The Rockford Files (theme) 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 containing a distinct electric guitar-based bridge section played by session guitarist Dan Ferguson. The song spent four months on the charts and in August 1975 became a Top 10 hit in the U.S. (#10, for two weeks) and in Canada
The Great Escape (Blur album) "NME" reporter Johnny Cigarettes wrote: ""The Great Escape" is so rammed with tunes, ideas, emotions, humour, tragedy, farce, and edgy beauty that it's utterly beyond contemporary compare." "Melody Maker" awarded the album an unconventional 12/10 and deemed it superior to celebrated predecessor "Parklife", while noting that "Blur understand the geometry of the song, and the basic principles of pop, better than anyone today". Less enthused was "Spin" journalist Chuck Eddy, who felt the LP ranged from "wonderful" to "detached and emotionally stiff". "The Great Escape" was named as one of the 10 best records of 1995 in "Melody Maker", "NME",