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Pete Carpenter (I) (1914–1987)

Composer | Music Department | Soundtrack

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Frequently worked with other legendary TV composer Mike Post on shows like The Rockford Files, Magnum, P.I., and The A-Team.

Born:

Clarence E. Carpenter
in Honolulu, Territory of Hawaii, USA

Died:

(age 73) in Valley Village, Los Angeles, California, USA
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1999 The Rockford Files: If It Bleeds... It Leads (TV movie)
 
1997 The Rockford Files: Shoot-Out at the Golden Pagoda (TV movie)
 
1996 The Rockford Files: Punishment and Crime (TV movie)
 
1996 The Rockford Files: Friends and Foul Play (TV movie)
 
1996 The Rockford Files: If the Frame Fits... (TV movie)
 
1984-1990 Hunter (TV series)
– Street Wise: Part 2 (1990)
– Street Wise: Part 1 (1990)
– Second Sight (1990)
– Sudden Withdrawal (1990)
– Blind Ambition (1990)
See all 130 episodes »
 
1980-1988 Magnum, P.I. (TV series)
– Resolutions: Part I (1988)
– Transitions (1988)
– Legend of the Lost Art (1988)
– The Great Hawaiian Adventure Company (1988)
– Unfinished Business (1988)
See all 153 episodes »
 
1983-1987 The A-Team (TV series)
– Without Reservations (1987)
– The Grey Team (1986)
– The Spy Who Mugged Me (1986)
– The Crystal Skull (1986)
– Point of No Return (1986)
See all 97 episodes »
 
1984-1986 Riptide (TV series)
– Smiles We Left Behind (1986)
– Thirty-Six Hours 'til Dawn (1985)
– #1 with a Bullet (1984)
– Diamonds Are for Never (1984)
– Pilot (1984)
 
1986 The Last Precinct (TV series)
– Pilot (1986)
 
1981-1986 The Greatest American Hero (TV series)
– The Greatest American Heroine (1986)
– Thirty Seconds Over Little Tokyo (1983)
– Space Ranger (1983)
– Live at Eleven (1983)
– Heaven Is in Your Genes (1983)
See all 44 episodes »
 
1983-1985 Hardcastle and McCormick (TV series)
– Games People Play (1985)
– Outlaw Champion (1984)
– Scared Stiff (1984)
– The Homecoming: Part 1 (1984)
– The Georgia Street Motors (1984)
See all 14 episodes »
 
1985 Brothers-in-Law (TV movie)
 
1984 No Man's Land (TV movie)
 
1984 Hard Knox (TV movie)
 
1983 The Rousters (TV movie)
 
1983 The Rousters (TV series)
– The Rousters (1983)
 
1982 Tales of the Gold Monkey (TV series)
– Tales of the Gold Monkey: Part 1 (1982)
– Tales of the Gold Monkey: Part 2 (1982)
 
1982 Will: The Autobiography of G. Gordon Liddy (TV movie)
 
1980 Coach of the Year (TV movie)
 
1978-1980 The White Shadow (TV series)
– If Your Number's Up, Get It Down (1980)
– Reunion: Part 1 (1980)
– A Few Good Men (1980)
– The Russians Are Coming (1980)
– Gonna Fly Now (1980)
See all 21 episodes »
 
1980 Tenspeed and Brown Shoe (TV series)
– Diamonds Aren't Forever (1980)
– The Treasure of Sierra Madre Street (1980)
– Untitled (1980)
– This One's Gonna Kill Ya (1980)
– Loose Larry's List of Losers (1980)
See all 13 episodes »
 
1974-1980 The Rockford Files (TV series)
– Deadlock in Parma (1980)
– Just a Coupla Guys (1979)
– The Big Cheese (1979)
– No-Fault Affair (1979)
– The Hawaiian Headache (1979)
See all 118 episodes »
 
1979 Captain America II: Death Too Soon (TV movie)
 
1979 Stone (TV series)
 
1979 The Night Rider (TV movie)
 
1979 The Duke (TV series)
 
1979 Captain America (TV movie)
 
1979 240-Robert (TV series)
 
