Hans Zimmer Drums

Oscar-winning composer and producer Hans Zimmer presents the ultimate epic drum kit, played by rock aristocrat Jason Bonham. Bonham’s exclusive DW Vistalite kits have been expertly sampled at three legendary Los Angeles locations — The Newman Stage at 20th Century Fox, The Sony Scoring Stage, and an enormous space on Hans’ own lot dubbed ‘The Cathedral’ — alongside more exclusive Zimmer gems, in this historic series of sessions. Following on from our hugely popular Hans Zimmer Percussion, this timeless, versatile kit has been designed for both media composers and rock producers alike to add epic power and energy to your scores and tracks, fitting perfectly with your existing Spitfire libraries.

The ultimate drum kit
Hans Zimmer Drums features Jason Bonham on his exclusive DW Vistalite kit recorded at the legendary “Newman” Stage at 20th Century Fox, The Sony Scoring Stage, and an enormous space on Hans’ own lot dubbed “The Cathedral”, recorded and mixed by multi Grammy-winning engineers: Alan Meyerson, Steve Lipson and Geoff Foster.

This is the ultimate follow up to our multi award-winning Hans Zimmer Percussion anthology. Expertly recorded (29,477 samples, 35.6 hours, 34.3 GB WAV format, 22.7 GB NCW compressed format (stereo only) as per Hans’ direction, with multiple round robins, dynamic layers, beater types, and playing styles. With GUIs and scripting designed back in London by the finest sample developers in the world.

The library also features some exclusive additional bonus content from Hans himself including some hand crafted modular synth drums programmed by hand from his legendary modular synth at Remote Control Productions. We’ve also included the Fox stage’s bass drum (commissioned by Alfred Newman for the infamous 20th Century Fox Theme).

The library consists of numerous microphone positions (as detailed below) mixed in stereo by Grammy and Oscar winning engineers Steve Lipson & Geoff Foster.