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Mike Post
If his name is not instantly recognizable, Mike Post’s music is. His unforgettable themes for The Rockford Files, Hill Street Blues, The A-Team, Magnum P.I., NYPD Blue, L.A. Law and many other TV classics – including the Law & Order family of dramas (notably, in the landmark, two-note “dun-dun” effect he created) – are part of the soundtrack of modern American life. Steeped in music from childhood, Post was a go-to session musician as a teenager in the Los Angeles area, quickly becoming part of a legendary collective of studio musical virtuosos known as The Wrecking Crew. Post played for virtually everyone active in the LA recording scene during this time. Most notably he worked on all of Sonny and Cher’s early hits, starting with “I Got You Babe.” While working for producer Jimmy Bowen, he formed The First Edition, featuring then unknown bassist/vocalist, Kenny Rogers. A breakout success – and at 23, winning the first of his five Grammy® Awards – with his arrangement of the 1968 instrumental smash hit “Classical Gas” raised Post’s profile as a composer, arranger and producer, before television changed the course of his career in the early 1970s. His theme songs from The Rockford Files, The Greatest American Hero, Hill Street Blues and L.A. Law all became chart-topping records and landed Post four of his five Grammy® Awards. In 1996 he won the Emmy® for outstanding achievement in Main Title composition for the critically acclaimed Murder One.

Songs

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Theme from The Greatest American Hero (Believe It or Not) (feat. Joey Scarbury, Larry Carlton & Joey Scarbury and Larry Carlton)
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The Theme of Law & Order
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Theme From Renegade
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Theme from Hill Street Blues (feat. Larry Carlton)
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Theme from Magnum, P. I. (feat. Larry Carlton)

Albums

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Message from the Mountains & Echoes of the Delta

2024
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Inventions From The Blue Line

1994
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Encore: It's Post Time

1988
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Music From L.A., Law And Otherwise

1988

Singles & EPs

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Message from the Mountains: IV. Redemption Valley

Single2024
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Message from the Mountains: V. Campfire Breakdown - Night Sky

Single2024
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The Theme of Law & Order

Single2012
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Murder One: (Theme from the TV Series for Solo Piano)

Single2012

Videos

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Mike Post - What most people know me for... (TV theme songs)

Mike Post5.4K views
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Message from the Mountains: IV. Redemption Valley

Mike Post1.2K views

Playlists by Mike Post

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TV Theme Songs

PlaylistMike Post15K views

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