1979 The Chinese Typewriter (TV movie)
 
1979 Stone (TV movie)
 
1978 The Gypsy Warriors
 
1978 Rabbit Test
 
1976-1978 Black Sheep Squadron (TV series)
– A Little Bit of England (1978)
– Sheep in the Limelight (1978)
– The Show Must Go On... Sometimes (1978)
– Hotshot (1978)
– The Iceman (1978)
See all 32 episodes »
 
1978 Richie Brockelman, Private Eye (TV series)
 
1978 Dr. Scorpion (TV movie)
 
1977 CHiPs (TV series)
– Pilot (1977)
 
1977 Charlie Cobb: Nice Night for a Hanging (TV movie)
 
1977 Off the Wall (TV short)
 
1976 Richie Brockelman: The Missing 24 Hours (TV movie)
 
1976 Scott Free (TV movie)
 
1976 The Invasion of Johnson County (TV movie)
 
1974 Locusts (TV movie)
 
1974 The Texas Wheelers (TV series)
 
1974 The Morning After (TV movie)
 
1973 Griff (TV series)
 
1973 Toma (TV series)
 
1972 Gidget Gets Married (TV movie)
 
1971 Two on a Bench (TV movie)
 
1968 Bewitched (TV series)
– Samantha's French Pastry (1968) (music by)
 
1967-1968 Gomer Pyle: USMC (TV series)
– Gomer and the Queen of Burlesque (1968)
– The Prize Boat (1967)
– To Watch a Thief (1967)
– Gomer Says 'Hey' to the President (1967)
 
1966-1967 The Andy Griffith Show (TV series)
– Suppose Andy Gets Sick (1967)
– Aunt Bee's Cousin (1967)
– Howard and Millie (1967)
– Aunt Bee, the Juror (1967)
– Howard's Main Event (1967)
See all 14 episodes »
 
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1995 The Return of Hunter (TV movie) (composer: theme "Hunter")
 
1984-1991 Hunter (TV series) (composer: theme music - 152 episodes)
– Little Man with a Big Reputation (1991) (composer: theme music)
– Ex Marks the Spot (1991) (composer: theme music)
– Cries of Silence (1991) (composer: theme music)
– All That Glitters (1991) (composer: theme music)
– The Grab (1991) (composer: theme music)
See all 152 episodes »
 
1986-1987 Stingray (TV series) (composer: theme music - 23 episodes)
– One Way Ticket to the End of the Line (1987) (composer: theme music)
– Caper (1987) (composer: theme music)
– Anytime, Anywhere (1987) (composer: theme music)
– Blood Money (1987) (composer: theme music)
– Cry Wolf (1987) (composer: theme music)
See all 23 episodes »
 
1984-1986 Riptide (TV series) (composer: theme music - 56 episodes)
– Echoes (1986) (composer: theme music)
– If You Can't Beat 'Em, Join 'Em (1986) (composer: theme music)
– Chapel of Glass (1986) (composer: theme music)
– Dead Men Don't Floss (1986) (composer: theme music)
– The Play's the Thing (1986) (composer: theme music)
See all 56 episodes »
 
1985 Stingray (TV movie) (composer: theme music)
 
1982-1983 Tales of the Gold Monkey (TV series) (composer: theme music - 20 episodes)
– Mourning Becomes Matuka (1983) (composer: theme music)
– A Distant Shout of Thunder (1983) (composer: theme music)
– Boragora or Bust (1983) (composer: theme music)
– Naka Jima Kill (1983) (composer: theme music)
– Last Chance Louie (1983) (composer: theme music)
See all 20 episodes »
 
1982 The Quest (TV series) (composer: theme music - 9 episodes)
– Hunt for the White Tiger (1982) (composer: theme music)
– A Prince of a Fellow (1982) (composer: theme music)
– Escape from a Velvet Box (1982) (composer: theme music)
– His Majesty, I Presume (1982) (composer: theme music)
– He Stole-A My Art (1982) (composer: theme music)
See all 9 episodes »
 
1979-1981 240-Robert (TV series) (composer: theme music - 16 episodes)
– Hostages (1981) (composer: theme music)
– First Loss (1981) (composer: theme music)
– A Cool Welcome (1981) (composer: theme music)
– The Applicant (1979) (composer: theme music)
– Earthquake (1979) (composer: theme music)
See all 16 episodes »
 
