COMING SOON

"Just some basses and celli from Areia and otherwise pretty much all SOLO." -Arn

Audio Imperia - SOLO: Going Places (Dressed) by Arn Andersson

This is a medley track I composed for NCSOFT's mmorpg Aion, specifically for the Aion 8.0 update.

AION 8.0 Fortress Theme Medley

This peaceful, lyrical piece is an official demo for Orchestral Tool's Berlin Woodwinds Expansion B: Soloists, Featuring Oboe, English Horn, Flute and Clarinet.

You can read more about Berlin Woodwinds Expansion B: Soloists at http://orchestraltools.com/libraries/bww_exp_b.php
Photo Credit: Charles Vernier http://charlesvernier.com/

By The Lake (Berlin Woodwinds Expansion B demo)

Grosso is the best instrument we have produced to date. Period.

With Grosso, Sonokinetic BV is changing the paradigm for orchestral phrase-based instruments… again! Before our Minimal library, the level of control, whilst retaining the authentic sound that live recordings bring to the party, was unheard of. We have gotten so much positive feedback on Minimal that a ‘sequel’ was unavoidable. Mere sequels is not what we do though at Sonokinetic, so if you look at what Grosso brings to the table, you will see an evolved entity that is a homo-sapiens to Minimal’s homo-erectus. 
We have conceived this instrument from the ground up, using parts of the Minimal engine and reimagining many other things to accommodate for the added flexibility Grosso brings to the table. The main difference, apart from the obviously upbeat nature of the recorded material and the addition of a choir part and a taiko and non-melodic percussion section, is that we split out the orchestral sections into more parts. Strings and choir are split in low - mid - high, woodwinds and brass into low and high, percussion into taiko and more traditional orchestral percussion. All of these elements have been carefully composed to work well with all of the others, resulting in millions of possible combinations of sounds.
The nature and sheer amount of this raw material, and the added flexibility we needed to offer to you in an intuitive way, led us to a completely new interface style, and it made us split up the instrument into different Kontakt .nki’s. Don’t worry though, we have laid out the keyswitches in a way that still makes it possible to play this instrument ‘Minimal-style’ with the whole orchestra on one midi channel.
Grosso is a 12/8 feel library, and we have configured the engine to work in both 4/4 and 12/8 time signatures within your DAW. Though the instrument was conceived with trailer and action styles in mind, the finished product is capable of so much more, limited only by your imagination.
Check out our demo section to hear some of the compositions made by the incredibly talented composers in our beta team, inspired by Grosso. In fact, much of the early feedback we got from these guys included the word ‘inspirational’ as much as the word ‘exceptional’. If there’s ever an instrument that can help you get out of a funk when you need it most, it’s this one. We have even included a randomiser button to provide you with different pattern combinations at the click of a button.
To top off the collection we have added a ‘transition builder’ instrument that is aimed at gluing parts together, and building up towards climaxes. It includes brass and woodwind crescendo chords, and recognises different chord types, like diminished, augmented and dominant 7th. Chords are constructed on the spot from a collection of recorded intervals. This builder instrument also contains percussion and taiko fills, and a fully playable multisampled taiko ensemble patch, both as an ensemble and individual drums. Please look at the video to see its capabilities in action.

We, at Sonokinetic BV, are very proud to introduce GROSSO to you, and can’t wait to hear the amazing things you, our valued customer base, will produce with it.

Sonokinetic has established a name as one of the best value & quality sample producers and with this product we’d like to underline that statement. We stick with our unbeatable pricing module and high quality sampling.

We wish you the best inspiration and creativity


Grosso Demo - O Magnum Mysterium - By Valentin Boomes Feat. Aeralie Brighton

"The Wedding Proposal"

Composed, orchestrated & mixed by Benny Oschmann
Performed by "The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra"
Conducted by Adam Klemens

Recorded by Jan Holzner at Smecky Studios, Prague

Copyright 2015 by Benny Oschmann

The Wedding Proposal

My rescore of the Doctor Who special, Voyage of the Damned, which was originally released on October 22nd, 2021.

Fallen Passengers

Official demo for Berlin Brass - Additional Instruments by Snorre Tidemand.
All Brass you hear is from Berlin Brass - Additional Instruments.

www.orchestraltools.com

Snorre Tidemand

Adventures Of Mr. Goose (Snorre Tidemand)

Bravestorm - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

Bravestorm OST - 4m3 - Epilogue & End Credits

Notes: Cellos from early alpha stage. Violins B from early alpha stage. Both are only using the forte dynamic.

Website: performancesamples.com
Soundcloud: @performancesamples
Facebook: facebook.com/performancesamples

Con Moto - Cellos & Violins B - Tech Demo: Cello Leg & Violin Active-Bow Sus - by Jasper Blunk

Composed & Orchestrated by Benny Oschmann
Performed by the "Brandenburgisches Staatsorchester Frankfurt/Oder"
Conducted by Bernd Ruf

Take a look behind the scenes of the music for "The Raven":
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6BePMIdOcY

The Raven - Overture

Composed by Sascha Knorr 2019 All Rights Reserved
Production & Mix: Sascha Knorr

Demo Composition for Orchestral Tools JunkieXL Brass by Tom Holkenborg.

Performed and produced with sample library collections from
Orchestral Tools

Let The Games Begin

To learn how I create music like this on a computer, consider checking out my online course about How to Compose with MIDI and Virtual Instruments: https://store.fortecomposeracademy.com/how-to-compose-with-midi-and-virtual-instruments

Benjamin Botkin began composing music for film and visual media projects in 2005.  Since then, Benjamin has composed the music for multiple feature, documentary, short, and promotional films, written demos for leading sample developers, lectured about film scoring at film festivals, and is creator and head instructor at Forte Composer Academy,  a site dedicated to helping composers succeed in the new music industry. 

Benjamin lives in the greater Nashville area with his beautiful wife Audri and three sons: Ethan, Elliot, and Philip.