Lalo Schifrin - Mannix

Facts A private detective in three-quarter time?! Sure, if the composer is Lalo Schifrin. And the thinking for Mannix" is keyed to the new and different. "A waltz is new and different?! Yes, as a theme for the rugged Joe Mannix, of course it is. And you know how tempting it must have been to copy your own overwhelmingly successful "Mission Impossible" 5/4 and 2/4 approach. "Thanks, Lalo, and what's next? 4/4? 9/4? 9/8?! Ten to one it's all of them." - Bruce Geller