Hans Zimmer Piano

In his fourth collaboration with Spitfire Audio, legendary Oscar-winning composer Hans Zimmer presents the ultimate piano library. A personal favourite of Hans himself, this beautiful instrument bursting with life, depth, and character is the in-house grand piano at Lyndhurst Hall at AIR Studios, one of the best scoring stages in the world. Expertly recorded by Hans’ renowned engineers and the award-winning Spitfire team, this library embodies what Hans described as a ‘once-in-a-lifetime’ opportunity to create a world-class piano writing tool for discerning composers the world over.

Recorded in the same space as our Symphonic and Chamber libraries, it has been designed to blend perfectly and enhance your orchestral compositions, as well as working perfectly as a solo or featured instrument. Hans Zimmer Piano features the combined signals of a staggering 60 microphones placed in and around the piano and the Hall, fed through the unique Air “Montserrat” pre-amps via a Neve 88R desk, into Prism AD converters. The piano, a world class stretch concert grand, was played utilising a mixture of technical wizardry and performing talent to produce days of recordings, with a huge array of round robins and dynamic layers, from momentous power to deathly quiet tones for creating the most tender moments. It also boasts the widest range of techniques — from staccato and long notes, to detailed studies in the softest layers of the piano — and a vast collection of effects, from zither-like finger plucks to soft timpani-stick string hits, for extra inspiration.

Features

Choose from 16 different mic positions:

• The Tree offers a lush contextual position ideal for larger orchestral arrangements.
• The highly useful Mid range couples the intimacy of the piano with the beautiful widescreen effect of Lyndhurst Hall.
• A series of Close spot stereo mic pairs engulfed by the huge instrument give you a pure and intimate sound.

Discover a huge number of effects and playable instruments under ‘Additional Techniques’, featuring the talents of first-call pianist Simon Chamberlain and percussion supremo Paul Clarvis. If you write scores on or for piano and want a piece of production history that has cost considerably more than buying a concert grand of your own, then this is the library for you.