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Cinesamples - Unison Jerry's Pianos freebie

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Well how lovely - a Christmas gift from the folks at Cinesamples, Jerry's Pianos. 2 pianos playing tutti in the lower range, and an ensemble mode to boost that to six. Recorded at the Sony scoring stage.

https://cinesamples.com/product/jerry-s ... 4d5b01019e
ABOUT THE LIBRARY
Often the orchestral piano is called upon to double rhythmic patterns at pitch - its percussive nature allows the texture to speak quicker and more precisely. Larger orchestral ensembles occasionally include a second piano for balance and color.
Orff employs two pianos playing the ostinato in his bombastic opening movement of Carmina Burana. John Williams uses two soli pianos to score the arrival of the AT-AT’s during the Imperial Assault on Hoth in The Empire Strikes Back. Don Davis often uses two pianos in quasi arpeggiating motifs during the chase sequences in his Matrix Trilogy scores. Quasi random, fast moving patterns in the lower octaves are a mainstay of modern cinematic orchestral writing.
With this patch we captured two pianos playing tutti/unison at the Sony Scoring Stage. The pianos were placed in deep orchestral position on the violin side slightly wider than the French Horn section. Concentrating on the lower range, we sampled sustains and staccatos on the two house grand pianos.
We're certain that Jerry's Piano will become a useful tool in any composer's palette.


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Nice. And loud!

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As one of "Jerry's Pianists" when he would record at Abbey Road and Whitfield Street (RIP), I love the fact that the two Mikes have immortalised that sound for us in this generous and great-sounding gift!


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Nice credit, Mark!
“Many musicians get paying work based on their ability to create believable orchestral simulations. Whenever musicians get paying work, that’s a Good Thing.”

L.J. Nachsin


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You played piano in scoring sessions? Nice.

BTW, that patch is huge. It takes a 1GB, streaming or no streaming, because there are very, very many short samples, which mostly fit in the streaming buffer. But a very inspiring sound.

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Thanks, Larry! Yes, TGV, I was lucky enough to be working through that halcyon period of the 1990's when if a film score called for synths or piano they were played in live along with the rest of the orchestra. And we were paid in cash at the end of the session! It'll never happen again...


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I played synths with live recordings for commercials, Mark. Did one with Elmer Bernstein-nearly died of fright.
“Many musicians get paying work based on their ability to create believable orchestral simulations. Whenever musicians get paying work, that’s a Good Thing.”

L.J. Nachsin

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