Johnny Green was born October 10, 1908, in New York City. He received a degree from Harvard in 1928, and began work as a songwriter and orchestra leader in the 1920s and 1930s. Beginning in 1942, he worked as a music director for multiple motion picture studios in Hollywood and wrote for radio and television as well. Green won various Academy Awards for his work. He died in Beverly Hills, California, on May 15, 1989.

Fred Steiner was born February 24, 1923, in New York City. He was the son of film composer George Steiner. Fred graduated from the Oberlin Conservatory of Music in Ohio, and, later with a PhD from University of Southern California. Steiner wrote scores for radio broadcasts, then starting in 1947, arranged, conducted and composed film and television scores. He was nominated for an Academy Award for work on "The Color Purple" (1985). Steiner worked in Mexico in the late 1950s archiving Latin American music, and later retired to Mexico, where he died June 23, 2011.

Diana Friedberg was born in South Africa. She began a film career after graduating from the University of Cape Town in 1967. She is the first woman to direct a feature film in South Africa and has edited and produced numerous films and TV shows. Her credits include "Die Spook van Donkergat" (1973) "World on a String" (2007), and "Max Steiner: Maestro of Movie Music" (2019).