 In 1982 the title Sinfonia of London was bought by Peter Willison and Howard Blake from the Walker family for the purpose of having a named orchestra for the first recording of "The Snowman".In February 1998, Bruce Broughton was named the orchestra's second musical director after Blake.Under Peter Willison's management, the orchestra went on to record many soundtracks for major Hollywood films, including "Batman", "The Mummy Returns", "", "Lost in Space", "The Lawnmower Man", "Stargate", "Tombstone", "RoboCop" and "Young Sherlock Holmes".