9 External linksOverview edit nbsp source Audio playback is not supported in your browser You can download the audio file Theme The theme is written in a 54 time signature which Schifrin has jokingly explained as being for mutant people with five legs 1 The Morse code for M I is two dashes followed by two dots if a dot is one beat and a dash is one and a half beats then this gives a bar of five beats exactly matching the theme s underlying rhythm 2 It has been suggested that Schifrin consciously used the Morse code as a starting point for his composition but this cannot be verified Schifrin did write that he used Morse code as a method for obtaining an unusual rhythmic pattern for his theme to the film The Concorde Airport 79 3 Schifrin s working title for the song was Burning Fuse 4 Schifrin compared his writing process to writing a letter When you write a letter you don t have to think what grammar or what syntaxes you re going to use you just write a letter And that s the way it came He estimated that he wrote the main theme in 90 seconds and completed the full arrangement in three minutes 4 The actor Martin Landau who played the character Rollin Hand on the show attended the recording session for the theme song Lalo raised his wand to the musicians and I heard dun dun da da dun dun da da for the first time and it was deafening Landau recalled Lalo interrupted the band and said no no it should be like this They resumed and before we could say anything they had recorded it I was stunned It was so perfect I came out humming that tune 4 Reception editThe original single release peaked at number 41 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and 19 on the magazine s Adult Contemporary chart in 1967 Also in that year two years before Leonard Nimoy began playing the role of Paris in Mission Impossible the theme appeared on the album Leonard Nimoy Presents Mr Spock s Music from Outer Space Nimoy did not perform on the song 5 Awards editThe theme won for the Best Instrumental Theme at the 10th Grammy Awards held on February 29 1968 6 7 Schifrin also won the Grammy for Best Original Score Written For A Motion Picture Or A Television Show 8 In 2017 the 1967 recording of the Theme from Mission Impossible by Lalo Schifrin on Dot Records was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame 9 Schifrin s version as performed with the London Philharmonic Orchestra received a nomination for the Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Performance for the 39th Grammy Awards held in 1997 The Clayton and Mullen version was also nominated for the same award in the same edition 10 Track listing edit7 single Mission Impossible 2 31 Jim on the Move 3 12Charts editChart 1967 Peakposition Canada Top Singles RPM 11 39 US Billboard Hot 100 41 US Easy Listening Billboard 19Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen Jr version edit Theme from Mission Impossible nbsp Single by Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen Jr from the album Mission Impossible Music from and Inspired by the Motion PictureReleasedJune 3 1996 1996 06 03 12 GenreTheme music dance pop 13 electropop 13 Length3 27LabelMotherSongwriter s Lalo SchifrinProducer s David Beal Larry Mullen In 1996 the theme was remade by U2 members Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen Jr for the soundtrack to the film The duo recorded two versions of the song the main theme and another subtitled Mission Accomplished The main theme was used during the end credits Unlike the original the majority of this version is in common time with the exception of the intro The accompanying music video was directed by English singer songwriter musician and music video director Kevin Godley 14 Critical reception edit Larry Flick from Billboard wrote that Clayton and Mullen cover the film s instantly recognizable theme effectively funking it up for the 90s with a shuffling jeep beat He complimented Lalo Schifrin s melody as suspenseful and compelling as ever and added It ll give fans of the TV show a fun jolt while entertaining a whole