- Pete Carpenter
Peter Clarence "Pete" Carpenter (1 April 1914 -- 18 October 1987), [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0139432/ Pete Carpenter] - at
IMDb ] was an Americanjazz trombonist, musical arranger, and a veteran oftelevision theme song scoring. [http://www.museum.tv/archives/etv/P/htmlP/postmike/postmike.htm Mike Post Biography] - at TheMuseum of Broadcast Communications ]Carpenter started writing the music for television on shows like "
Bewitched " (1964), "Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. " (1964), and "The Andy Griffith Show " (1966-1967).His collaboration with
Mike Post began in 1968 would last until Carpenter's death. The two saw some success when they wrote the theme for producerStephen J. Cannell 's first show, the police detective drama "Toma" in 1973. But their big breakthrough was the top 10Billboard hit andGrammy Award -winning theme for Cannell's private detective drama "The Rockford Files " in 1974, starringJames Garner .Knight, Judson. [http://arts.enotes.com/contemporary-musicians/post-mike-biography Mike Post] - at eNotes.com] [http://www.grammy.com/GRAMMY_Awards/Winners/Results.aspx?title=&winner=carpenter&year=1975&genreID=0&hp=1 Post and Carpenter] - Grammy.com] [ [http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/esearch/chart_display.jsp?cfi=379&cfgn=Singles&cfn=The+Billboard+Hot+100&ci=3070850&cdi=8867253&cid=08%2F30%2F1975 The Rockford Files (theme)] - at Billboard.com]They went on to score over 1800 hours of television, and compose the music for both television shows like "
CHiPs " (1977), "Magnum, P.I. " (1980), "Tenspeed and Brown Shoe " (1980), "The A-Team " (1983), "Hardcastle and McCormick " (1983), "Riptide" (1984), "Hunter" (1984), "Stingray" (1985), a movies like "Vanishing Point " (1971), "Rabbit Test" (1978), and "" (1982). [ [http://www.artistdirect.com/nad/music/artist/bio/0,,480671,00.html Mike Post] - at ARTISTdirect] In addition to their 1975 Grammy for Best Instrumental Arrangement for "Rockford", for "Hunter" the duo won aBroadcast Music Incorporated TV Music Award in 1989.The theme for the "A-Team" and "The Rockford Files" have also made appearances on other television programs and movies, including the pilot for David Chase's hit show on
HBO , "The Sopranos " (1999), and the films "Not Another Teen Movie " (2001), "" (2003), "Napoleon Dynamite " (2004), and "Miracle" (2004).He was married to actress Maybeth Carr, they had two children, Pete, Jr., and Nancy. In 1989, Mike Post and the BMI Foundation established a Pete Carpenter Memorial Fund to benefit young composers.
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