Summary
More Mission Impossible is an album featuring music composed and conducted by Lalo Schifrin recorded in 1968 and released on the Paramount label.[1] As with Music from Mission: Impossible (1967) the music on this album is rerecorded and extended scores that were originally commissioned for the TV series Mission: Impossible.
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| Released | 1969 | |||
| Recorded | October 23 and 26, 1968 | |||
| Studio | Los Angeles | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 28:48 | |||
| Label | Paramount – PAS 5002 | |||
| Producer | Tom Mack | |||
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The liner notes were written by JazzTimes music critic Harvey Siders. He said that "each track could be lifted right out of context and stand alone as a compact treatise on rock-tinged, big-band jazz." He described "Mission Blues" as blues with a boogie woogie rhythm and funk elements, and noticed that "Self-Destruct" contained a "rarity: a jazz chimes solo" from the percussion department. He said that the "Danube Incident" was peacefully atmospheric, featuring the exotic Eastern European sound of the cymbalom.[2]
In 1994, Portishead sampled the track "Danube Incident" for their song "Sour Times", slowing the original tune down in tempo which also lowered its pitch.[3] "Sour Times" became Portishead's most successful single.
Track listing edit
All compositions by Lalo Schifrin except as indicated
- "Mission Blues" – 2:47
- "Self-Destruct" – 2:37
- "Affair in Madrid" – 2:31
- "Midnight Courier" – 3:25
- "The Chelsea Memorandum" (Shorty Rogers) – 2:59
- "More Mission" – 2:45
- "Intrigue" – 2:30
- "Danube Incident" – 1:52
- "Foul Play" (Richard Hazard) – 2:29
- "The Getaway" – 2:22
- "Mission: Impossible" – 2:31
- Recorded in Los Angeles, California on October 23 and 26, 1968
Personnel edit
- Lalo Schifrin – arranger, composer, conductor
- Conte Candoli, Graham Young, John Audino, Bobby Bryant – trumpet
- Lloyd Ulyate, Dick Nash, Dick Noel, Milt Bernhart, George Roberts – trombone
- Bud Shank, Ronny Lang, Plas Johnson, John Lowe, Gene Cipriano – reeds
- Mike Melvoin – piano, electric piano, organ
- Tommy Tedesco, Howard Roberts – guitar
- Ray Brown – bass
- Carol Kaye – electric bass
- Larry Bunker, Ken Watson, Emil Richards, Francisco Aguabella – percussion
- Robert Helfer – orchestra manager
- Dick Hazard, Milt Rogers – arranger, composer
- John Neal – engineer
- Apple Graphics – album design
- Christopher Whorf – art direction