new generation 15 Dave Sholin from the Gavin Report commented Those not familiar with this piece of music A are under five years of age B have been living with Theodore Kaczynski for the past 25 years or C are not aware of television This interpretation by half of U2 will be heard by millions of moviegoers expected to see what s been anticipated as the film of the summer Try cranking this up and driving around the hills of San Francisco Very cool 16 Richard Smith from Melody Maker noted that the Mission Impossible theme has been weirded and danced up with lots of not desperately imaginative This tape will self destruct type samples laid over the top 17 A reviewer from Music Week gave it four out of five adding that the song should be massive 18 Music Week editor Alan Jones stated They have successfully updated it while retaining its more memorable motifs and drafted in mixers including Junior Vasquez Guru and Goldie to give it a variety of dancefloor flavourings 19 Chart performance edit The instrumental became a worldwide hit In the United States it peaked at number seven on the Billboard Hot 100 and received a gold certification selling 500 000 copies there 20 21 It additionally peaked at number one in Finland Hungary and Iceland number two in Australia and Ireland and number seven in the United Kingdom Track listings edit CD single MUMTT75 576470 2No TitleLength1 Theme from Mission Impossible 3 272 Mission Impossible Theme Mission Accomplished 3 05Total length 6 32 12 inch single 12MUM75 576471 1No TitleLength1 Theme from Mission Impossible 3 272 Theme from Mission Impossible Junior s Hard Mix 8 503 Mission Impossible Theme Mission Accomplished Dave Clarke Remix 4 304 Mission Impossible Theme Mission Accomplished 3 055 Mission Impossible Theme Mission Accomplished Cut The Red Not The Blue 4 356 Theme From Mission Impossible Junior s Hard Dub 1 7 44Total length 32 11 MUMCD75 576471 2No TitleLength1 Theme from Mission Impossible 3 272 Theme from Mission Impossible Junior s Hard Mix Edit 4 103 Mission Impossible Theme Mission Accomplished 3 054 Mission Impossible Theme Mission Accomplished Cut the Red Not the Blue 4 355 Mission Impossible Theme Mission Accomplished Dave Clarke Remix 4 30Total length 19 47 Charts edit Weekly charts edit Chart 1996 Peakposition Australia ARIA 22 2 Austria O3 Austria Top 40 23 4 Belgium Ultratop 50 Flanders 24 15 Belgium Ultratop 50 Wallonia 25 14 Canada Top Singles RPM 26 10 Canada Adult Contemporary RPM 27 15 Canada Dance Urban RPM 28 8 Denmark IFPI 29 7 Europe Eurochart Hot 100 30 7 Finland Suomen virallinen lista 31 1 France SNEP 32 18 Germany Official German Charts 33 6 Hungary Mahasz 34 1 Iceland Islenski Listinn Topp 40 35 1 Ireland IRMA 36 2 Netherlands Dutch Top 40 37 15 Netherlands Single Top 100 38 18 New Zealand Recorded Music NZ 39 7 Norway VG lista 40 4 Scotland OCC 41 12 Sweden Sverigetopplistan 42 5 Switzerland Schweizer Hitparade 43 9 UK Singles OCC 44 7 US Billboard Hot 100 45 7 US Adult Top 40 Billboard 46 23 US Dance Club Songs Billboard 47 2 US Dance Singles Sales Billboard 48 4 US Mainstream Top 40 Billboard 49 10 US Cash Box Top 100 50 6 Year end charts edit Chart 1996 Position Australia ARIA 51 21 Austria O3 Austria Top 40 52 30 Belgium Ultratop 50 Flanders 53 79 Belgium Ultratop 50 Wallonia 54 69 Canada Top Singles RPM 55 96 Europe Eurochart Hot 100 56 43 France SNEP 57 52 Germany Official German Charts 58 42 Iceland Islenski Listinn Topp 40 59 11 Sweden Sverigetopplistan 60 21 Switzerland Schweizer Hitparade 61 40 UK Singles OCC 62 63 64 US Billboard Hot 100 64 66 US Dance Club Play Billboard 65 38 US Maxi Singles Sales Billboard 66 37 Certifications edit Region Certification Certified units sales Australia ARIA 51 Gold 35 000 New Zealand RMNZ 67 Gold 5 000 United States RIAA 68 Gold 500 000 Sales figures based on certification alone Shipments figures based on certification alone Other cover versions and renditions editJazz organist Jimmy Smith recorded a cover version for his 1968 album Livin It Up One cover version was recorded by French No Wave