A desire to “try something hard” is what led legendary television composer Mike Post to make the first all-originals albums of his 60-year career.which came out in April, was just that for the composer. Post was part of the Wrecking Crew as a teenager, won the first of his five Grammy Awards at age 24 and has a résumé of themes and scores that includes“It’s not time consuming, but it’s what I’ve been doing all these years, making records or producing other people,” Post tells.
The orchestrations, meanwhile, were done over two days with an 80-piece ensemble Post assembled on the Sony scoring stage in Culver City, Calif., after pandemic restrictions lifted. “That was jaw-droppingly satisfying,” recalls Post, whose television pieces are usually assembled with synthesizers, samples and other technology. “Literally in the first two or three chunks we recorded I was like, ‘Holy sh-t, these people are players!’ They had no problem with the time.