Music Man

Julia Buckley of the Poe’s Deadly Daughters blog reminds us that today is Grammy and Emmy award winning composer Mike Post’s 64th birthday. Post’s TV credits are abundant, and some of his series themes have become landmarks of the genre. Hill Street Blues, The Rockford Files, NYPD Blue, The A-Team, Murder One, L.A. Law, Magnum, P.I., Tenspeed and Brown Shoe, Riptide--he created all of those familiar themes, and more. (He didn’t, however, compose the theme for Remington Steele, despite Ms. Buckley’s suggestion. That was the work of the late, great Henry Mancini.)

Television would have been a less aurally pleasing medium without Mike Post’s contributions. Just thinking about his repertoire makes my head swim with music. I just might be whistling the theme from Hill Street Blues for the rest of the day.