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 Cannell, who had written for Jack Webb productions such as "Adam-12" and "Chase" (1973–1974, NBC), to create "The Rockford Files". The show was credited as "A Public Arts/Roy Huggins Production" along with Cherokee Productions in association with Universal Television. Cherokee was owned by Garner, with partners Meta Rosenberg and Juanita Bartlett, who doubled as story editor during most of "The Rockford Files" run. In 2002, "The Rockford Files" was ranked No. 39 on "TV Guide"s 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time. Producers Roy Huggins and Stephen J. Cannell devised the Rockford character as a rather significant departure from typical