Mark your calendars for Saturday, October 21 at 3PM when the Virgin Megastore in Burbank is hosting an afternoon of "music, monsters and an informal presentation about horror film music restoration and recording."

Special guests are the Marco Polo reconstruction/recording team of William Stromberg and John Morgan; archivist/author Scott McQueen; and author Jon Burlingame, who will be signing copies of his new Sound and Vision book about the history of film scores. Autographs will also be available for the Marco Polo CDs of King Kong, House of Frankenstein, The Cat People and more. The event is being sponsored by Marco Polo, Billboard Publications and the Alex Film Society. The store is located at 851 N San Fernando Rd, Burbank CA 91502; ph: 818-295-6905.