Moments ago, I was humming some favorite tv music to myself, famous Mike
Post and Pete Carpenter themes. These guys were the go-to composers for
a number of producers of action-adventure and action-comedy and dramas
in the 1970s and 80s. Carpenter was 30 years older than Post and died in
the '80s.

Their most original theme was one of their earliest for The Rockford
Files as it featured harmonica.

One of my favorites, after Carpenter's death, was Wiseguy. It suddenly
dawned on me that I recognized its cord changes from Mozart Piano
Concerto No. 23 in A Major, the D minor second movement. Anyone who
loves Mozart is especially fond of his compositions written in D minor
for emotion, beauty, and romantic feelings invoked.

It's a bit of Mozart with a driving base added to it.

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"Adam H. Kerman" <ahk@chinet.com> posted:

Moments ago, I was humming some favorite tv music to myself, famous Mike
Post and Pete Carpenter themes. These guys were the go-to composers for
a number of producers of action-adventure and action-comedy and dramas
in the 1970s and 80s. Carpenter was 30 years older than Post and died in
the '80s.

Their most original theme was one of their earliest for The Rockford
Files as it featured harmonica.

One of my favorites, after Carpenter's death, was Wiseguy. It suddenly
dawned on me that I recognized its cord changes from Mozart Piano
Concerto No. 23 in A Major, the D minor second movement. Anyone who
loves Mozart is especially fond of his compositions written in D minor
for emotion, beauty, and romantic feelings invoked.

It's a bit of Mozart with a driving base added to it.

A famous science fiction writer - whose name escapes me right now - said that there were no new stories either. Writers kept recycling the same stories the ancient Greeks told, modernizing them to reflect the current times, technology and culture but still retaining the essence of the story. If we accept that - and I'm not saying we should - maybe it's not ridiculous to say that there is no original music.

Mind you, I'm not completely convinced that there is no new music. These guys are pretty out there:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zO8bt94-ybg [9 minutes]

At the very least, their costumes, instruments and songs are deeply weird if not completely unprecedented. They're not the first to try micro-tonal music. I have to say I'm not a fan of this but to each his own, right?

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On Jun 14, 2026 at 3:41:32 PM PDT, ""Adam H. Kerman"" <ahk@chinet.com> wrote:

Moments ago, I was humming some favorite tv music to myself, famous Mike
Post and Pete Carpenter themes. These guys were the go-to composers for
a number of producers of action-adventure and action-comedy and dramas
in the 1970s and 80s. Carpenter was 30 years older than Post and died in
the '80s.

Their most original theme was one of their earliest for The Rockford
Files as it featured harmonica.

One of my favorites, after Carpenter's death, was Wiseguy. It suddenly
dawned on me that I recognized its cord changes from Mozart Piano
Concerto No. 23 in A Major, the D minor second movement. Anyone who
loves Mozart is especially fond of his compositions written in D minor
for emotion, beauty, and romantic feelings invoked.

It's a bit of Mozart with a driving base added to it.

Here's 21 songs that use the same eight-chord progression as Pachelbel's Canon in D.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_PC6jwoHyOk



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BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com> wrote:

Jun 14, 2026 at 3:41:32 PM PDT, Adam H. Kerman <ahk@chinet.com> wrote:

Moments ago, I was humming some favorite tv music to myself, famous Mike >>Post and Pete Carpenter themes. These guys were the go-to composers for
a number of producers of action-adventure and action-comedy and dramas
in the 1970s and 80s. Carpenter was 30 years older than Post and died in >>the '80s.

Their most original theme was one of their earliest for The Rockford
Files as it featured harmonica.

One of my favorites, after Carpenter's death, was Wiseguy. It suddenly >>dawned on me that I recognized its cord changes from Mozart Piano
Concerto No. 23 in A Major, the D minor second movement. Anyone who
loves Mozart is especially fond of his compositions written in D minor
for emotion, beauty, and romantic feelings invoked.

It's a bit of Mozart with a driving base added to it.

Here's 21 songs that use the same eight-chord progression as Pachelbel's Canon >in D.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_PC6jwoHyOk

After Chariots of Fire, that was played everywhere! And I had to learn
it for orchestra that year! Really got fed up with it that year.

Aargh

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On 2026-06-15 02:25:11 +0000, rhino said:

"Adam H. Kerman" <ahk@chinet.com> posted:

Moments ago, I was humming some favorite tv music to myself, famous Mike
Post and Pete Carpenter themes. These guys were the go-to composers for
a number of producers of action-adventure and action-comedy and dramas
in the 1970s and 80s. Carpenter was 30 years older than Post and died in
the '80s.