1978-1981 The White Shadow (TV series) (composer: theme music - 53 episodes)
– A Day in the Life (1981) (composer: theme music)
– Burnout (1981) (composer: theme music)
– Cops (1981) (composer: theme music)
– Psyched Out (1981) (composer: theme music)
– Car Repo (1981) (composer: theme music)
See all 53 episodes »
 
1981 Magnum, P.I. (TV series) (composer: theme music - 1 episode)
– Lest We Forget (1981) (composer: theme music)
 
1980 Tenspeed and Brown Shoe (TV series) (musician - 8 episodes)
– The Treasure of Sierra Madre Street (1980) (musician)
– Untitled (1980) (musician)
– This One's Gonna Kill Ya (1980) (musician)
– Loose Larry's List of Losers (1980) (musician)
– It's Easier to Pass an Elephant Through the Eye of a Needle Than a Bad Check in Bel Air (1980) (musician)
See all 8 episodes »
 
1974-1980 The Rockford Files (TV series) (composer: theme music - 21 episodes)
– Just a Coupla Guys (1979) (composer: theme music)
– The Big Cheese (1979) (composer: theme music)
– No-Fault Affair (1979) (composer: theme music)
– The Hawaiian Headache (1979) (composer: theme music)
– Nice Guys Finish Dead (1979) (composer: theme music)
See all 21 episodes »
 
1979 Big Shamus, Little Shamus (TV series) (composer: theme music - 5 episodes)
– The Rubens (1979) (composer: theme music)
– The Ledge (1979) (composer: theme music)
– The Abduction (1979) (composer: theme music)
– The Canary (1979) (composer: theme music)
– Pilot (1979) (composer: theme music)
 
1979 The Duke (TV series) (composer: theme music - 5 episodes)
– Nothing 'Cept Noise (1979) (composer: theme music)
– Long and Thin, Lorna Lynn (1979) (composer: theme music)
– The Two Hundred Underwacker Street Bridge (1979) (composer: theme music)
– Blues for the Duke (1979) (composer: theme music)
– The Pilot: Duke (1979) (composer: theme music)
 
1976-1978 Black Sheep Squadron (TV series) (composer: theme music - 25 episodes)
– A Little Bit of England (1978) (composer: theme music)
– Sheep in the Limelight (1978) (composer: theme music)
– The Show Must Go On... Sometimes (1978) (composer: theme music)
– Hotshot (1978) (composer: theme music)
– The Iceman (1978) (composer: theme music)
See all 25 episodes »
 
1974 The Morning After (TV movie) (conductor)
 
1971 Vanishing Point (musical associate)
 
1968 Project X (orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1964 The New Interns (orchestrator - uncredited)
 
Show ShowSoundtrack (14 titles)
2010 The A-Team (writer: "THE A-TEAM THEME")
 
2006 The IT Crowd (TV series)
– Yesterday's Jam (2006) (writer: "The A-Team Theme" - uncredited)
 
2005 Family Guy (TV series)
– Brian Goes Back to College (2005) (music: "The A-Team Theme" - uncredited)
 
2004 Miracle (writer: "Rockford Files Theme")
 
2004 Napoleon Dynamite (writer: "The A-Team Theme" / as Clarence E. Carpenter)
 
2003 Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd (writer: "The A-Team Theme" / as Peter Carpenter)
 
2001 Not Another Teen Movie (writer: "The A Team")
 
1999 The Sopranos (TV series)
– Pilot (1999) (writer: "Theme from 'The Rockford Files'" - uncredited)
 
1998 Woo (writer: "357")
 
1992-1995 Mystery Science Theater 3000 (TV series)
– Danger! Death Ray (1995) (writer: "The Rockford Files Theme")
– Last of the Wild Horses (1994) (writer: "The Rockford Files Theme")
– Teen-Age Crime Wave (1994) (writer: "The Rockford Files Main Title Theme")
– The Human Duplicators (1992) (writer: "The Rockford Files Theme")
– Master Ninja I (1992) (writer: "The Rockford Files Theme")
 
1985 Stingray (TV movie) ("Stingray")
 
1976 Jacquette (writer: "The Rockford Files" Main Title Theme - uncredited)
 
1974 The Rockford Files (TV series)
 
1971 Vanishing Point (writer: "Love Theme")
 
Show ShowThanks (1 title)
1987 Magnum, P.I. (TV series) (in memory of - 1 episode)
– Innocence... A Broad (1987) (in memory of)
 

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