Founder of Tadlow Music, and former co-founder of Silva Screen Records Ltd. Disillusioned by the downward trend within the record industry but still passionate about “live” orchestral recording, Tadlow Music was created to service both the Film, TV and Video Game industry as well as record labels with first class orchestral recording in both London and Prague. The idea being to keep music live …

James V. D’Arc formerly Curator of the Brigham Young University Film Music Archive in the L. Tom Perry Special Collections of the Harold B Lee Library at BYU. Established in 1996, the Film Music Archives contains materials that BYU began collecting more than two decades ago. First acquired were the files and recordings of Republic Pictures and Max Steiner, acknowledged founder of modern film music, whose collection documents his more than 300 scores. 

In the continually growing flow of new recordings of film scores, the reconstructor and arranger has a key role. For the ambitious Marco Polo label, composer and orchestrator John Morgan has reconstructed several  classic film scores by such esteemed composers as Max Steiner, Hans J.
Salter and Erich Wolfgang Korngold. I recently spoke to John about the  trials and tribulations of reconstructing lost scores.

As owner-operator of Chelsea Rialto Studios, Ray Faiola has restored for release over 75 motion picture soundtrack scores. Ray is also a professional 16mm film collector and is Director of Audience Services for the CBS Television Network. He is entering his 35th year of employment with the “Eye” network. Ray is also a professional stage actor, is married and has two grown children. Ray hasn’t quite grown up yet.

Tony Thomas was a British-American film historian, author, writer, producer, and radio and television broadcaster. Considered one of Hollywood's preeminent film historians, he authored over thirty books, produced more than fifty albums of film music, and produced film documentaries for radio and television. Considered an expert on film music, he produced albums of classic film scores and wrote thwo well-received books Music for the Movies and Film Score.

The Society for the Preservation of Film Music, Inc. was founded in 1983 by film historian-musicologist, William H. Rosar. Its purpose was to preserve unpublished materials created in American motion picture music or film music, such as sheet music, cue sheets, recordings, and other documents related to music creation. Today it is known as the Film Music Society, Inc. The Society strives to preserve unpublished materials created in American motion picture music.