3. SO Recordings
• Is a member of the Silva Screen Records Family, their first album
was released in 2010 ‘Long LiveThe Duke & the King’ byThe Duke
& the King. SO Recordings was set up to not only produce and sell
music but tap into Silva Screen’s expansive licensing network.
Silver Screen is synonymous withTV and Film music and the
Company has been setting the pace in that market for over 25
years. Acting as a label (with a catalogue of over 750 titles) they
have offices in London, NewYork and Paris. SO Recordings are
able to plug all their signing’s music into Silva Screen’s global
licensing network.
4. Silva Screen Records
• The Silva Screen Music Group is a London based
independent record company which is home to one of
the world’s leading film and television specialist
soundtrack labels, Silva Screen Records. Founded by
owner and MD Reynold D’Silva in 1986, the group
retains a catalogue of over 500 titles and over 10,000
master recordings and has offices in NewYork and
Paris.
5. Labels that Silva Screen Records
own
• Silva Classics – Classical music
• HipBop – Jazz/Funk
• CMP – Jazz/World music
• Times Square –World music
• SO Recordings – Indie Rock/Electric
6. • Silva Screen Records have covered many
famousTV and film themes and released
albums of these covers such as ‘Great British
TVThemes’ and ‘100 Greatest Musicals’
7. Artists signed to SO Recordings
• Morning Parade –Touring as a support act for Biffy Clyro
• The Apache relay
• French-Soler
• Dinosaur Pile-up
• The Duke &The King
• The Chevin
• Zeus
• Danny &The Champions of theWorld
• Joshua Radin
• All Mankind
8. Marketing
SO Recordings website features links to buy their artists music on Itunes.
It also has links to artists official videos and SoundCloud has been embeded on
their website enabling the user to automatically listen to the artists music in
different forms.
It also features links to social
networking sites which shows SO
Recordings official account.
9. Distribution
• Music from the artists is available on ITunes
• Some of the artists music is available for free to download straight
from www.silvamasters.com
• The marketing and distribution of SO Recordings is all done online,
in addition some of the artists have supported acts such asYou Me
At Six and Biffy Clyro which advertises the acts.
10. Place in the Industry
• Silva Screen Records has many subsidiaries which all cover a large range
of music genres e.g.CMP – Jazz/World music, SO Recordings – Indie
Rock/Electric.
• ‘As the music industry evolves at a breath-taking pace Silva Screen remains
at the forefront with their entire catalogue of recordings available for
download and recordings being marketed and promoted worldwide for
usage in advertising,TV programmes, mobile ringtones, synchs and feature
films.’
12. Differences and Similarities between SO
Recordings and Columbia
• Both are subsidiaries of larger companies.
• SO Recordings only cover the Indie Rock/Electronic genre unlike Columbia
• Most of Columbia’s artists advertise their music by appearing onTV.
• Both use internet advertising e.g. social networking,YouTube to gain a fan base
• Both distribute their music on ITunes
• Both labels let their artists release official music videos toVEVO
• Columbia distributes their artists music to CD’s whereas So Recordings use digital methods
such as free downloads.
