Mike Post (born Leland Michael Postil on September 29, 1944) is a Grammy and Emmy award-winning composer of music and theme songs for many of the most popular TV dramas first shown in the United States. Events 522 BC - Darius I of Persia kills the Magian usurper Gaumâta securing his hold as king of the Persian Empire. Year 1944 ( MCMXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Grammy Awards (originally called the Gramophone Awards)—or Grammys —are presented annually by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences A composer (literally meaning 'one who puts together' is a person who creates Music, usually in the medium of notation, for Interpretation and Performance The phrase theme music usually refers to that of a radio program, Television program, or Movie. Television ( TV) is a widely used Telecommunication medium for sending ( Broadcasting) and receiving moving Images, either monochromatic Drama is the specific mode of Fiction represented in Performance. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the He was born in Berkeley, California. Berkeley is a city on the east shore of San Francisco Bay in Northern California, in the United States.
He won his first Grammy at age 23 for Best Instrumental Arrangement on Mason Williams' "Classical Gas". Mason Douglas Williams (b August 24, 1938) is an American Guitarist and Composer, best known for his popular guitar instrumental " Classical Gas " is an Instrumental piece written by Mason Williams. One of his first TV jobs started when he was 24, as the musical director on The Andy Williams Show. The Andy Williams Show was a television Variety show which ran from 1959 to 1971 (alternating during the summer of 1970 with Andy Williams Presents Ray Stevens Another early job was writing music, including the theme for the series Toma, but his big break-through (together with co-composer Pete Carpenter) came with his theme song for The Rockford Files, another series by producer Stephen J. Cannell; the theme also got cross-over Top 40 radio airplay. Peter Clarence "Pete" Carpenter (1 April 1914 -- 18 October 1987 was an American Jazz trombonist, musical arranger, and a veteran The Rockford Files is an American Detective ( Private investigator) Television Drama that had its first run on the Stephen Joseph Cannell, (born February 5, 1941; ˈkænəl rhymes with "channel" is an American Television producer, Writer The Top Forty or Top 40 is a music industry shorthand for the currently most-popular songs in a particular genre.
Post's first credited work in music was probably his early guidance of a garage rock band called the Outcasts while in basic training in San Antonio, Texas; he was the songwriter and producer for both songs on the band's first single, released in 1965, and also arranged a local concert where they served as a back-up band. The Outcasts is a Garage rock and Psychedelic rock band from San Antonio Texas that released a total of five singles between 1965 and 1967 Recruit training is the initial Indoctrination and instruction given to new military personnel
He later worked with Kenny Rogers in the 1960s and produced the first three albums he recorded with his country/rock group the First Edition. Kenneth Ray "Kenny" Rogers (born August 21, 1938, in Houston Texas) is an American Country music Singer-songwriter The 1960s decade refers to the years from the beginning of 1960 to the end of 1969 The First Edition (later known as Kenny Rogers and The First Edition) was a Rock band, stalwart members being Kenny Rogers ( vocals & Post also produced Dolly Parton's hit album 9 to 5 and Odd Jobs in 1981. Dolly Rebecca Parton (born January 19, 1946) is an American Country music Singer / Songwriter, Author, actress 9 to 5 and Odd Jobs was an album released by Dolly Parton in December 1980
Post won an Emmy for his Murder One theme music, and had previously been nominated for NYPD Blue, among others. Murder One was a television series first aired on the ABC network in the United States in 1995 NYPD Blue is an American television police drama set in New York City, exploring the internal and external struggles of the fictional 15th precinct He has won BMI Awards for the music for L.A. Law, Hunter, and the various Law & Order series. Broadcast Music Incorporated ( BMI) is a US Performing rights organization. LA Law is an American television Legal drama that ran from 1986 to 1994. Hunter is a police drama television series starring Fred Dryer which ran on NBC from 1984 to 1991 Law & Order is an American Police procedural and Legal drama television series created by Dick Wolf.
