Question: who wrote the theme song for mission impossible?
Answer: Argentine composer Lalo Schifrin, Lalo Schifrin

'' 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 .