Mike Post Biography (1944-)

Born September 29, 1944 (some sources cite 1945), in Los Angeles (some sources cite San Fernando), CA; son of Sam Postil (an architect); married Patty McGettigan; children: Aaron, Jennifer. Addresses: Office: Mike Post Productions, 1007 West Olive Ave., Burbank, CA 91506.; Agent: Gorfaine-Schwartz Agency, 13245 Riverside Dr., Suite 450, Sherman Oaks, CA 91423-5625.

Nationality: American
Gender: Male
Occupation: Composer, orchestra leader, producer
Birth Details: September 29, 1944; Los Angeles, California, United States

Famous Works

CREDITS
Television Appearances
Series
Orchestra leader, Andy Williams Show, NBC, 1969-77
Orchestra leader, The Mac Davis Show, NBC, 1974-76
Television Work
Series
Music director and producer, The Mac Davis Show, NBC, 1974-76
Music arranger, The Rockford Files, NBC, 1975
Music producer, Cop Rock, ABC, 1990
Specials
Music director, Andy Williams Christmas Show, CBS, 1973
Music director, The Mac Davis Special, NBC, 1976
Producer, The Mac Davis Christmas Special ... When I Grow Up, NBC,1976
Film Work
Music adapter and song performer, "Hope You're Never Happy," Rhinestone, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1984
RECORDINGS
Albums
(As Mike Post Coalition) Fused, 1975
Television Theme Songs, 1982
Mike Post, 1984
Music from L.A. Law and Otherwise: Inventions from the Blue Line,American Gramophone, 1994
Producer and arranger of The Mason Williams Phonograph Album; producer of the albums Nine to Five and Other Jobs by Dolly Parton, and I Could Have Been a Sailor by Peter Allen; also producer of the single "I Just Dropped In (to See What Condition My Condition Was In)" by Kenny Rogers and the First Edition, 1967.
WRITINGS
Television Music
Series; Composer of Score, Unless Otherwise Noted
The NBC Mystery Movie, NBC, 1971
Griff, ABC, 1973-74
Needles and Pins, NBC, 1973
(With Pete Carpenter; also theme music) Toma, ABC, 1973-74
The Rockford Files, NBC, 1974-80
The Texas Wheelers, ABC, 1974-75
The Mac Davis Show, NBC, 1974-76
The Bob Crane Show, NBC, 1975
(And theme music) The Black Sheep Squadron (also known as Baa Baa Black Sheep), NBC, 1977-78
CHiPs, NBC, 1977-83
(And theme music) Richie Brockelman, Private Eye, NBC, 1978
The White Shadow, CBS, 1978-81
(And theme music) 240-Robert, ABC, 1979-81
Big Shamus, Little Shamus, CBS, 1979
(And theme music) The Duke, NBC, 1979
Stone, ABC, 1980
Tenspeed and Brown Shoe, ABC, 1980
(And theme music) Magnum, P.I., CBS, 1980-88
(With Stephen Geyer; also theme music) The Greatest American Hero,ABC, 1981-83
(And theme music) Hill Street Blues, NBC, 1981-87
The Powers of Matthew Star, NBC, 1982-83
The Quest, ABC, 1982
(And theme music) Tales of the Gold Monkey, ABC, 1982-83
The A-Team, NBC, 1983
(And theme music) Bay City Blues, NBC, 1983
Hardcastle and McCormick, ABC, 1983
(And theme music, "Tough Enough") The Rousters, NBC, 1983-84
Riptide, NBC, 1984
Roughcuts, 1984
Hunter, 1984-90, theme music, 1990-91
Stingray, NBC, 1986
(And theme music) L.A. Law, NBC, 1986-93
The Last Precinct, NBC, 1986
(And theme music) Hooperman, ABC, 1987
(And theme music) J. J. Starbuck, ABC, 1987
(And theme music) Wiseguy, CBS, 1987
(Theme music) Beverly Hills Buntz, 1987
(And theme music) Murphy's Law, ABC, 1988
(And theme music) Sonny Spoon, NBC, 1988
(And theme music) Unsub (also known as UNSUB), NBC, 1989
(And theme music) Quantum Leap, NBC, 1989-93
Doogie Howser, M.D., ABC, 1989-93
(And theme music) Booker (also known as Booker, P.I.), Fox,1989
Studio 5B, ABC, 1989
Top of the Hill, syndicated, 1989
Broken Badges, CBS, 1990
Law and Order, NBC, 1990-
Cop Rock, ABC, 1990
(And theme music) Disney Presents the 100 Lives of Black Jack Savage, The Disney Channel, 1991
(And theme music) The Commish, ABC, 1991-95
(With Velton Ray Bunch) Palace Guard, CBS, 1991
(And main title theme music) Silk Stalkings, USA Network, 1991-99
(And theme song) Blossom, NBC, 1991-94
(And theme music) Renegade, USA Network, 1992
The Hat Squad, CBS, 1992
The Human Factor, CBS, 1992
(And theme music) NYPD Blue, ABC, 1993-
Crime and Punishment, NBC, 1993
(And main title theme music) Nurses, NBC, 1993-94
The Byrds of Paradise, ABC, 1994
(Theme music) Traps, CBS, 1994
Pointman, 1995
(And theme music) NewsRadio (also known as The Station), NBC, 1995-98
Murder One, ABC, 1995-97

