As Tom Cruise’s spy film franchise is supposedly coming to a close with “Mission: Impossible — The Final Reckoning,” we uncover secrets of the classic theme song.

Lalo Schifrin, the composer who created the "Mission: Impossible" theme song, has died. Schifrin was 93 years old. The ...

Oscar-winning composer Lalo Schifrin, who was the brains behind the legendary Mission Impossible theme tune, has died at the ...

May 23 (UPI) --Jimmy Fallon and The Roots joined Tom Cruise and the cast of Mission: Impossible - Final Reckoning to sing the franchise theme song a cappella Thursday.Cruise, 62, appears by taking ...

Lalo Schifrin, the prolific film composer known for penning the 'Mission: Impossible' theme, died Thursday of complications from pneumonia. He was 93.

The clip shows Cruise sky-diving out of the helicopter with his burning parachute all 16 times in rapid succession as the “Mission: Impossible” theme song plays in the background.

The clip shows Cruise sky-diving out of the helicopter with his burning parachute all 16 times in rapid succession as the “Mission: Impossible” theme song plays in the background.

The clip shows Cruise sky-diving out of the helicopter with his burning parachute all 16 times in rapid succession as the “Mission: Impossible” theme song plays in the background.

The clip shows Cruise sky-diving out of the helicopter with his burning parachute all 16 times in rapid succession as the “Mission: Impossible” theme song plays in the background.

The composer who wrote the endlessly catchy theme for “Mission: Impossible” and more than 100 other arrangements for film and ...

The clip shows Cruise sky-diving out of the helicopter with his burning parachute all 16 times in rapid succession as the “Mission: Impossible” theme song plays in the background.