Hill Street Blues

AHJ_ah10004 Inventory of the Mike Post and Pete Carpenter papers, 1938-1989 Post (Mike) and Carpenter (Pete) papers Processed by Michael W. Harris and Madison White University of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.

American Heritage Center Dept. 3924, 1000 E. University Avenue University of Wyoming Laramie, WY 82071 Phone: 307.766.2574 Fax:307.766.5511 Email:ahcref@uwyo.edu URL:http://ahc.uwyo.edu/

2017

University of Wyoming

Finding aid encoded by Madison White August 2017 Finding aid is in English Collection Summary Post, Mike Carpenter, Pete Mike Post and Pete Carpenter papers 1938-1989 10004 186.85 cubic feet (255 boxes) University of Wyoming. American Heritage Center. English 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. Arrangement of the Collection

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.

History of Mike Post and Pete Carpenter

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.

Scope and Content

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).

Access Restrictions

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

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

Related Materials

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

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 Information

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

Preferred Citation

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

Access Terms Television -- Production and direction. Television music -- United States. Television music -- Scores. Television music, Arranged. Television programs -- United States. The A-Team (Television program) 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) Toma (Television program) Will: The autobiography of G. Gordon Liddy (Motion picture) Wiseguy (Television program) Bunch, Velton Ray Denson, Frank Edmonson, Greg Grant, Jerry, 1936- Jones, Ron, 1954- Murphy, Walter, 1952- Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences Music Performing Arts Container List Series I. A-Team 1982-1986 Sub-series 1. Recording Session Notes and Cue Sheets 119 Season 1 and 2 1982-1984 Sub-series 2. Full Scores 104-108 Season 1 1982-1983 109-112 Season 2 1983-1984 112-116 Season 3 1984-1985 116-119 Season 4 1985-1986 120-122 Season 5 1986-1987 119 Library Music (Main Title and End Credit Versions) 1982-1983 Sub-series 3. Scores and Parts 119 Main Title and End Credits 1983 132-136, 237 Season 1 1982-1983 136-144 Season 2 1983-1984 144-153 Season 3 1984-1985 1-24 Season 4 1985-1986 153-159 Season 5 1986 Series II. Baa Baa Black Sheep (aka: Black Sheep Squadron) 1976-1978 Sub-series 1. Music Timing Notes 77 Season 1 1976-1977 78 Season 2 1977-1978 Sub-series 2. Full Scores 81 Season 1 1976-1977 81 Season 2 1977-1978 81 Unknown Season 1976-1978 Series III. The Duke 1979 Sub-series 1. Music Timing Notes 79 1979 Sub-series 2. Full Scores 81 Season 1 1979 Series IV. The Greatst American Hero 1981-1983 Sub-series 1. Music Timing Notes 79 Prod No. 96213, "Train of Thought," 1982 Sub-series 2. Full Scores 82 Season 1 1981 83-85 Season 2 1981-1982 85-87 Season 3 1982-1983 Series V. Hardcastle and McCormick 1983-1986 Sub-series 1. Source Music and Special Cues List 159 Source Music and Special Cues List, Season 1 and 2 1985 Sub-series 2. Full Scores 167 Pilot 1983 159-161 Season 1 1983-1984 161-164 Season 2 1984-1985 Sub-series 3. Scores and Parts 164-166, 168-171, 178 Season 1 1983-1984 171-178 Season 2 1984-1985 24-37 Season 3 1985-1986 Series VI. Hill Street Blues 1981-1987 Sub-series 1. Full Scores 246 Season 2 1981-1982 126 Season 2 Source Music 1981-1982 246 Season 3 1982-1983 127 Season 3 Source Music 1982-1983 246 Season 4 1983-1984 127-128, 242 Season 4 Source Music 1983-1984 246 Season 5 1984-1985 246 Season 6 1985-1986 128 Season 6, Prod. # 5407 1985 246 Season 7 1986-1987 128 Season 7, Prod. # 6429 1987 Sub-series 2. Scores and Parts 242-243 Season 1 1981 243-245 