Lalo Schifrin - Dirty Harry's theme (opening credits) 

Seen it a hundred times but it never gets dull

They don't play this sort of music anymore. Love the bass & drum groove.

Clint is just the coolest dude ever. Respect is due for a career that spans over five decades. A real icon of American culture.

The amount of swagger Clint is carrying in this scene, movie and all his life is enough to make any man wanna be a badass just like him.

This track influenced me to become a drummer when I was a little child.

It’s such a simple title sequence but it’s so flawlessly shot and scored and edited that it’s impossible not to enjoy and Clint Eastwood is so insanely cool and charismatic.

Don Siegel was such a great director. Love how he has Clint coolly work his way up to the top of the building but cuts off Lalo's brilliant fast-paced frenetic score just for a few seconds so we can hear that giant fan and the footsteps along the metal walkway with that great camera angle looking up at Harry.

Shifrin has been a genius rock star for almost 60 years. His music can make any movie a lot better. Sometimes it's the best thing in the movie. An amazing talent.

That panning rooftop shot just before Harry finds the shell case is very well done.

Why can't they make movies like this anymore.

Always liked the ambient noises fitted so well with Schifrin's groovy score; a good example is at 2:18, the ship's horn hits the perfect note!

No fancy CGI, just great cinematography, a soundtrack that conveys the suspense and seriousness of the storyline and an actor that's never done a bad film. Like with music, it's getting rarer and rarer to come across anything that's in the same league as stuff created in the 60s, 70s and to some degree the 80's.

One of the best movie openings. It's all dramatic and fast paced one minute, laid back the next.

I just love the music score in this opening credit. Great composition of music. A classic.

San Francisco was just as much a star in this movie as Clint Eastwood.. love watching these and being immersed in San Francisco in the 70's.

i love this film its a masterpeice, the sound track is just something else, realy nitty gritty dirty innercity kinda sound that sets the pace to the movie.

Lalo Shifrin made an amazing job to individuate such a strong drummer and bass guitar man!!!

The coolest character in movie history.

Lalo Schifrin, Henry Mancini and Ennio Morricone....great movie score composers...

Interesting that Schifrin did this great opening score and Bullitt with both films set in San Francisco.

Whenever I see the opening score I'm amazed at the shot taken from such a distance considering wind speed, height and gravity.

The coolest soundtrack ever, and Dirty Harry is the King of Cool! Rock on, Big Guy!

You can tell this is 1970's music from conga drums, bass guitar, piano, trumpets, eventually the beginning of 70's music from movie themes would make it pop music made into disco, funk, etc after the psychedelic rock music from mid 60's ended in the early 70's.

Love that piano riff and bassline

Lalo Schifrin is sheer brilliance and talent.

Some people can make the argument that "Bullitt" was the catalyst of the loner bad ass undercover cop movies but I would say that this one, Dirty Harry really set the tone! :) Awesome classic trilogy!

I was able to take a film class in college 2 years ago and one of the notable parts about late 60s/70s movies was the huge transition from generally filming on set to filming outside, at least with crime films. The 70s Neo-Noir genre is personally one of my favorites

1.10 those drums ! ....The coolest introduction to any actor in any film ever made :)

lalo’s music is bad ass

Bloody hell clint looks ultra cool & badass

Siegel and Schifrin masterpiece: best opening ever, iconic and immortal

Beautiful score by the great Lalo.

Perfect motion picture opening.

Yeah I remember I rented the movie in about 2001, and was amazed at the opening music. I watched the opening credits about 10 times in a row.

3.13 wow that transitional change up with the electric key board , just transending momment, and quite ironic when finding the bullet casings ..........a moment etched in time by great music writers, and movie producers, such master piece !!

Sends shivers down my spin everytime I watch this 😊

REALLY TIGHT SOUNDTRACK DUDE,MAN I CAN DIG THOSE GROOVES BABY!

I remember trying to watch this as a kid at a birthday party but an older guy wouldn't let me. Saw it on my own eventually anyway.

Clint Eastwood and Lalo Schiffrin..... It doesn't get any cooler does it? Let's face it 😍😍😍

This is about the coolest of Schifrin ever. The truest golden vibe of the '70s, these exact sort of comps. got me curious about jazz, in particular Fusion. Jazz rock. "Electric piano" was it. ✔

lalo schifrin es argentino y uno mas de los tantos genios nacidos en argentina

Officially released in theaters on December 23, 1971. Happy 50th to Dirty Harry!

Clint never gets old. I’m gonna miss him when he passes.

