Hollywood Orchestra OPUS Ed.

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Proudly affirming its exclusive access to the company's namesake studios – the legendary EastWest Studio One in Hollywood – EastWest excels at crafting immaculately recorded orchestral packages, with 2015’s Hollywood Orchestra series marking the pinnacle of its achievements. Now the company revisits and re-adapt this six-year-old monolith, further perfecting its ambition to build the ultimate all-in-one software orchestra.

Magnum opus

First, let’s look at what the original Hollywood Orchestra offered, and what this more substantial package adds. Recorded by Hollywood sound engineer and industry stalwart Shawn Murphy, Hollywood Orchestra was a remarkably detailed assortment of sampled orchestral instruments, sporting a plethora of textures across the string, woodwind, brass and percussion spheres, all operable within EastWest’s