Season 2 1981-1982 245, 247-248 Season 3 1982-1983 248-250 Season 4 1983-1984 250-251 Season 5 1984-1985 251-252 Season 6 1985-1986 253-255 Season 7 1986-1987 Series VII. Hunter 1984-1989 Sub-series 1. Full Scores 207-209, 212 Season 1 1984-1985 209-211 Season 2 1985-1986 123-126, 212-216, 236 Season 3 1986-1987 126 Season 4 Source Music Arrangements 1987-1988 Sub-series 2. Source Music 211 Source Music undated Sub-series 3. Scores and Parts 211 Experiments undated 211, 217-219 Season 1 1984-1985 38-53 Season 2 1985-1986 219-222, 235 Season 3 1986-1987 222-230, 235 Season 4 1987-1988 230-235 Season 5 1988-1989 Series VIII. J.J. Starbuck 1987-1988 Sub-series 1. Full Scores 129-131, 237-238 Season 1 1987-1988 Sub-series 2. Scores and Parts 238-242 Season 1 1987-1988 Series IX. The Last Precinct 1986 Sub-series 1. Scores and Parts 53-59 Season 1 1986 Series X. Magnum, P.I. 1981-1983 Sub-series 1. Music Timing Notes 78 1981 Sub-series 2. Full Scores 87-88 Season 1 1981 88-89 Season 2 1981-1982 89-91 Season 3 1982-1983 Series XI. The Quest 1982 Sub-series 1. Music Timing Notes 79 Pilot 1982 Sub-series 2. Full Scores 91 Season 1 1982 Series XII. Richie Brockelman 1976-1978 Sub-series 1. Music Timing Notes 78 Pilot Season 1 1976-1978 Sub-series 2. Full Scores 92 Season 1 1978 Series XIII. Riptide 1984-1986 Sub-series 1. Source Music 182 Source Music undated Sub-series 2. Full Scores 178-180 Season 1 1984 180-182 Season 2 1984-1985 Sub-series 3. Scores and Parts 182-185 Season 1 1984 185-191 Season 2 1984-1985 59-74 Season 3 1985-1986 Series XIV. The Rockford Files 1974-1979 Sub-series 1. Music Timing Notes 75 Film and Season 1 1974-1975 75 Season 2 1975-1976 75 Season 3 1976-1977 76 Season 4 1977-1978 76 Season 5 1978-1979 77 Season 6 1979 Sub-series 2. Music Scoring Logs 80 1974-1978 Sub-series 3. Full Scores 92 Season 1 1974 92-93 Season 2 1975-1976 93-94 Season 3 1976-1977 94 Season 4 1977 94-95 Library Cues 1974-1978 Series XV. Sonny Spoon 1988 Sub-series 1. Full Scores 192-193 Season 1 1988 Sub-series 2. Scores and Parts 193-196 Season 1 1988 Series XVI. Stone 1979-1980 Sub-series 1. Music Timing Notes 79 1979-1980 Sub-series 2. Full Scores 95-96 Season 1 1979-1980 Series XVII. Tenspeed and Brown Shoe 1979-1980 Sub-series 1. Music Timing Notes 79 1980 Sub-series 2. Full Scores 96-97 Season 1 1979-1980 Series XVIII. Toma 1973-1974 Sub-series 1. Music Timing Notes 78 Season 1 1973-1974 Sub-series 2. Full Scores 98 Season 1 1973-1974 Series XIX. Wiseguy 1987-1989 Sub-series 1. Full Scores 196-197, 205-207 Season 1 1987-1988 167 Season 2 1988-1989 Sub-series 2. Scores and Parts 197-202 Season 1 1987-1988 202-205 Season 2 1988-1989 Series XX. Scores for TV Pilots, Movies, Commercials, and Source Music 1938-1984 Sub-series 1. Music Timing Notes 79 Captain America TV films 1978-1979 80 Rabbit Test 1977 79 Texas Wheelers, Invasion of Johnson County (aka Brahmin), Scott Free, Charlie Cobb, Gypsy Warriors 1974-1977 79 Night Rider, Boston and Kilbride, Operating Room, Psalms Precinct (aka Psalms) 1979-1980 Sub-series 2. Pilots and TV Films 102 The Bob Crane Show 1975 100 Boston and Kilbride 1979 122, 235, 237 Brothers-in-Law 1984 99 Captain America TV films 1979 101 Charlie Cobb: Nice Night for a Hanging, 1977 100 Gypsy Warriors 1978 101 Invasion of Johnson County (aka Brahmin) 1976 103 John Muir Project c. 1975 102 The Night Rider 1979 100 Off The Wall (Script and Main Title Score) 1977 101 Operating Room 1979 100 Psalms Precinct (aka Psalms) 1982 101 Shack 1977 102 Tales of the Gold Monkey 1982 102 The Texas Wheelers 1974 101 Will: The Autobiography of G. Gordon Liddy 1981 103 Parts for Unknown Production c. 1975 103 Full Scores for Unknown Production c. 1978 Sub-series 3. Commercials Full Scores 99 Haggar Slacks Commercial 1980 99 Marantz Commercial undated 100 Texas Instruments Commercials 1980 Sub-series 4. Source Music Scores 80 Source Music Scores: "Undecided" and "P.S. I Love You," 1938, 1964