<P> The producers hired BMI as music consultants to find a theme song . With less than three weeks until the show first aired , BMI sent out a mass e-mail to a slew of composers , giving them just five days to submit an entry . According to the terms of the submission request , the only compensated composer would be the winner , who would receive $7,500 in exchange for release of all rights to NBC . The winning entry was written by Gaby Moreno and Vincent Jones . Michael Schur said this theme song was chosen because producers wanted something that would immediately make the viewer associate the music with the series and the characters . He said Moreno and Jones ' song `` does a really good job of explaining what the town is like . ( The ) credits do a really good job of establishing it 's just sort of a normal , every - day town in the middle of the country . '' Due to its realistic mockumentary - style cinematography technique , Parks and Recreation does not use composed background music . </P>
<P> The producers hired BMI as music consultants to find a theme song . With less than three weeks until the show first aired , BMI sent out a mass e-mail to a slew of composers , giving them just five days to submit an entry . According to the terms of the submission request , the only compensated composer would be the winner , who would receive $7,500 in exchange for release of all rights to NBC . The winning entry was written by Gaby Moreno and Vincent Jones . Michael Schur said this theme song was chosen because producers wanted something that would immediately make the viewer associate the music with the series and the characters . He said Moreno and Jones ' song `` does a really good job of explaining what the town is like . ( The ) credits do a really good job of establishing it 's just sort of a normal , every - day town in the middle of the country . '' Due to its realistic mockumentary - style cinematography technique , Parks and Recreation does not use composed background music . </P>
who wrote the parks and recreation theme song
who wrote the parks and recreation theme song
Gaby Moreno Vincent Jones
Gaby Moreno Vincent Jones