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When people talk about the popular TV show, law and order (and who does not?), Always someone to sing the opening strain of the theme song:" dun dun dun dun daaaaaa. " "There is that familiar, and which is closely related to the show.

It is no coincidence. It is the work of the famous composer Mike Post. Few people in the music industry have such a mark on one aspect of the business as Mike Post, on television theme songs.

Remember, "" Hill Street Blues "? He won two Grammys in 1981-Best Pop Instrumental Performance and Best Instrumental Composition. Post songs not only for the shows that they are written, but so good, so catchy, so memorable that they are on the radio chart. This was the case with "The Theme from Hill Street Blues." Another Post Song, "" The Greatest American Hero "," actually hit # 1 on the pop charts. Both were popular in the early 1980s.

Mike Post has a talent for, inter alia, Penning great music for COP shows: The Rockford Files, the aforementioned Hill Street Blues, NYPD Blue, Law & Order ... and many many more.

""... Post the opportunity to show character in his music is what has him on top of the elite class of Hollywood composers. Only Pat Williams, Henry Mancini and Dave Grusin have achieved comparable success and respect in this area. "" Museum of Broadcast Communications

Before his success on television, worked as a post-session musicians for a series of major artists such as Sammy Davis Jr. and Dean Martin. He played guitar on Sonny and Cher's # 1 Hit, "" I Got You Babe "," in 1965. He won a Grammy at age 22 for Best Instrumental Arrangement on Mason Williams' Classical Guitar, "" Classical Gas "."

DA Jack Hayford is the editor of the popular music website, Events-in-Music.com, with a special section on the # 1 songs.

Mr. Hayford is also the program director and co-founder of DurangoSong.com, the online home of the ten-plus-year-old Durango Songwriters Expo, an annual educational and inspirational event for aspiring songwriters.