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Mike Post and Pete Carpenter papers, 1938-1989

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Post, Mike; Carpenter, Pete
Title
Mike Post and Pete Carpenter papers
Dates
1938-1989 (inclusive)
Quantity
186.85 cubic feet (255 boxes)
Collection Number
10004
Summary
The Mike Post and Pete Carpenter papers covers the composition team's work from the mid 1970s through to the end of the 1980s. It mostly covers their work with producer Stephen Cannell, but also includes non-Cannell producrtions such as Hill Street Blues.
Repository
American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming
American Heritage Center
University of Wyoming
1000 E. University Ave.
Dept. 3924
Laramie, WY
82071
Telephone: 3077663756
ahcref@uwyo.edu
Access Restrictions
Access Restrictions

There are no access restrictions on the materials for research purposes, and the collection is open to the public.

Languages
English
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Historical Note

From the mid 1970s through the 1980s, the music of the composition team of Post and Carpenter was ubiquitous on American television. As a duo, they rose to prominence when they scored a pop chart hit with the theme song to The Rockford Files, and they would go on to compose music for some of the most popular TV shows of the 1980s, especially police and detective dramas. Their collaborative productions included A-Team, Wiseguy, and Hunter, while Mike Post also worked solo on shows such as Hill Street Blues. Pete Carpenter died in 1987, but Post continued working on the shows they had scored together. Mike Post later scored L.A. Law and Dick Wolf's Law and Order franchise.

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Content Description

The Mike Post and Pete Carpenter collection contains scores, parts, and cue sheets from many of the television shows scored by the Post and Carpenter composing team in the 1970s and 1980s, along with some solo efforts. It includes material from: The A Team (1983-1987), The Greatest American Hero (1981-1983), Hill Street Blues (1981-1987), Hardcastle and McCormick (1983-1986), Hunter (1984-1990), Riptide (1984-1986), The Last Precinct (1986), Wiseguy (1987-1991), Sonny Spoon (1988), and J. J. Starbuck (1987).

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Use of the Collection

Restrictions on Use

Copyright Information

The researcher assumes full responsibility for observing all copyright, property, and libel laws as they apply.

Preferred Citation

Preferred Citation

Item Description, Box Number, Folder Number, Collection Name, Collection Number, American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming.

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Administrative Information

Arrangement

Within a season, episodes are arranged in production number order rather than episode order. Cue sheets can be found in both the full scores and the scores and parts sub-series.

Related Materials

Related Materials

There are no known other archival collections created by Mike Post and Pete Carpenter at the date of processing.

Acquisition Information

Acquisition Information

Boxes 1-74 were donated in 1986 by Sephen J. Cannell Productions, boxes 75-106 were donated by Pete Carpenter between 1980 and 1983, and boxes 107-255 were donated by Barrett O'Hara between 1985 and 1993.

Processing Note

Processing Information

This collection was processed by Michael W. Harris and Madison White in August 2017.

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Detailed Description of the Collection

Container List

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Subject Terms

  • Television -- Production and direction.
  • Television music -- Scores.
  • Television music -- United States.
  • Television music, Arranged.
  • Television programs -- United States.

Titles within the Collection

  • Black Sheep Squadron (Television program)
  • Bob Crane Show (Television program)
  • Boston and Kilbride (Television program)
  • Brothers-in-law (Motion picture : 1985)
  • Captain America (Motion picture : 1979)
  • Captain America II: death too soon (Motion picture)
  • Charlie Cobb (Motion picture)
  • Duke (Television program)
  • Greatest American hero (Television program)
  • Gypsy warriors (Motion picture)
  • Hardcastle and McCormick (Television program)
  • Hill Street blues (Television program)
  • Hunter (Television program)
  • Invasion of Johnson County (Motion picture)
  • J. J. Starbuck (Television program)
  • Last precinct (Television program)
  • Magnum, p.i. (Television program)
  • Night rider (Motion picture)
  • Operating room (Motion picture)
  • Psalms precinct (Motion picture)
  • Quest (Televion program)
  • Rabbit test (Motion picture)
  • Richie Brockelman (Television program)
  • Riptide (Television program)
  • Rockford files (Television program)
  • Scott Free (Television program)
  • Shack (Television program : 1977)
  • Sonny Spoon (Television program)
  • Stone (Television program)
  • Tales of the gold monkey (Television program)
  • Tenspeed and Brown Shoe (Television program)
  • Texas Wheelers (Television program)
  • The A-Team (Television program)
  • Toma (Television program)
  • Will: The autobiography of G. Gordon Liddy (Motion picture)
  • Wiseguy (Television program)

Other Creators

  • Personal Names

    • Bunch, Velton Ray
    • Denson, Frank
    • Edmonson, Greg
    • Grant, Jerry, 1936-
    • Jones, Ron, 1954-
    • Murphy, Walter, 1952-

Processed by Michael W. Harris and Madison White
2017

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