To create the high-quality music, Loyola Press partnered with Media Creature Music of Los Angeles, California, which has produced commercials for such companies as 7Up, Chevy Blazer, Duracell, and Blue Cross/Blue Shield and which also produced Finding God's Guided Reflections and Scripture story recordings. Directing the project was Media Creature principal Sharal Churchill, who has 15 years' experience in the Hollywood music industry and whose credits include music supervisor for such major motion pictures as Little Women, Benny & Joon, The Substitute, and Blue Sky.

"For this project," says Sharal, "though not working with a Hollywood-sized budget, we tried to deliver sound quality on par with a motion picture or a TV commercial."

Media Creature Music recorded the tracks for Finding God: Our Response to God's Gifts at Firehouse Recording Studios, one of the largest and most advanced digital studios in North America. Songs for Finding God were sung by the world-renowned Los Angeles Children's Chorus, which has performed with the Los Angeles Opera, the Metropolitan Opera, and Luciano Pavarotti, among others. The program's theme song, "Song of Love," was sung by John Pagano, a vocalist who sings for Bert Bacharach, one of the most highly accomplished composers of our day.

Top industry professionals played and mixed the music as well. Many of the musicians featured in Finding God's recordings are fixtures of Hollywood orchestras and have played for such major motion pictures as Ali, Austin Powers, Spider Man, Hidalgo, and The Last Samurai; TV shows such as Dawson's Creek, J.A.G., Home Improvement, Family Ties, and The Tonight Show; and musicals such as Billy Budd, The Three Tenors, My Fair Lady, A Chorus Line, and Evita.

For this important project, many of the musicians and recording artists dedicated their time at a fraction of their normal cost, helping what would have been a multimillion dollar venture become financially possible for a nonprofit company such as Loyola Press. These musicians and artists saw this as a worthy contribution to make.

"Of the more than 150 people who came together to make this recording project possible," says Sharal, "a number of people expressed to me afterwards that the ministry of making these recordings touched them on a personal level. As people immersed in a highly commercial industry, they were very grateful for the opportunity to work on a cause-related project as opposed to something destined to be a capitalistic venture."

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