Mike Post

He won his first Grammy at age 22 for Best Instrumental Arrangement on Mason Williams ' " Classical Gas ". One of his first TV jobs started when he was 24, as the musical director on '' The Andy Williams Show ''. 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.

He also worked with Kenny Rogers in the 1960s and produced the first three albums he recorded with his country/rock group The First Edition.

He won an Emmy for the theme to '' Murder One '', but had previously been nominated for '' NYPD Blue '', among others. He won BMI Award s for the music for '' L.A. Law '', '' Hunter '', and the various '' Law & Order '' series.

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 '' and '' Silk Stalkings ''.

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