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Nypd Blue: Best of Mike Post

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This album could have been good but it wasn't.There are better recordings of most of these songs out there. "Wiseguy" was a real dissapointment. I had a recording of that theme that included some sweet slow Italian music intertwined with the throbbing agressive main theme.This version didn't have it. It stunk Other problems... The recordings sound like some of them were done on a 200 dollar casio synthesizer. What Post needs to do is come out with a box set complete with the FULL VERSIONS of all the original theme recordings. Wait for that to happen, don't buy this album.

The quality of recording is one of the draw backs of this cd. Deep in your soul your expecting to hear the familier chords of those classic 70's and 80's t.v. shows you know so well. I was disapointed in the new arraingments. I would rather see Mike Post reproduce this cd himself.

Don't be fooled into thinking these are the original recordings. They are not. The recordings sound like they were recorded in someone's garage with a second rate band.

I was quite disappointed when I played the cd. I was hoping for the original soundtracks, but its not the same. Most of the songs sound like they were played on a Casio keyboard set on harpsichord. If Mike Post was actually involved in the making of this album, I would be surprised. Mike has created the BEST themesongs on tv to date, so I was excited to see this album released. The deep bass notes are nonexistant in any track, and the theme from Hardcastle & McCormack is missing the vocals. The cd says the tracks are "Original Sound Recordings" by Michael Jones Productions, but they sure don't sound original. Not worth the cd it's recorded on.

I've got to agree with the above reviewer - this is a pretty poor CD - not the original recordings! My wife and I have 9 month old triplets, and they love the theme from Law and Order - they stop what they're doing and watch the screen whenever the theme song is on - and we hoped to get the CD to use in the car on long trips, but they don't pay any attention to this copy. There's none of the driving bass so prevalent in Mike Post's music.

Can someone please tell me where I can find the ORIGINAL television versions composed by Mike Post for the shows. Thankfully, I have the Rockford Files original theme (one of my favs) and the original Hill Street Blues theme which was a hit on the radio at one point. That being said, every album I have looked for here on Amazon with Mike Post TV themes has contained ridiculously awful arrangements to these once great themes.

Been trying to find a CD with the original theme tunes from Mike Post - this CD is not it:

"Silva Screen presents some of yesterdays and today's most popular television themes from composer Mike Post featuring performances by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Daniel Cain with Mark Ayres."

Please hurry up, Mike, and release the originals...

Silva Screen presents some of yesterdays and today's most popular television themes from composer Mike Post. This CD contains the arrangements and performances of Mark Ayers and Daniel Caine, not the original music heard from the soundtracks. Ayers and Caine have captured the mood and style of Post, which is a great listen and very entertaining.

Some stand outs - LAW AND ORDER starring Jerry Orbach & Sam Waterton - MAGNUM P.I. with Tom Selleck - ROCKFORD FILES with James Garner - THE A-TEAM with Mr. T and friends. All of which still pack that music punch which opened each show every week, so we could lose ourselves in the world of adventure and make believe.

Total Time: 43:52 on 15 Tracks/ Silva Screen Records - STD 5022 (2000)

I have an extensive collection of original TV theme albums and 45 RPM singles, including "Mike Post TV Themes" that came out in the early 80's that was actually produced by Post, albeit with an alternative recording of Rockford Files. As I listened to the samples of this album, it reminded me of a no-name bargain bin record. They sound just awful. Look elsewhere.

No, these are NOT the original recordings. But, for people who haven't heard them they are more true to what you think the theme would sound like--the main theme and more main theme.

Sure, there is a passage of Italian music in the original Wiseguy theme-and it took away from the song if you were interested in the main theme. Likewise, NYPD Blue concentrates on the main theme, not the vocal that was in the original.

I use these for exercise music and they work fine. In general, they are not as "big" sounding as the originals--they drive less hard.