Directed by Brian De Palma, the first film in the series owes a great debt to Schifrin's original ideas and keeps the sense of thrilling espionage front and center. The great Danny Elfman had the first chance to write Mission: Impossible movie music. Here's a complete timeline of the Mission: Impossible movies-and the composers of the movies' scores. Joe Kraemer, who scored the most recent version, told me his goal was "to create a score that honored the work done by Lalo Schifrin in the 1960s when he created the iconic theme for the TV series, while at the same time, not doing a pastiche that sounded cliche or dated, or came off like a spoof." Over the history of the film franchise, we have heard the theme rendered in a variety of ways. As NPR points out, "one of the most appealing things about it.is that it's in 5/4 time." This means that "the piece contains five beats to the measure, instead of the more typical three or four." This may seem to be a simple variation, but we are so accustomed to music having three and four beats per measure that when someone changes it up, our ears take notice. MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE still proves to be a high water mark that future composers have had to live up to with each subsequent chapter of this classic blockbuster.Written for the original 1960s television series, the theme has become iconic. Stepping out of the darkness of his iconic Tim Burton collaborations and into more lighthearted territory with his adaptation of Lalo Schffrin's earworm theme song and other motifs, this score is one of the best of Elfman's career. Brian DePalma's sleek, smooth and masterful first entry made waves with its approach to past characters from the series, but was not so carefree with its musical legacy, bringing on composer Danny Elfman to helm the score.
Before that became the expected standard, however, the first MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE film was tasked with elevating the pulp television classic to summer popcorn flick.
Nearly every film in the series features a new filmmaker behind the camera, just as nearly every film allows a different composer to take on scoring duties. The Tom Cruise helmed, auteur driven, action spy series has been an American cinema staple for over twenty years.
Mondo is proud to present the premiere vinyl release of Danny Elfman's incredible score to the film that started one of cinema's most celebrated franchises- MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE (1996)
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