(Theme music) The Jeff Foxworthy Show, NBC, 1995
(Theme music) U.S. Customs: Classified, syndicated, 1995
The Wright Verdicts, CBS, 1995
Public Morals, CBS, 1996
(And theme music) Profit, Fox, 1996
(And theme music) Feds, CBS, 1997
Brooklyn South, CBS, 1997
(And theme music) Total Security, ABC, 1997
(And theme music) Players, NBC, 1997
Martial Law, CBS, 1998
Sins of the City, USA Network, 1998
(And theme music) Law and Order: Special Victims Unit, NBC, 1999-
City of Angels, CBS, 2000
Deadline, NBC, 2000
(Theme music) Arrest and Trial, syndicated, 2000
Also composer for The Joan Rivers Show.
Pilots
(With Carpenter) Gidget Gets Married, ABC, 1972
The Rockford Files (also known as Jim Rockford, Private Investigator), NBC, 1974
The Rockford Files (also known as The Rockford Files: Backlashof the Hunter), NBC, 1974
Richie Brockelman: Missing 24 Hours, NBC, 1976
Scott Free, NBC, 1976
Charlie Cobb: Nice Night for a Hanging, NBC, 1977
Off the Wall, NBC, 1977
The 416th, CBS, 1979
Captain America, CBS, 1979
Captain America II: Death Too Soon (also known as Death Too Soon), CBS, 1979
The Night Rider, ABC, 1979
Stone, ABC, 1979
Operating Room, NBC, 1979
Tenspeed and Brown Shoe, ABC, 1980
Palms Precinct, NBC, 1982
Big John, PBS, 1983
Hunter, 1984
Brothers-in-Law, ABC, 1985
Stingray, NBC, 1985
The Last Precinct, NBC, 1986
"Sirens," CBS Summer Playhouse, CBS, 1987
Quantum Leap (also known as Genesis), NBC, 1989
Profit, Fox, 1996
Movies; Composer of Score, Unless Otherwise Noted
(With Carpenter) Two on a Bench, ABC, 1971
Locusts, ABC, 1974
(With Carpenter) The Morning After, ABC, 1974
The Invasion of Johnson County, NBC, 1976
Dr. Scorpion, ABC, 1978
Coach of the Year, NBC, 1980
Scout's Honor, NBC, 1980
Will: G. Gordon Liddy (also known as Will: The Autobiography ofG. Gordon Liddy), NBC, 1982
Adam, NBC, 1983
Sunset Limousine, CBS, 1983
No Man's Land, 1984
Hard Knox, 1984
Heart of a Champion: The Ray Mancini Story, CBS, 1985
Adam: His Song Continues, NBC, 1986
(And theme music) Destination: America, ABC, 1987
(And theme music) Ariana, ABC, 1989
(And theme music) Auntie Sue, ABC, 1989
The Ryan White Story, ABC, 1989
(Theme music) The Dancer's Touch (also known as B. L. Stryker: The Dancer's Touch), ABC, 1989
B. L. Stryker: Blind Chess, 1989
(Theme music) Die Laughing, ABC, 1989
(Theme music) Easy Come, Easy Go, ABC, 1989
(Theme music) Fatal Flaw, ABC, 1989
(Theme music) Grand Deceptions, ABC, 1989
(Theme music) The King of Jazz, ABC, 1989
(Theme music) Murder: A Self-Portrait, NBC, 1989
Nashville Beat, The Nashville Network, 1989
(Theme music) Sex and the Married Detective, ABC, 1989
(Theme music) Sleep Well, Professor Oliver, ABC, 1989
(Theme music) Things That Go Bump in the Night, ABC, 1989
(And theme music) Columbo Goes to the Guillotine, ABC, 1989
Thunder Boat Row, ABC, 1989
Without Her Consent, NBC, 1990
Unspeakable Acts, CBS, 1990
(Theme music) Agenda for Murder, ABC, 1990
(Theme music) Columbo Cries Wolf, ABC, 1990
(Theme music) Flowers for Matty, ABC, 1990
(Theme music) Grand Theft Hotel, ABC, 1990
(Theme music) High Rise, NBC, 1990
(Theme music) In Vino Veritas, ABC, 1990
