The Mission: Impossible soundtrack includes music by Lalo Schifrin, Yo-Yo Ma and The Cranberries. This info article contains spoilers and song details for Brian De Palma’s 1996 movie on Paramount+ and Starz. Check out Vague Visages’ Soundtracks of Cinema category for more soundtrack song listings.

Mission: Impossible stars Tom Cruise as Ethan Hunt, an IMF agent. Jon Voight co-stars as Jim Phelps, the protagonist’s mentor. The storyline follows Ethan as he gets framed for killing numerous members of his team. Composer Danny Elfman (Men in Black) scored the 110-minute film, which features a total of five credited needle-drops. Here’s every song in Mission: Impossible, a reboot of the CBS television series and the first installment of the movie franchise.

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Mission: Impossible Soundtrack: Every Song in the 1996 Movie

• “The Mission: Impossible Theme” by Lalo Schifrin (00:03:00): Ethan talks to Claire (Emmanuelle Béart). He says, “We got it.” The Mission: Impossible soundtrack song scores the title sequence and plays again at 00:55:00 and 01:42:00.
• “Divertimento in E-Flat Major for String Trio (K.563)” by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart/Yo-Yo Ma, Gidon Kremer, and Kim Kashkashian (00:10:00): Jack (Emilio Estevez) talks to Ethan about an exploding gum device. The Mission: Impossible music continues during a transition sequence. A social event scene begins.
• “Dreams” by The Cranberries (01:44:00): Ethan chats with Luther (Ving Rhames) during an exterior restaurant sequence. Music plays from a nearby speaker system. Ethan talks about the DEA mistaking his mother and uncle for “a couple of dope smugglers in the Florida Keys.”
• “Mission: Impossible Theme” by Larry Mullen and Adam Clayton (01:45:00): Ethan sits in an airplane seat. A stewardess ask if he would like to watch a “movie.” The Mission: Impossible music scores the film’s final moments and end credits.

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The Mission: Impossible soundtrack also includes:

• “The Plot” by Lalo Schifrin (00:00:00): Context.

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