Archive for June, 2008

LENNY FOREVER

Friday, June 20th, 2008

Lenny White returns to the UK on July 21st when he takes to the stage at Indigo 2 with Return To Forever . The potent jazz fusion outfit have reformed for their first tour in 25 years which covers the US and Europe. It features the classic lineup of Chick Corea on keyboards, Al Di Meola on guitar, Stanley Clarke on bass and Lenny on drums. Lenny enjoyed a very successful solo career in the 90s and The Lenny White Collection gathers together the very best of his work from this era and includes collaborations with Randy Brecker, Chaka Khan, Bob James, Dianne Reeves and Grover Washington Jr. Check out our exclusive footage of Lenny in action with Urbanator http://www.youtube.com/SilvaScreenRecords

The 39 Steps Honoured In New York

Tuesday, June 17th, 2008
The 62nd annual Tony Awards took place at Radio City Music Hall on June 15th. The event, America’s most prestigious theatrical awards, was hosted by Whoopi Goldberg who made a spectacular flying entrance into the auditorium as Mary Poppins. The 39 Steps scooped two awards Best Lighting Design for Donald Holden and Best Sound Design for Mic Pool.

Silva Screen Master For Orange

Tuesday, June 17th, 2008

Silva Screen’s master recording of Theme From A Summer Place will be used in an Orange Telecommunication TV ad campaign in the Slovak Republic. Written by Max Steiner for the 1959 film, a version by Percy Faith topped the US chart in 1960. Since then, this particular piece of music has become an iconic piece that has captured the carefree days of summer and has appeared in a wide range of film and TV programmes from The Simpsons to Batman to Rocky III and many, many more.

Music For Father’s Day

Monday, June 9th, 2008

UCJ’s new release of Dad’s Anthems 2008 has landed on the compilation chart this week at number 16 and is set to climb higher during the lead-in to Father’s Day this week. This 35 track collection of  heroic music will make any Dad feel ten feet tall on the day and contains 12 Silva Screen masters including Raiders Of The Lost Ark, The A-Team, Rocky, Doctor Who and Where Eagles Dare.