Abbey Road One: Mysterious Reeds

Evoke a warm and mysterious air in your compositions with this alluring accompaniment to Abbey Road’s iconic Studio One. Whether soft and unsettling, challenging and dynamic, or somewhere in between, these reeds are great for adding a regal tone to orchestral compositions as well as creations of any genre seeking to incorporate magical and bewildering textures. A departure from your standard, ‘pretty’ woodwind orchestration, these reeds — pairings of 2 Oboes & 2 Clarinets, and 2 Clarinets & 2 Bassoons — deliver an intriguing alternative for a darker, more mystical sound utilised by the crème de la crème of Abbey Road film composers. The enquiring tones of this selection effortlessly inspire intricate voicings to augment your arrangements with enduring, enigmatic emotion.

Mysterious Reeds is available to purchase as a stand-alone library or as a brilliant addition to Abbey Road One: Orchestral Foundations. You can also purchase this as part of Abbey Road One: The Collection and save 30%.

Mysterious Reeds seductively captures the nuances of this vital orchestral section with a lush delicacy befitting the most epic of Abbey Road scores. The library features 2 oboes & 2 clarinets, and 2 clarinets & 2 bassoons in octaves, influenced by reed techniques employed by composers such as John Williams, Howard Shore, and Jerry Goldsmith, Mysterious Reeds evokes a timeless, emotive sound inundated with dramatic effect and is well-suited for expressive compositions.

Intriguing and mystical to its core, this exquisite library is great for creating for textural elements, as well as regal tones; put the arrangement in Unison for a more piercing tone, or in Octaves for a wider and richer sound.

Performed in the unmistakable acoustics of Abbey Road’s Studio One, Mysterious Reeds further enriches the available offerings in the Abbey Road One orchestral range by providing a darker, esoteric tone to contrast with more conventional woodwind timbres.