(Theme music) It's Always Something, ABC, 1990
(Theme music) Murder in Malibu, NBC, 1990
(Theme music) Night Train, ABC, 1990
(Theme music) None So Blind, ABC, 1990
(Theme music) Only the Good Die Young, ABC, 1990
(Theme music) Plates, ABC, 1990
(Theme music) Rest in Peace, Mrs. Columbo, ABC, 1990
(Theme music) Uneasy Lies the Crown, ABC, 1990
(Theme music) Winner Takes All, ABC, 1990
The Great Pretender, NBC, 1991
Greyhounds, CBS, 1994
Jake Lassiter: Justice on the Bayou, NBC, 1995
(Original theme music) The Return of Hunter: Everyone Walks in L.A. (also known as The Return of Hunter), NBC, 1995
(Theme music) The Commish: Father Image, ABC, 1995
(Theme music) The Commish: In the Shadow of the Gallows, ABC, 1995
The Rockford Files: A Blessing in Disguise, CBS, 1995
The Rockford Files: If the Frame Fits ... , CBS, 1996
The Rockford Files: Friends and Foul Play, CBS, 1996
The Rockford Files: Crime and Punishment (also known as The Rockford Files: Punishment and Crime), CBS, 1996
(Theme music) The Commish: The Redemption, ABC, 1996
The Rockford Files: Godfather Knows Best, CBS, 1996
(And theme music) Wiseguy, CBS, 1996
The Rockford Files: Murder and Misdemeanors, CBS, 1997
Exiled (also known as Exiled: A Law and Order Movie), NBC,1998
The Rockford Files: If It Bleeds ... It Leads, CBS, 1999
Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman: The Movie, CBS, 1999
Specials; Composer of Score, Unless Otherwise Noted
Mac Davis Special, NBC, 1975
Mac Davis Christmas Special, NBC, 1975
Mac Davis Christmas Special ... When I Grow Up, NBC, 1976
Mac Davis Christmas Odyssey: Two Thousand and Ten, NBC, 1978
Welcome to Paradise, 1984
(And theme music) Scandals, ABC, 1988
Fair Game, NBC, 1989
Philby, ABC, 1989
Sunday Night with Larry King, Cable News Network, 1990
The "L.A. Law" 100th Episode Special, NBC, 1991
(And theme music) Cop Files, UPN, 1995
(Music for Part 1) Cop Files, UPN, 1996
Other Television Music
Make Your Own Kind of Music!, 1971
Eine Frau Wird Gejagt, 1995
Murder One: Diary of a Serial Killer (miniseries), 1997
Film Music
Composer of Score, Unless Otherwise Noted
Rabbit Test, Avco-Embassy, 1978
(And songs, "Make Me Come with You Tonight") Handgun, Warner Bros., 1982
Running Brave, Buena Vista, 1983
(And songs, "The Day My Baby Died") Rhinestone, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1984
Hadley's Rebellion, ADI Marketing, 1984
(And songs, "The River Song," "Rock on the Bayou," "Wherever You Are," "Maybe Next Time," and "Halfway Right") The River Rat, Paramount, 1984
(Song, "Take No Prisoners") Secret Admirer, Orion, 1985
(And songs, "357" and "Magnum P.I.") Woo, 1998

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

Books:

Contemporary Musicians, May 28, 1994, Volume 21, Gale (Detroit, MI), 1998.

Periodicals:

Billboard, p. 8.
Journal of Film and Video, June 19, 1994, Fall, 1998, p. 40.
New York Times, p. H31.

Other:

Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service, August 24, 1994 .

User Contributions:

Comment about this article, ask questions, or add new information about this topic:

forum