Silva Screen Label Group appoints Amarpal Gaind as Head Of Strategy
18 February 2020 - Press release
Previously Head of International Operations at Saregama India Limited, where he set up the music publishing and neighbouring rights business verticals. Amarpal's new role entails maximising Silva Screen's publishing and neighbouring rights revenue worldwide and focusing on the company's Indian sub-continent business activities.
He reports to Silva Screen Music Group CEO, Reynold D'Silva who says, "I have known Amarpal for some fifteen years and we are delighted he has decided to join us. His appointment will accelerate our Indian business interests which started four years ago. He has a solid track record of exploiting and monitoring music from the Indian subcontinent internationally. To this end, Silva Screen will be announcing agreements with several Indian companies in the coming months''.
Amarpal states “I have always admired Reynold for his drive and vision and I am excited to be joining the Silva Screen team in this progressive and challenging role. By understanding the market and speaking the language we are confident in establishing ourselves as the number one source, globally, for music rights out of the Indian sub- continent.”
Established in 1986, Silva Screen is a global leader in film soundtracks (Batman Begins, Iron Man, Gravity). The label is perhaps best known for its highly acclaimed recordings of film and television music and for its long partnership with the BBC across releases such as Doctor Who, Sherlock, Luther. It is also the global partner for the BBCs Earth soundtracks, including the David Attenborough narrated series Planet Earth, Blue Planet & Human Planet.
In Q4 2019 Silva Screen released the No.1 best selling Children in Need ‘Got It Covered’ album as well as the Top 10 Christmas Album by Chris Kamara alongside more traditional soundtrack releases in His Dark Materials, Good Omens and Dracula for BBC, Amazon/BBC and Netflix/BBC.
The label group includes SO Recordings, one of the most respected independent rock labels in the UK. To date, the label has achieved four Top 10 records and several Top 40 albums with a roster that includes Placebo, Enter Shikari, Deaf Havana, Band of Skulls, The Lafontaines, Dinosaur Pile-Up, Demob Happy and Turbowolf.
The Silva Screen Group has interests in several other music related companies, in the UK, France, the USA and in recent years, India, where it continues to develop its business activities.
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