Theme from Mission : Impossible - wikipedia Theme from Mission : Impossible `` Theme from Mission : Impossible '' Single by Lalo Schifrin from the album Music from Mission : Impossible Released 1967 Format Vinyl Recorded 1967 Genre Theme music Length 2 : 31 Label Dot Songwriter ( s ) Lalo Schifrin Producer ( s ) Tom Mack `` Theme from Mission : Impossible '' is the theme tune of the 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. The 1960s version has since been acknowledged as one of TV 's greatest theme tunes. Contents 1 Overview 2 Track listings 3 Charts 3.1 Peak positions 4 Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen, Jr. version 4.1 Chart performance 4.2 Critical reception 4.3 Track listings 4.4 Charts 4.5 Year - end charts 5 Cover versions 6 References Overview The theme is written in a time signature which Schifrin has jokingly explained as being `` for people who have five legs ''. However, a more likely explanation is that Schifrin started from the Morse Code for M.I. which is dah dah dit dit. If a dit is one beat and a dah is one and a half beats then this gives a bar of five beats exactly matching the underlying rhythm. The original single release peaked at No. 41 on the Billboard Hot 100 and 19 on the magazine 's Adult Contemporary chart in 1967 ( Leonard Nimoy, before playing Paris in Mission Impossible in 1969, also covered the theme two years earlier ). 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. Track listings 7 '' Single Side A : `` Mission : Impossible '' - 2 : 31 Side B : `` Jim on the Move '' - 3 : 12 Charts Peak positions Chart ( 1967 ) Peak position Billboard Hot 100 41 Billboard Easy Listening 19 Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen, Jr. version `` 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 Released June 3, 1996 Format CD vinyl Recorded Genre Theme music electronic dance Length 3 : 27 Label Mother Records Songwriter ( s ) Lalo Schifrin Producer ( s ) David Beal Larry Mullen Music video `` Theme from Mission : Impossible '' on YouTube In 1996, the theme was remade by U2 members Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen, Jr. for the soundtrack to the film. Chart performance It became a hit in the United States, peaking at No. 7 on the Billboard Hot 100 and receiving a gold certification, selling 500,000 copies there. It also peaked at number 7 on the UK Singles Chart and at number 1 in Iceland. Critical reception The Gavin Report wrote about the song : `` Those not familiar wiith 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 he 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. '' Track listings CD Single MUMTT75 / 576470 - 2 No. Title Length 1. `` Theme from Mission : Impossible '' 3 : 27 2. `` Mission : Impossible Theme ( Mission Accomplished ) '' 3 : 05 Total length : 6 : 32 MUMCD75 / 576471 - 2 No. Title Length 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 Chart ( 1996 ) Peak position Iceland ( Íslenski Listinn Topp 40 ) Billboard Hot 100 7 Billboard Dance Music / Club Play Singles Billboard Adult Top 40 23 Year - end charts Chart ( 1996 ) Position Canada Top Singles ( RPM ) 96 Germany ( Official German Charts ) 42 Billboard Hot 100 66 Cover versions One cover version was recorded by French No Wave artist Lizzy Mercier Descloux on her 1979 album, Press Color. 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 ''. Brave Combo covered the theme as a `` deep groove cumbia '' on their 2008 album, The Exotic Rocking Life. 