OT seem at pains to point out this is NOT for mainstream cinematic scoring. They say arthouse - I guess, but I think non-Hollywood is a better description from what I hear. A lot of UK drama has a sound like this. Anyway...
(Only been able to listen on my laptop but is Rachel's voice out of phase on this video?!)
It's an intriguing line up:
String ensemble (6 first violins, 4 violas, 4 celli, and bass)
3 String soloists (violin, cello, bass).
6 solo woodwinds,
2 solo brass players
6 special character instruments: Soprano saxophone, musette accordion, mandolin, concert guitar, dulcimer, and piano.
Also included is the harp from Berlin Symphonic Strings.
Tides offers tempo-synced measured trills, designed to help conveniently animate your chords, as well as tempo-synced rhythmic patterns (captured as live performances), across a range of instruments.
Pride of place in our new collection’s features is the collection’s lyrical legato. Tides offers extraordinarily long transitions on the lyrical legatos to offer unparalleled expression and musicality. The soloists come with a single dynamic layer to ensure the pure sound of an expressive performance without any crossfading and layering artefacts.
The collection is loosely based on a piece of music (a performance of which is featured on the product page) that the Academy Award-winning composer wrote especially for the project. This composition was a way to capture her ideal orchestral set-up—we spent some time with Rachel curating the list of instruments to populate this unique orchestra. The piece also gave us an inside take on some of her most recognizable musical idioms: Expressive legatos, rhythmic patterns, and character soloists. We then set out to effectively cast this musical language in the form of a sampled instrument collection.
€349 intro price until June 11, then €499.
