The Rockford Files (theme) (#8). It was also a Top 20 Adult Contemporary hit in both nations. "The Rockford Files" won a 1975 Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Arrangement. The B-side track (or "flip-side") entitled "Dixie Lullabye" was also composed by Post and Carpenter. The Rockford Files (theme) "The Rockford Files" is a 1975 instrumental by Mike Post and co-composer Pete Carpenter. The song is the theme from the TV series "The Rockford Files" starring James Garner. It appears at the opening and ending of each episode with different arrangements. Throughout the show's tenure, the theme song went through numerous evolutions, with later versions
The Rockford Files (decade) on cable. (The Ben Folds Five song "Battle of Who Could Care Less," in which "The Rockford Files" is mentioned, is one example of the show's newfound youth following; furthermore, the "Rockford Files" theme song is played at the end of the band's concerts.) In 2006, the show was broadcast for a few months on Superstation WGN. In 2007, the Retro Television Network began broadcasting the program nationwide, as did the digital cable channel Sleuth and Chicago TV station WWME-CA. ION Television has rights to the show and it is slated for future broadcast. In the fall of 2009,