Information stripped from music files; restore possible?

I recently bought a newer model iMac to replace my old 2008 model, and completed direct file transfer of all my stuff using Migration Assistant. However, I did notice a possible deficiency in my music files, of which I have many that are not already in my iTunes library. In all of these files, the information about track title, artist, running time and such have been deleted somehow, possibly as a side effect of the transfer. If that is what happened, is there anything I can do to restore the missing file info?

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