James Vincent D'Arc was born in Los Angeles, California on August 7, 1950. In the early 1970s, D'Arc was accepted into Brigham Young University, where he majored in history. A film appreciation class taught by Dr. Charles M. Metten in 1973 motivated D’Arc to receive a PhD in film history from BYU in 1986. During his time as a student, he was also hired in what was then called the "Archives and Manuscripts Division” at BYU, where he began gathering film-related materials for the Archives. D’Arc started with items donated to the collection from Dean Jagger, an actor who played Brigham Young in the 1940 film "Brigham Young." Further collecting included those pertaining to Cecil B. DeMille, classic MGM musicals like "Singin' in the Rain," and many others. During 1990 D'Arc was also employed as a professor of film in BYU's Theatre and Media Arts College in addition to his position as a curator.

D'Arc married Patricia Ann Morris in Salt Lake City on January 22, 1974. They had five children and seven grandchildren. On April 20, 2005, Patricia passed away in Utah. James D'Arc retired from BYU in August 2017.

John Addison was born March 16, 1920, in Chobham, England. He attended Wellington College, then enrolled in the Royal College of Music. His studies there were interrupted by World War II. He served as a tank commander in the war. After the war, he returned to complete his studies at the Royal College of Music. He remained there to teach until 1957. In 1949, he became the music director for John and Roy Boulting's motion picture studio. He wrote many film scores, one of which being for the 1963 film Tom Jones, for which he won an Oscar and a Grammy. He won a BAFTA for his score for the 1977 film "A Bridge Too Far." In 1976, he came to the United States and started working on music for television. He won a Grammy for his theme song for "Murder, She Wrote." He retired to Vermont in 1990. John Addison passed away December 7, 1998, in Bennington, Vermont.

Michael Kamen was born April 15, 1948, in New York City. Michael was an orchestral arranger and conductor, songwriter, and film score composer. His early work focused on ballets before moving to writing scores for films and television. Michael died November 18, 2003, in London, England.