EastWest Hollywood Fantasy Strings

BRING FANTASY WORLDS TO LIFE

Introducing Hollywood Fantasy Orchestra, a brand-new orchestra that includes everything you need to create fantasy film, television, and game soundtracks. Produced by sound titans Doug Rogers and Nick Phoenix, Hollywood Fantasy Orchestra includes unique ensembles of world instruments that have been featured in the biggest movies and games in history, mixed with modern octave-doubled orchestral sections that perfectly complement Hollywood Orchestra, all with full stereo imaging mic placement and all the features of EastWest’s revolutionary Opus player. If you’re scoring the next big fantasy epic or medieval tale, adding in a few period solo instruments won’t cut it — you need to bridge the gap between orchestral and world instruments. Every instrument needs to earn its place in the mix to create a massive cinematic sound, so we created an entirely new orchestra that puts all the period instruments you need on the same stage. It’s simply unlike anything you’ve heard before.

HOLLYWOOD FANTASY STRINGS Hollywood Fantasy Strings is the first iteration of Hollywood Fantasy Orchestra, putting 5 of the most iconic instruments from the Medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque eras at your fingertips alongside brand-new stylized recordings from modern-day orchestral musicians. It includes true legato, diverse articulations, everything you need to produce the perfect fantasy cue to the highest professional standards. We infused it with the same power and flexibility as Hollywood Strings, with the same microphone placements, in the exact same studio, tailor-made to mix perfectly, so you can rest assured that your string libraries are all up to the task.

Fire-breathing dragons. Epic battles between kingdoms. Ancient untold magic, casting 1,000 years of darkness upon the land... No matter how grand the scene you need to set, Hollywood Fantasy Orchestra is equipped with everything you need to make it happen right out of the box. If your arsenal is missing the ancient and traditional folk strings needed to give your orchestrations an authentic edge, your collection will finally match the limits of your imagination.

Features

• Hollywood Fantasy Strings is the first iteration of Hollywood Fantasy Orchestra.
• 147 instruments across 6 ensembles and 2 solo instruments with numerous articulations.
• Lutes and dulcimers are recorded in trios, creating a beautiful sparkling stereo image that cuts through any mix.
• Includes hurdy gurdies and massive sounding traditional string ensembles, recorded in octaves for those moments when you need bombast to round out your fantasy sound.
• 72GB library of medieval-, Renaissance-, and Baroque-era string instruments with micro-tuning controls
• 4 mic positions with level and pan controls: Close, Mid, Main, and Surround
• Loads of articulation sets, including trills, true legato, crescendos, and more
• 8 violins 6 violas, 6 celli, 4 basses, 3 lutes, 3 Hardanger fiddles, 3 viola da gambas, 3 mountain dulcimers, 2 hurdy-gurdies