That had to be a personal favor to somebody.

What aboutBringing Down The House, the movie that finally paired Steve Martin with Queen Latifah?

Does the Schif have a problem saying no?

Isnt he ever just like, You know what?

I wrote Mission Impossible.

Go find someone else to store your weak buddy comedy from complete and deafening silence.?

Lord knows he could probably get away with saying stuff like that.

Thats old Clint for ya always revving seniors up with some kind of unmitigated craziness.

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So hows Lalos score?

In seven words, tense, gripping, and peppered with slap bass.

Yes, Schifrin made liberal use of funky string thwacking, predating the dippy Seinfeld theme by six years.

The scratch box gets a serious workout on that one, too.

Oh, the awkward musical period when white people were first discovering rap.

It was a painful time.

Yeah, I bet you wish you didnt.

Schifrin peppers his taut, occasionally Kurtis Blow-ishSudden Impactscore with a pastiche of pleasing musical styles.

Its nice to see Carlos Cavazo get a nod from a contemporary of Dizzie Gillespie.

I wonder how many Crue records Lalo owns.

Hes gotta be aTheater of Painguy.

Its most definitely in a higher class than that early ninetiesBeverly Hillbilliesfeature Schif scored, or 1981sCaveman.

Ringo Starr in a loincloth?

Lalo, baby, I hope you made a mint on that one.

Sudden Impact soundtrack isout now.

Rating:

3 out of 5