EastWest Hollywood Fantasy Brass
Description
Part of the Hollywood Fantasy Orchestra series, EastWest Hollywood Fantasy Brass is a virtual instrument that puts the grandeur of some of history's six most iconic brass instruments at your fingertips, complete with a broad articulation set and true legato for maximum realism and authenticity. Powered by the Opus player, it offers multiple mic positions, custom effect chains, lush ambiences, and everything you need to produce bold fanfare for distant kingdoms—sonorous melodies for heroes, villains, and magical creatures alike, or a rich and mellow tone that evokes the mystique of castles or scrolling landscapes—at the highest professional standards, right out of the box.
Command the Mood
Hollywood Fantasy Brass is programmed with three moods on a scale ranging from most authentic to most cinematic: Classic, Soft, and Epic. You can rotate through these different qualities to create the exact fantasy orchestra sound your production requires.
You have individual control over the level and pan of four separate mic positions: Close, Mid, Main, and Surround, enabling you to shape the dimensionality of the sound.
Powered by the Opus Player
Opus is the advanced player engine that powers the Hollywood Fantasy Brass library. Fast and flexible, it comes with incredible features such as individual instrument auditioning and downloads, customized key switches, dozens of new MIDI tools and mixer effects, scalable retina GUI upgrades for legacy products, a powerful script language, and many more options that allow you to completely customize the sound of each instrument.
3 Wagner Tubas
You can hear the Wagner tuba in the scores to Star Wars IV: A New Hope, The Lord of the Rings films, Jurassic Park, Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, World of Warcraft, and several other expansive scores that have helped define the modern fantasy sound across movies and video games. Imagine a cross between a French horn and a trombone, and you’ll get pretty close. But this ensemble has something a little extra that effortlessly evokes fantastic and unexplored worlds.
3 Flugelhorns
This flugelhorn ensemble is an easy choice when you need majestic yet mellow brass to carry a theme, especially for fanfare and royal settings. The soundtracks of Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, the original Final Fantasy VII, and L.A. Noire all make use of this instrument’s regal and haunting quality, and you’ll find it’s an easy way to accomplish the same in your own scores. Try substituting this for a trumpet ensemble and you’ll plainly see the fantastical character that these flugelhorns add to your scores.
3 Alpenhorns
In addition to its role in German and Swiss folk music, this elongated horn was traditionally used primarily as a tool for communication and as an integral part of ceremonies and festivals. Its sound is uniquely mellow and hollow, owing to its wooden construction and straight rather than wound piping. It makes for a great mellow horn melody, especially in conjunction with the flugelhorns in this collection. Think of this as a group of extralong hunting horns ready to lead the charge.
3 Brass Trombones, 2 Cimbassos, 1 Tuba
Fantasy Brass includes a powerhouse section of select low brass instruments to help fill out the low end and achieve the growling dark intensity that even Hollywood Brass doesn’t quite match. Rather than making massive EQ and reverb changes to another brass ensemble, simply add in this collection and you’ll have the perfect complement that adds punch and warmth to your sound.