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Its centerpiece is an expressive 36-piece orchestra, lovingly recorded at London’s AIR Studios and captured at 96kHz via a two-inch Studer tape machine. There’s a tendency, especially in Scandinavia, to veer towards the avant-garde – and this is firmly where Neo plants its flag. While many Hollywood-based and Tinseltown-inspired composers have relied on too-common devices to create tension, such as thundering drums, ostinato bass and the mighty brass swells known colloquially as ‘braaams’, others, particularly in Europe, have chosen a more considered route. Over the past 10 years, cinematic scoring has seen greater volumes and ever-expanding orchestra sizes.
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In a clear reaction to current trends, Albion Neo provides a slightly different ensemble and palette, something more suited to the needs of today’s composers and producers. Its five-strong Albion range has so far taken us from the orchestral highs of One and the thunderous and apocalyptic low-ends of III Iceni to the Scandinavian sounds of V Tundra.
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Size matters, sure, but for many composers and producers, a tidy workflow and solid off-the-shelf samples are just as important as the breadth of a library’s ensemble – and this is where the Albion series has won Spitfire many friends. Not epic enough? Check out the monumental 344-piece player section found in the Hans Zimmer Strings collection. The BBC Symphony Orchestra package, for example, demonstrates how a symphony might sound in a world-renowned space such as the BBC’s Maida Vale Studios. Spitfire Audio’s ever-increasing catalogue has been boosted recently thanks to some large libraries.
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Price £400 (Educational discount available)