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1.1 HOLLYWOOD ORCHESTRA OPUS EDITION
Hollywood Orchestra Opus Edition is the highly anticipated expansion to Hollywood
Orchestra, the best-selling and most awarded orchestral virtual instrument ever pro-
duced. It includes brand new pristine recordings, reimagined original content, and
powerful new features, all housed in our new revolutionary Opus software engine.
Produced by Doug Rogers and Nick Phoenix, recipients of over 100 international
industry Awards, and sound engineered by multiple Academy Award and BAFTA win-
ner Shawn Murphy, Hollywood Orchestra Opus Edition is the culmination of years
of recording and programming and will set a new industry standard for achieving
professional sounding orchestral soundtracks.
Hollywood Orchestra Opus Edition comes with the new Opus software and a com-
panion product Hollywood Orchestrator, a must-have tool for composers of every
skill level who want to achieve that Hollywood blockbuster sound quickly.
1.1.1 Brand New Recordings and Reimagined Content
Brand new recordings include a new 18 violin string section for Hollywood Strings,
new ensembles for Hollywood Brass and Hollywood Orchestral Woodwinds, plus new
string, brass, and wind multi ensembles. “The new 18 violins are an alternate to the
first 16 violins of the original library. They have a different sound,” says producer
Nick Phoenix, “the players are different. The vibrato is different. The legato is the
best we have ever recorded. They work well with the existing collection or as a re-