Mission: Impossible was an American espionage television series that aired on CBS from September 1966 to March 1973. It was revived in 1988 for two seasons on ABC. It also inspired the series of theatrical motion pictures starring Tom Cruise beginning in 1996.
Created and initially produced by Bruce Geller, the show chronicled the exploits of a small covert team of secret government agents, known as the Impossible Missions Force, and their sophisticated methods of deceiving, manipulating and thwarting hostile Iron Curtain governments, third world dictators, corrupt industrialists, and crime lords, among others. In the first season, the team is led by Dan Briggs (played by Steven Hill); Jim Phelps (played by Peter Graves) takes charge for the six remaining seasons. Briggs and Phelps usually assemble the same core team of agents, all of whom have careers and some degree of celebrity outside of espionage. The team is occasionally supplemented by other specialists.
Although two albums of re-recorded music from the original series had previously been released under Schifrin's name, Music from Mission: Impossible (Dot, 1967) and More Mission: Impossible (Paramount, 1968) the original scores were not commercially available until 1992 when GNP Crescendo released The Best of Mission: Impossible – Then and Now featuring five scores by Lalo Schifrin for the original series and five by John E. Davis for the revival (Schifrin also scored three episodes of the revival, including the premiere, but none were included).
1 Lalo Schifrin– Mission: Impossible Main Title 0:49
Suite From "The Contender" Pt. 1
2 Lalo Schifrin– The Plot 0:31
3 Lalo Schifrin– Ready 3:12
4 Lalo Schifrin– Rollin 0:44
5 Lalo Schifrin– Time 1:11
6 Lalo Schifrin– Sleeping Phelps 1:11
Suite From "Submarine"
7 Lalo Schifrin– More Plot 2:39
8 Lalo Schifrin– Mission: Impossible Theme 1:10
Suite From "The Killer"
9 Lalo Schifrin– Bower Hotel 1:55
10 Lalo Schifrin– Check Out Time 2:45
11 Lalo Schifrin– The Trick 2:16
Suite From "Takeover"
12 Lalo Schifrin– Signal Light 0:42
13 Lalo Schifrin– Kate Thomas 1:28
Suite From "Underground"
14 Lalo Schifrin– Tape Machine 3:17
15 Lalo Schifrin– Good Job 0:47
16 Lalo Schifrin– Mission: Impossible End Credit 0:29
17 John E. Davis*– Mission: Impossible 88 Main Title 1:03
Suite From "The Plague"
18 John E. Davis*– Tricky Ears 0:38
19 John E. Davis*– This Is The Chase 2:40
Suite From "The Bayou"
20 John E. Davis*– Croc Bait 1:45
21 John E. Davis*– Not Worth It 3:38
Suite From "The Cattle King"
22 John E. Davis*– Nice Boat 0:59
23 John E. Davis*– Bait The Hook 1:48
24 John E. Davis*– Hot Time 0:44
25 John E. Davis*– I Guess It Is 1:17
26 John E. Davis*– Freak Time 1:34
27 John E. Davis*– Whacko Time 1:42
Suite From "Deadly Harvest" 2:00
28 John E. Davis*– Melt Down 2:00
29 John E. Davis*– Framed 2:05
Suite From "Church Bells In Bogota"
30 John E. Davis*– Coffee 1:16
31 John E. Davis*– Ring Around The Finger 1:17
32 John E. Davis*– Mission: Impossible 88 End Credit 0:35
33 Neil Norman– An Interview With Peter Graves 14:55
34 The Israeli Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted By Lalo Schifrin– Mission: Impossible Theme 6:07
The Best Of Mission: Impossible - Then And Now