Their most original theme was one of their earliest for The Rockford
Files as it featured harmonica.

One of my favorites, after Carpenter's death, was Wiseguy. It suddenly
dawned on me that I recognized its cord changes from Mozart Piano
Concerto No. 23 in A Major, the D minor second movement. Anyone who
loves Mozart is especially fond of his compositions written in D minor
for emotion, beauty, and romantic feelings invoked.

It's a bit of Mozart with a driving base added to it.

A famous science fiction writer - whose name escapes me right now -
said that there were no new stories either.

There are many authors quoted as saying something along those lines, so
it's impossible to track down who might have said it first ...
although, if you believe it, then they are all only requoting what
someone earlier said, and you might have to go all the way back to
Caveman Ugh to find the real originator. ;-)

Mark Twain is quoted as saying:

"There is no such thing as a new idea. It is impossible.
We simply take a lot of old ideas and put them into a
sort of mental kaleidoscope."

Such quotes are often said to be reworkings of the Bible pasasage:

"What has been is what will be, and what has been done
is what will be done; and there is nothing new under
the sun."
- Ecclesiastes 1:9

but, if true, then that too must be a reworking of someone else's even
earlier quote. :-)

It does seem to be especially true in Hollweird these days thanks to
the talentless lazy generation. :-(

Writers kept recycling the same stories the ancient Greeks told,
modernizing them to reflect the current times, technology and culture
but still retaining the essence of the story. If we accept that - and
I'm not saying we should - maybe it's not ridiculous to say that there
is no original music.

Mind you, I'm not completely convinced that there is no new music.
These guys are pretty out there:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zO8bt94-ybg [9 minutes]

At the very least, their costumes, instruments and songs are deeply
weird if not completely unprecedented. They're not the first to try micro-tonal music. I have to say I'm not a fan of this but to each his
own, right?

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rhino <user3015@newsgrouper.org.invalid> wrote:

"Adam H. Kerman" <ahk@chinet.com> posted:

Moments ago, I was humming some favorite tv music to myself, famous Mike
Post and Pete Carpenter themes. These guys were the go-to composers for
a number of producers of action-adventure and action-comedy and dramas
in the 1970s and 80s. Carpenter was 30 years older than Post and died in
the '80s.

Their most original theme was one of their earliest for The Rockford
Files as it featured harmonica.

One of my favorites, after Carpenter's death, was Wiseguy. It suddenly
dawned on me that I recognized its cord changes from Mozart Piano
Concerto No. 23 in A Major, the D minor second movement. Anyone who
loves Mozart is especially fond of his compositions written in D minor
for emotion, beauty, and romantic feelings invoked.

It's a bit of Mozart with a driving base added to it.

A famous science fiction writer - whose name escapes me right now - said
that there were no new stories either.

https://becomingjacksonwhole.org/journal/2020/12/31/human-stories

?What Willa Cather, the stunningly talented Western author, actually wrote
was, ?There are only two or three human stories, and they go on repeating themselves as fiercely as if they had never happened before.?

Writers kept recycling the same stories the ancient Greeks told,
modernizing them to reflect the current times, technology and culture but
still retaining the essence of the story. If we accept that - and I'm not saying we should - maybe it's not ridiculous to say that there is no
original music.

Mind you, I'm not completely convinced that there is no new music. These
guys are pretty out there:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zO8bt94-ybg [9 minutes]

At the very least, their costumes, instruments and songs are deeply weird
if not completely unprecedented. They're not the first to try micro-tonal music. I have to say I'm not a fan of this but to each his own, right?

--
The last thing I want to do is hurt you, but it is still on my list.

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On 6/15/2026 12:38 AM, BTR1701 wrote:

On Jun 14, 2026 at 3:41:32 PM PDT, ""Adam H. Kerman"" <ahk@chinet.com> wrote:

Moments ago, I was humming some favorite tv music to myself, famous Mike
Post and Pete Carpenter themes. These guys were the go-to composers for
a number of producers of action-adventure and action-comedy and dramas
in the 1970s and 80s. Carpenter was 30 years older than Post and died in
the '80s.

Their most original theme was one of their earliest for The Rockford
Files as it featured harmonica.

One of my favorites, after Carpenter's death, was Wiseguy. It suddenly
dawned on me that I recognized its cord changes from Mozart Piano
Concerto No. 23 in A Major, the D minor second movement. Anyone who
loves Mozart is especially fond of his compositions written in D minor
for emotion, beauty, and romantic feelings invoked.

It's a bit of Mozart with a driving base added to it.

Here's 21 songs that use the same eight-chord progression as Pachelbel's Canon
in D.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_PC6jwoHyOk

What else would we expect of a Canon?



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