When on holiday in San Francisco a while ago all I could hear was this theme music....too cool

I saw this movie the day it was released I was 13 years old I've seen it at least 200 times since then my favorite movie of all time

Sometimes when I try to listen to this from start to finish, without interruption. I just am compelled, and can't resist, to skip back to 2:40. The way the tone drops to a foreboding, haunting beat. And seeing Scorpio's perfect sniping view, this brings you back to realise that this movie means business. After the twangy, catchy, infectious, foot tapping, psuedo porn music that precedes it. Perfect use of direction, editing, timing, camera and music. :)

I remember the first time I watched the movie, the music (and the scene in general) at 1:57 gave me chills. It still does. Incredible.

Clint, Don & Lalo..... a Holy Trinity right there..

3.13 oh that key board is spine chillingly brilliant, I play it many times truly amazing

It’s jazz, groove , deep funk and house at a same time, with jazzy drum and and bass, but in percussions… LAlo is soo good

Shifrin at his best. Thanks for this.

I couldn't agree more...from 3:13 to 3:30 is sheer heaven.

So glad I visited the bar at the top of 55 California St (whose lobby and frontage were also used in Towering Inferno) when I did/you could - it closed a year or so later.

Fantastic opening with Clint being the king of cool and with amazing music. Wow.

"Now you know WHY they call me Dirty Harry...EVERY dirty job that comes along!"...CLASSIC!

Whats produced in Hollywierd now days doesn't hold a candle to this?

Great 70s funk jazzacid. Theme from Street of San Fransisco is fantastic.

Those session cats cut such a groooove that day, man...Lalo bought 'em some grass and they smoked it like tigers on vaseline or eatin' a piece of fried chicken, y'dig? Funky music sho' nuff turns me on...shamone!!

the best ever Clint Eastwood

The opening credit sequence inspired both Shaft and Enter The Dragon's credits sequences with a character walking through a major city scape.

For whatever reason this song to me is San Francisco's theme song it always reminds me of San Francisco

I read somewhere years ago that John Wayne turned this role down because he was ill. He did McQ shortly after this movie was made. Fate had played a role in Clint getting this movie.

Thank you. I've loved this scene and music for years. A great movie :)

The best part of the music was yet to come, especially that bass line.

Perfect soundtrack for this movie. Lalo Schifrin hit it right on.

The music is just off the scale, pardon the pun! Just the coolest possible soundtrack for the best film, still blows me away with smiles!

Out standing !!

This bullitt and kellys heroes are the best sound tracks of the seventies!

Schifrin's music is so cool and unmistakable.

1965-1977ish good period for film. Gritty, and relatively realistic action and not weighed down with laughable 80s action heroes, present day superheroes and militant, juvenile, “leading nowhere” left wing politics.

Just the coolest intro to a super cool film.

Back in '95 I actually got all the way up to the roof door but it was alarmed so I decided not to try it.

Always laugh at the annoyed cop at 0:01 that Harry almost hits with the door. Even in the first few seconds he's onscreen, it's already established that the character of Callahan really doesn't give a shit about anybody.

This is my go to theme in my head, .. even if I`m only going to the local shop

Acid Jazz!

"Dirty Harry" was a hard core movie, with Clint Eastwood playing a much less sympathetic character than in the later films of the DH series.There was huge potential to continue the development of the "rogue cop"character as first conceived. Eastwood actually played really villainous roles very well (as in "White Hunter, Black Heart" ) and should have done it more often.

What‘s so great with this 70th movies and music, they have a suspense bow. They take their time to build up suspense - and you know it will end in a crescendo or an outbreak of violance. Modern movies and music don’t take that time anymore. It’s all fast cuts or music with every tone pressed to maximum loudness. That is the reason that modern music and film is bullshit.

Absolutely cool stuff.. 😊

This is the soundtrack in my head when I'm walking through North Beach or FiDi.

Clint Eastwood in my opinion the best actor in the world a pure genius god bless him

I wonder if Carol Kaye did the bass work in this opening theme. Sounds like her style.

3:40 “Yeesus”🕶

2:43 the swimming pool crime scene still has the victim's blood, viewed from the building where notorious Scorpio made his sniper shot. Don Siegel's attention to detail as Inspector Callahan is making his investigation.

50th Anniversary of Dirty Harry (1971-2021)

One of the best movies ever made crime wise

The movie that launched Clint into the stratosphere of Mega stardom.

love the abrupt "Jesus"

Greatest movie of all time.

Outrageously groovy, Lalo AF!!!

"Yeezus..."

you can hear the dirty harry type music in lalo schifrins COMMANDO OPUS from kellys heroes. 1970.

best police movie all time

And here's a few scenes from next weeks show.

I love seeing blue skies and natural colors like these in old movies. We just dont get these anymore.

The music is excellent.

Love it 👍🏻

Watching this when i was 13 changed my life 59 now clint is the man

To this day, the absolute epitome of cool 😎

:25 -1:30 John Guerin is filthy on the drums

The building Clint is on is 555 California St. The other was and is still a hotel. I believe it is a Holiday Inn now.