artist Lizzy Mercier Descloux on her 1979 album Press Color 69 A version of the theme was used during the panty raid sequence of the 1984 movie Revenge of the Nerds Rhythm section and production duo Sly and Robbie recorded a cover version for their 1997 album Mambo Taxi a reggae and dub reworking of classic film themes The theme s melodies form the basis of Limp Bizkit s 2000 single Take a Look Around which was recorded for the soundtrack of the second film Russian ethnic band Bugotak recorded a Russian language rap song with ethnic Siberian instruments based on Take a Look Around the theme and Empty Spaces by Pink Floyd entitled Missiya Maadai kara nevypolnima American rapper Kanye West and producer Jon Brion created a remix version at the end credits of the third film Brave Combo covered the theme as a deep groove cumbia on their 2008 album The Exotic Rocking Life Houston rapper Chamillionaire remixed the theme song for his cancelled third album Venom in 2010 70 71 In 2010 a fictionalized account of Lalo Schifrin s creation of the Mission Impossible tune was featured in a Lipton TV commercial aired in a number of countries around the world 72 Tiesto created a dance remix version of the theme to promote the fourth film in the series Mission Impossible Ghost Protocol 2011 73 In January 2013 violinist and dancer Lindsey Stirling and The Piano Guys Steven Sharp Nelson cello and Jon Schmidt piano released their interpretation of the Theme from Mission Impossible 74 75 The arrangement is true to the Schifrin original but also employs a passage with a liberal use of the Piano Sonata in C by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart K 545 first movement and a self composed passage to end the piece 76 The arrangement was introduced with a music video having a comedic cloak and dagger theme Two official copies of the video have garnered nearly 10 7 million views as of April 2021 on Lindsey Stirling s YouTube channel 77 and over 20 million views on The Piano Guys YouTube channel as of April 2021 76 For the promotion of the fifth film Mission Impossible Rogue Nation 2015 Japanese guitarist Miyavi covered the theme 78 The theme was used in a series of commercials for Etsy during the 2023 Christmas season References edit Koppl Rudy Lalo Schifrin on Creating Mission Impossible originally published in Soundtrack Magazine volume 19 number 74 2000 hosted at Soundtrack The CinemaScore and Soundtrack Archives Edwards Chris July 14 2023 Mission Impossible stars Simon Pegg and Rebecca Ferguson reveal theme song s secret Morse Code meaning NME Retrieved January 5 2024 Schifrin Lalo 2011 Music Composition for Film and Television Berklee Press p 43 ISBN 9781476899480 a b c Chilton Martin November 20 2018 I didn t have a clue what the show was about The story behind the iconic Mission Impossible theme tune The Independent Archived from the original on 2022 05 07 Billboard Lalo Schifrin Chart History Billboard Retrieved March 9 2012 Campbell 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from the original on May 3 2010 Retrieved July 16 2017 Mission Impossible Theme Tiesto Remix YouTube Retrieved July 24 2018 Sanders Petersen Sarah 8 January 2013 The Piano Guys Lindsey Stirling combine for Mission Impossible video Deseret News Retrieved 23 July 2013 Updegraff Jake 9 January 2013 Piano Guys and Lindsey Stirling Take On Mission Impossible RyanSeacrest com Retrieved 23 July 2013 a b Mission Impossible Piano Cello Violin ft Lindsey Stirling ThePiano ThePianoGuys 7 January 2013 Retrieved 23 July 2013 See About section for details Mission Impossible Lindsey Stirling and the Piano Guys LindseyStomp 22 January 2013 Retrieved 23 July 2013 ミッション インポッシブル ローグ ネイション MIYAVI Mission Impossible Theme Official Music Video YouTube Retrieved July 31 2018 External links edit Mission Impossible Main Theme on YouTube performed by Lalo Schifrin James Morrison and the Czech National Symphony Orchestra Mission Impossible Original Theme on YouTube performed by Schifrin feat Morrison at the 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