Everyone knows the first notes of the Mission: Impossible theme, that mix of suspense and tension that makes us think the bomb is about to explode at the end of the music. And these credits, created for the Mission: Impossible series and used in the movies, hide a secret code.
Dave Moore from the show spoke Dave today While promoting the latest Mission: Impossible ColliderSimon Pegg and Rebecca Ferguson were interviewed by composer Lalo Shiffrin about a little-known anecdote about the credits of Saga in 1966.
This Mission Impossible movie lost part of its title!
Morse’s alphabet?
He would come Walrus The letters “M” and “I” in “Mission: Impossible” correspond to dah-dah for M and di-dih for I, or dah-dah di-dih, etc., for the first notes of the theme . , two long and two short. Here they sing for more clarity:
That being said, during Lalo Shiffrin’s numerous interviews about the music of the Mission: Impossible series, the composer never mentioned this fact, which may therefore be part of Hollywood urban legends.
He confirmed it anyway in 2011 in his book Music composition for film and television Worked to write Morse code music for the film Airport 80 Concorde.
An urban legend?
Lalo Shifrin
There’s no mention of Mission: Impossible , so suspicion remains, but the confirmation of Shiffrin’s interest in Morse code in musical composition suggests that the anecdote may be true.
Especially since each short note (di-dih) counts one beat in the music, and each long note (dah-dah) one and a half beats), we get a total of 5 beats, which is exactly the same as the Mission: Impossible music. which is a measure of 5 beats.
Nevertheless, the series’ theme earned Shiffrin the 1968 Grammy Awards for Best Instrumental Theme and Best Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or Series.
Source: Allocine

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