“Philip Rothman represents the highest level of professionalism in engraving and musical preparation.”
—Tobias Picker, composer

Philip with composer and conductor Anton Coppola, reviewing the engraved score to Sacco and Vanzetti prior to publication
Philip is owner and principal of NYC Music Services, a New York-based music preparation firm with more than fifteen years of experience preparing quality materials for professional clients in the music industry. NYCMS produces music notation using the latest versions of the Finale and Sibelius programs, and MIDI realizations with Logic Studio.
Working with a network of industry professionals worldwide to meet the demands of any project, materials prepared by NYC Music Services have recently appeared on the music stands at The Metropolitan Opera, Carnegie Hall, Avery Fisher Hall, The Newman Scoring Stage at Twentieth Century Fox Studios, Abbey Road Studios in London, and the Royal Opera House at Covent Garden, just to name a few.
Services can include any of the following:
- Score and part preparation from a handwritten score, computer generated score, or MIDI file
- Score cleanup and part extraction for scores created in Finale or Sibelius format.
- Transpositions of existing music
- Music transcription and arranging
- File translations (i.e., from Finale to Sibelius)
- PDF creation of score and parts for printing at your location
- In-house printing, binding and stapling with express shipping to your location
Philip’s transcription and orchestration of the “Superman” theme for the movie Hollywoodland:
Superman from Hollywoodland
As an orchestrator for several major motion pictures and television programs, Philip has worked with top studios and composers, including:
- “Learning to Fly” (20th Century Fox)
- “Too Big to Fail” (HBO)
- “Beastly” (CBS Films)
- “The Beaver” (Summit Entertainment)
- “You Don’t Know Jack” (HBO)
- “Faces of America” (PBS)
- “Remember Me” (Summit Entertainment)
- “Teddy: In His Own Words” (HBO)
- “Sin Nombre” (Focus Features)
- “Taking Chance” (HBO)
- “What Just Happened” (2929)
- “The Nanny Diaries” (Weinstein/MGM)
- “Hollywoodland” (Focus Features)
- “Schooled” (CW network)
Learn more and get in touch
Learn more about NYC Music Services, take a tour of the client demo, and get in touch about a potential project:
Visit NYC Music Services
Learn more about NYC Music Services, take a tour of the client demo, and get in touch about a potential project:
Visit NYC Music Services