Other noted TV music work includes The Commish, NewsRadio, Blossom, Hill Street Blues, The A-Team, The Greatest American Hero, Magnum, P.I., Tenspeed and Brown Shoe, CHiPs, Hardcastle & McCormick, Baa Baa Black Sheep, Doogie Howser, M.D., Quantum Leap, Hooperman, Riptide, Remington Steele, Renegade, Silk Stalkings, Stingray and Wise Guy. The Commish was a Television series that aired on ABC in the United States from 1991 to 1995 NewsRadio is an American sitcom, originally broadcast from 1995 to 1999 on NBC. Blossom was a half-hour Comedy television series broadcast from 1991 to 1995 on NBC, Mondays at 830pm Hill Street Blues is a serial Police drama that was first aired on NBC in 1981 and ran for 146 episodes on primetime into 1987 The A-Team is an American action Adventure Television series about a fictional group of ex- United States Army Special Forces The Greatest American Hero is an American Television series which aired for three seasons from 1981 to 1983 on ABC. Magnum PI is an American Television show starring Tom Selleck as Thomas Magnum, a fictional Private investigator Tenspeed and Brown Shoe was an American television series originally broadcast by the ABC network between January and June 1980. CHiPs is an American Television Drama series produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios (licensee by Turner Entertainment) Hardcastle and McCormick is a 1980s action / Drama Television series from Stephen J Baa Baa Black Sheep (later syndicated as Black Sheep Squadron) is a Television series that aired on NBC from 1976 until 1978 Doogie Howser MD is a Television Comedy-drama starring Neil Patrick Harris as a brilliant teenage doctor who was also faced with the Quantum Leap is an American science fiction television series that ran for 96 episodes from March 1989 to May 1993 on the NBC network Hooperman is a US television series starring John Ritter. It ran for two seasons on ABC, from 1987 to 1989 Riptide is a detective TV series that ran on NBC from 1983 to 1986. Remington Steele is an American television series produced by MTM Enterprises and first broadcast on the NBC network from 1982 Renegade was a US Television series that ran for 5 seasons and 110 episodes between September 17, 1992 and April 4 Silk Stalkings is a TV crime drama originally shown on CBS in 1991 as part of the network's late-night Crimetime After Primetime Stingray is an NBC television series produced by Stephen J Cannell that ran from 1985 to 1987. Tropical Gangsters (released in the US as Wise Guy) is the 1982 album by Kid Creole and the Coconuts.
The Who's Pete Townshend wrote a song called "Mike Post Theme", taken from their comeback album Endless Wire, released in 2006. The Who are an English rock band formed in 1964. The primary lineup consisted of guitarist Pete Townshend Peter Dennis Blandford Townshend (born 19 May 1945 in Chiswick, London) is an English rock Guitarist, Singer, Endless Wire is the eleventh album by the English rock band The Who. Townshend has said that the song takes inspiration from Post's theme for Hill Street Blues. The sound of British electronic indie act The Go! Team is largely inspired by Post's action theme music, including the Magnum, P. The Go! Team are an English, Brighton -based six piece band (with two Drummers whose songs are a mixture of action theme songs, cheerleader I. theme.
His 1994 CD, Inventions from the Blue Line, contains several of his well-known cop-show themes as of then, featuring NYPD Blue and also including Law & Order, Silk Stalkings and Renegade. A Compact Disc (also known as a CD) is an Optical disc used to store digital data, originally developed for storing digital audio Inventions from the Blue Line is a 1994 music CD containing some of the best known TV cop-show themes written by Mike Post as of that point In the liner notes, he discusses his late father, Sam Postil, and the admiration for law enforcement officers that Sam instilled in Mike. He also refers to police in the traditional nickname of "blues", as in "The Thin Blue Line" which refers to the police in general and to police camaraderie (one of the tracks is called "The Blue Line", which Post calls 'the comradery [sic][1] theme').
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