“The quality of top musicians in London is legendary and the players (of the Pro Arte Orchestra) are among the best in the world”
– Composer, Jim Parker
This is a commercial recording orchestra made up from a select pool of London’s finest orchestral session musicians run by the highly-respected contractor Colin Sheen, in association with Tadlow Music.
Any size ensemble from string quartets, early music ensembles to the largest symphony orchestra with choir are available.
Recording in London offers great value with separate rates for album recording and a one-time buy-out rate for film and TV scores. There are also special rates for low budget film and TV productions.
Film and TV credits performed by the Pro Arte Orchestra or contracted by Colin Sheen include:
BUSTER – Anne Dudley
DÉJÀ VU – Michael Gibbs
EVITA: THE MOVIE – Andrew Lloyd Webber/Tim Rice
GOLDEN GATE – Elliot Goldenthal
GREGORY’S TWO GIRLS – Michael Gibbs
GROUNDFORCE – Jim Parker
HOUSE OF CARDS – Jim Parker
HOWARDS END – Richard Robbins
THE HOUSE OF ELIOTT – Jim Parker
JEEVES AND WOOSTER – Anne Dudley
THE LONG DAY CLOSES – Bob Last
MADEMOISELLE – Philippe Sarde
THE MIDSOMER MURDERS – Jim Parker
MOLL FLANDERS – Jim Parker
THE POPE MUST DIE – Anne Dudley
A RATHER ENGLISH MARRIAGE – Jim Parker
THE REMAINS OF THE DAY – Richard Robbins
SISTER MARY IGNATIOUS EXPLAINS IT ALL – Philippe Sarde
SOMEONE ELSE’S AMERICA – Andrew Dickson
THE STUPIDS – Christopher L. Stone
TOM JONES – Jim Parker
TREASURE ISLAND – Christopher L. Stone
WALKER: TEXAS RANGER – Christopher L. Stone
WILT – Anne Dudley
The Pro Arte Orchestra has also appeared on albums by THE EURYTHMICS and SIMPLY RED and hits by TOM JONES and S-CLUB SEVEN plus numerous albums of Library Music for KPM