You would be forgiven for thinking Impact Soundworks' Tokyo Scoring Drum Kits might be a bombastic ensemble-based collection geared toward ‘big' film score work. However, after reading further on the product page – and seeing the picture of a relatively modest-sized conventional drum kit – itexploring the ensemble-based presets that I sensed it might also be able to turn its hand to ‘big score' work. However, it was also apparent that my own biases as to what represented a scoring drum kit might also need checking. Delving deeper into the creation of Tokyo Scoring Drum Kits (TSDK) helped clarify much of this as well. To get the right frame of reference here it is appropriate to consider the wide-ranging music featured in anime and Japanese computer game soundtracks.
