Lalo Schifrin was born June 21, 1932 in Buenos Aires to a musical family. His father Luis led the second violin section of the Teatro Colon, Argentina's most respected opera house. At the age of 6 he began to study piano which he completed at the age of 9.

He first studied sociology and law at the University of Buenos Aires, but then music captured his attention and he switched studies to attend classes at the Conservartoire de Paris. He played jazz in Paris night clubs and ended up representing Argentina at the International Jazz Festival.

He emigrated to the US in 1963 and became a citizen in 1969. He began to compose music for TV, creating the iconic theme to "Mission Impossible" and scoring numerous other shows and movies. He also provided incidental music for "The Exorcist" that was not well received by the studio because it was apparently too scary for audiences.

His next big project was the soundtrack of the 1977 thriller "Rollercoaster" that combined the widescreen views of being on the rollercoaster along with Sensurround that provided a startling approximation of the experience by having a bassy track enhance the feel of the rumble you felt on a rollercoaster. It was used in other films like "Tora Tora Tora" and "Earthquake" where the explosions and earthquake effects made you feel like you were in it. It was pretty real, many people actually panicked during "Earthquake" because that rumble felt like the real thing.

The song never charted but was fun with that wah wah guitar and the energetic flute solo playing over those solid beats. The movie was pretty good for it's time.