Composer Benjamin Wallfisch has established himself as one of Hollywood’s go-to talents, scoring some of the industry’s biggest films of the last decade including Blade Runner 2049 (with Hans Zimmer), IT Parts 1 and 2, The Flash, Shazam!, and many more.
His versatility and ability to blend the sounds of the traditional orchestra with modern elements have also made the BAFTA, Grammy, and Emmy-nominated composer a go-to collaborator for some of the biggest names in the business, including Zimmer, Pharrell Williams, and Adele.
For his latest project, Wallfisch has partnered with Berlin-based sample library designers Orchestral Tools to create Benjamin Wallfisch Strings, a collection that redefines contemporary sampled strings for professional composers and sets a new standard for realism and expression. The collaboration has also produced a second collection: Stringscapes by Benjamin Wallfisch. This offers a huge range of complex and innovative string textures and effects that explore the experimental side of contemporary scoring.
“For the longest time, I’ve wanted a tool that captures the magic of what it’s like to stand in front of a string orchestra—and puts that at your fingertips in a digital instrument,” said Wallfisch.
“Hendrik and his Orchestral Tools team were open to this crazy idea of really trying to capture as much of the detail of a live recording as possible, and we’re giving people so much control over things that haven’t really been attempted before. With this library, I want people to feel like they’re sitting in front of musicians the whole time.”
Both collections are available as a bundle for a special intro price of 699 EUR (1,048 EUR sold separately). The two collections are both also on sale—the main collection Benjamin Wallfisch Strings for 599 EUR (799 EUR regularly) and Stringscapes by Benjamin Wallfisch for 179 EUR (regularly 249 EUR). All offers end on January 2nd, 2024.
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