 Melachrino also gained experience as a military musician at the Army Broadcasting Department, as Musical Director for the recording of entertainment for overseas forces, leading the British Band of the Allied Expeditionary Forces and the Orchestra Khaki.After the war, in 1945, he formed the George Melachrino Orchestra, an orchestra that became synonymous with lush string arrangements.From 1945 to 1947, he conducted for Richard Tauber in most of his Parlophone recordings and BBC broadcasts.