Mike Post Biography
Mike Post born Leland Michael Postil, is an American musician, composer, songwriter, arranger, and producer best known for his TV theme songs for such series as Law & Order, Law & Order: SVU, The A-Team, NYPD Blue, Renegade, The Rockford Files, L.A. Law, Quantum Leap, Magnum, P.I., and Hill Street Blues. He has long been considered the most successful composer in television history.
Mike Post Age and Birthday
Mike is 78 years old as of 2021. He was born on 29th September 1944 in Berkeley, California, United States. He celebrates his birthday every 29th of September. His zodiac sign is Libra.
Mike Post Height and Weight
Post stands at an average height. He appears to be quite tall in stature in his photos, relative to his surroundings, and anything to go by. However, details regarding his actual height and weight are currently not publicly available. We will update this section when the information is available.
Other Body Measurements
Mike Post Education
Details regarding his educational background including the schools and colleges he attended are not available at the moment. We will update this section once we get them.
Mike Post Family, Parents, and Siblings
Mike was born and raised by his parents in Berkeley, California. Our efforts to find out more about his family came to no avail as no such information is publicly available. Thus, the identity of Post’s parents is still unclear. It is also not known if he has any siblings. We will update this section once this information is available.
Mike Post Wife and Children
Post married Patty McGettigan, unfortunately, the marriage did not last. He later married a second wife, Darla Eyer,on 29th August 1966.
Mike Post Children
Mike and his wife Darla Eyer are blessed with two children Aaron and Jennifer.
Mike Post Net Worth
Post has an estimated net worth of $3 million dollars as of 2022. This includes his assets, money, and income. His primary source of income is his career as a Musician, composer, songwriter, arranger, and producer. Through his various sources of income, Mike has been able to accumulate good fortune but prefers to lead a modest lifestyle.
Mike Post MusicCareer
Post’s first credited work in music was cutting demos using two singing sisters, Terry and Carol Fischer. With Sally Gordon, they went on to become The Mermaids. Their first single, “Popsicle’s and Icicles” (written by David Gates), was a #3 hit song in January 1964.
Post also provided early guidance for the garage rock band 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 the backup band. He won his first Grammy at age 23 for Best Instrumental Arrangement on Mason Williams’ “Classical Gas”, a #2 hit song in 1968.
He is also credited as the producer for Williams’ LP that included this song, The Mason Williams Phonograph Record. Billed as the Mike Post Coalition, their track “Afternoon of the Rhino” became a sought-after Northern soul track. The single peaked at #47 in the UK Singles Chart in August 1975.
Post also worked with Kenny Rogers and produced the first three albums he recorded with his country/rock group the First Edition (between 1967 and 1969). He also produced Dolly Patton’s hit album 9 to 5 and Odd Jobs in 1981. Much later, in 1997, he produced Van Halen’s Van Halen III album.
Mike Post Theme Songs
One of his first jobs in television started when he was 24, as the musical director on The Andy Williams Show. Another early job was writing the theme music for the short-lived detective series Toma in 1973, but his big breakthrough came in the following year with his theme song for The Rockford Files, another series by producer Stephen J. Cannell.
Post subsequently won Grammy’s for Best Instrumental Composition for the themes of the television shows Hill Street Blues in 1981 and L.A. Law in 1988 as well as another Grammy in 1981 for Best Instrumental Performance for the Hill Street Blues theme, which also reached number 10 in the U.S.
Mike Post The Law & Order “dun, dun” sound
Mike has won BMI Awards for the music for L.A. Law, Hunter, and the various Law & Order series. The theme for The Greatest American Hero (co-written with Stephen Geyer) is one of the few television themes to reach as high as #2 as a single record on the Billboard Hot 100.
The “dun, dun” sound effect he created for the Law & Order franchise has entered popular culture. At the peak of his career, Post was the go-to composer for all of the series created by Donald P. Bellisario, Steven Bochco, Stephen J. Cannell, and Dick Wolf.
Mike Post Invention From Blue Line
In 1994, Post released a CD, called Inventions from the Blue Line. The CD contained several of his well-known themes, featuring NYPD Blue and also including Law & Order, Silk Stalkings, and Renegade.
In the liner notes, he discussed his late father, Sam Postil, and the admiration for law enforcement officers that Sam instilled in Mike. He also referred to police in the traditional nickname of “blues”, as in The Thin Blue Line (referring to the police in general and police camaraderie). One of the tracks is called “The Blue Line”, which Post calls “the comradery theme”.
Mike Post Albums
- Fused (as The Mike Post Coalition); Warner Bros.-Seven Arts
- Railhead Overture; MGM
- Television Theme Songs; Elektra
- Music from L.A. Law and Otherwise; Polydor
- Inventions from the Blue Line; American Gramaphone
Mike Post Singles
- “The Rockford Files”
- “Manhattan Spiritual”
- “Theme from The Greatest American Hero
- “The Theme from Hill Street Blues”
- “Theme from Magnum P.I.”
- “Theme From L.A. Law”
Mike Post Awards
- Grammy Awards
- Year Album/Track Award
- T L.A. Law Best Instrumental Composition (other than Jazz)
- T Theme From ‘Hill Street Blues’ Best Instrumental Composition (other than Jazz)
- T Theme From ‘Hill Street Blues’ Best Pop Instrumental Performance
- T Rockford Files Best Instrumental Arrangement
- T Classical Gas Best Instrumental Arrangement
Frequently Asked Questions About Mike Post
Mike Post born Leland Michael Postil, is an American musician, composer, songwriter, arranger, and producer best known for his TV theme songs for such series as Law & Order, and Law & Order: SVU, among others.
Mike is 78 years old as of 2021. He was born on 29th September 1944 in Berkeley, California, United States. He celebrates his birthday every 29th of September.
Post stands at an average height. He appears to be quite tall in stature in his photos, relative to his surroundings, and anything to go by. However, details regarding his actual height and other body measurements are currently not publicly available.
Post married Patty McGettigan, unfortunately, the marriage did not last. He later married a second wife, Darla Eyer, on 29th August 1966.
Mike and his wife Darla Eyer are blessed with two children Aaron and Jennifer.
Post has an estimated net worth of $3 million dollars as of 2020. This includes his assets, money, and income. His primary source of income is his career as a Musician, composer, songwriter, arranger, and producer.
Because of security reasons, he has not shared his precise location of residence. We will update this information if we get the location and images of his house.
He is alive and in good health. There have been no reports of her being sick or having any health-related issues.
Mike is still an active participant in the entertainment industry. He is still pursuing his career as a musician.
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