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 ''. The arrangement is true to the Lalo Schifrin original, but also employs a passage with a liberal use of the Piano Sonato in C by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart K. 545 first movement and a self - composed passage to end the piece. The arrangement was introduced with a music video having a comedic cloak and dagger theme. Two official copies of the video have garnered nearly 5 million views on Lindsey Stirling 's YouTube channel and over 10 million views on The Piano Guys YouTube channel as of August 2015. References Jump up ^ `` 10 best TV themes at aolradioblog.com ''. aolradioblog.com. 2011 - 01 - 06. Jump up ^ Koppl, R. Lalo Schifrin on Creating Mission : Impossible, originally published in Soundtrack Magazine ( volume 19, number 74, 2000 ), posted at Soundtrack : The CinemaScore and Soundtrack Archives Jump up ^ Billboard : Lalo Schifrin Chart History accessed March 9, 2012 Jump up ^ `` Lipton Lalo Mission Impossible ''. inspiration room. May 1, 2010. Archived from the original on May 3, 2010. Retrieved July 16, 2017. Jump up ^ `` American certifications -- Clayton, Adam & Larry Mullen -- Theme from Mission : Impossible ''. Recording Industry Association of America. Jump up ^ `` Best - Selling Records of 1996 ''. Billboard. BPI Communications Inc. 109 ( 3 ) : 61. January 18, 1997. ISSN 0006 - 2510. Retrieved May 8, 2015. Jump up ^ Sholin, Dave ( 19 April 1996 ). `` Gavin Picks > Singles '' ( PDF ). Gavin Report. No. 2101. p. 78. Retrieved 16 April 2018. Jump up ^ `` Íslenski Listinn NR. 174 Vikuna 15.6. - 21.6. ' 96 '' ( PDF ). Dagblaðið Vísir. 15 June 1996. p. 26. Retrieved 7 April 2018. Jump up ^ `` RPM Top 100 Hit Tracks of 1996 ''. RPM. Retrieved November 26, 2017. Jump up ^ `` Top 100 Single - Jahrescharts '' ( in German ). GfK Entertainment. Retrieved August 7, 2015. Jump up ^ `` Billboard Top 100 - 1996 ''. Retrieved 2011 - 01 - 06. Jump up ^ `` Lizzy Mercier Descloux -- Press Color ''. ZE Records -- ZEA 33 - 004. 1979. Jump up ^ Sanders Petersen, Sarah ( 8 January 2013 ). `` The Piano Guys, Lindsey Stirling combine for ' Mission Impossible ' video ''. Deseret News. Retrieved 23 July 2013. Jump up ^ Updegraff, Jake ( 9 January 2013 ). `` Piano Guys and Lindsey Stirling Take On ' Mission Impossible ' ''. RyanSeacrest.com. Retrieved 23 July 2013. ^ Jump up to : `` Mission Impossible ( Piano / Cello / Violin ) ft. Lindsey Stirling - ThePiano ''. ThePianoGuys. 7 January 2013. Retrieved 23 July 2013. See `` About '' section for details Jump up ^ `` Mission Impossible - Lindsey Stirling and the Piano Guys ''. LindseyStomp. 22 January 2013. Retrieved 23 July 2013. Mission : Impossible Television Mission : Impossible ( 1966 -- 73 ) Episodes Season 1 5 6 7 Mission : Impossible ( 1988 -- 90 ) Episodes Season 1 Films Mission : Impossible soundtrack soundtrack score III score Ghost Protocol Rogue Nation Fallout Characters Television Main characters Guest stars A -- M N -- Z Film Ethan Hunt Luther Stickell Benji Dunn Video games Mission : Impossible ( 1990 ) Mission : Impossible ( 1998 ) Mission : Impossible ( 2000 ) Mission : Impossible -- Operation Surma Miscellaneous Mission : Impossible vs. the Mob Impossible Missions Force Theme ( Lalo Schifrin ) Music from Mission : Impossible `` I Disappear '' `` Scum of the Earth '' `` Take a Look Around '' Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Theme_from_Mission:_Impossible&oldid=836864623 '' Categories : Compositions by Lalo Schifrin 1966 songs 1967 singles 1996 singles Dot Records singles Mission : Impossible music Songs written for films Television drama theme songs 1960s instrumentals Hidden categories : CS1 German - language sources ( de ) Articles with hAudio microformats Talk Contents About Wikipedia Add links This page was last edited on 17 April 2018, at 09 : 09. 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Question: who wrote the theme song for mission impossible
Answer: Lalo Schifrin; Lalo Schifrin; Lalo Schifrin; Argentine composer Lalo Schifrin; Lalo Schifrin