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The ultimate cinematic drum sample library
Spitfire Audio joins forces with the biggest name in film scoring to produce the ultimate drum sample library for cinematic percussion. Featuring the ensembles and solo instruments used by Oscar-winning Hans Zimmer in his blockbuster scores, we've drawn on his years of creativity and studio experimentation to give you all you need to create epic drum composition.
From tombeks to taikos, playing from whisperingly quiet to thunderously loud, we’ve worked with Hans' Grammy award-winning team to capture the highest quality recordings, featuring the same players in Lyndhurst Hall at AIR Studios where Hans records his biggest scores, all mixed and produced by the man himself.
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- Includes Kontakt Player (free download)
- Compatible with NKS
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Listen to Hans Zimmer Percussion
Battle Of The Bones - Andy Blaney
Dawn Z - Christian Henson
First Wave - Ty Unwin
Eye For Eye - Joaquim Badia
Hans Zimmer Percussion Trailer Music - Oliver Patrice Weder
Fiery The Angels Rose - AudioAndroid
Nancy's Motel - Jez Ashurst
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Produced by the master of film scoring
Hans Zimmer is one of the most successful, influential and prolific film composers of his generation. Having won countless awards including Oscars, his scores for films including Gladiator, Inception, Interstellar, The Dark Knight and Dunkirk he is considered one of the greatest living film composers. Hans has defined not only a compositional style, but also a production approach and sonic innovation that has influenced a generation of composers.
Made in close collaboration with Hans Zimmer and his team of Grammy-winning engineers, musicians and technicians, we present Hans Zimmer's expert, authorised take on cinematic percussion production. Herein lies not an emulation or synthesis of his approach, but a recreation; the same world class studio, musicians, instruments, signal chain and engineers, overseen in every detail by Hans himself with the same attention to detail and perfection, coupled with Spitfire's pioneering technology designed to offer you ultimate creative customisation.
The blockbuster sound
As in many of Hans’ scores, this library is recorded in Lyndhurst Hall at AIR Studios via an impressive signal chain: 96 rarefied microphones into Neve Montserrat preamps, into the world's biggest Neve 88R desk (which was exhaustively regained at every dynamic layer for optimum signal quality), via a dual chain to HDX and Prism converters running at 192k. We have recorded the drums and articulations each with up to 9 round robins and 6 dynamic layers per hit, resulting in well over 30 TB of raw material from these sessions alone. The library consists of close, room and ambient perspectives mixed by Hans Zimmer himself.
London ensembles and solos
Hans Zimmer Percussion combines the output from two extraordinary recording blocks. Material from the “London Ensembles” block features four of Hans’ go-to percussionists — Frank Ricotti, Gary Kettel, Stephen Henderson, and Paul Clarvis — performing a variety of instruments and styles, in what is essentially a distillation of over a decade's worth of musical experimentation and innovation.
The remainder of the library features long-term Hans collaborator and percussion legend, Paul Clarvis (Spectre, The Dark Knight, Harry Potter, Star Wars) who plays a beautiful selection of solo instruments that offer added bite, detail, focus, clarity and nuance to this epic series. Hans loves the quiet layers more than any other so as well as the bitey thunder you'd expect, lower layers offer up the potential for engaging delicate drum programming to give your cues momentum.
Drum ensembles and key solo instruments
Low Booms, Low Boom Gallery, Taiko Ensemble, Tamtam Ensemble, Boobams Ensemble, Hi Taiko Solo, Low Taiko Solo, Large Taiko Solo, Bass Drum Gallery Solo, Gong Drum Gallery Solo, Surdu Ensemble, Dohl Ensemble, Tombek Ensemble, Bombo Ensemble, Buckets & Snares Ensemble, Buckets & Crushers Ensemble, Bucket Top & Darbuka, Paper Djun, Piatti, Anvils, Timpani Ensemble.
Instruments played by Paul Clarvis
Bucket, Snare, Crusher, Paper Djun, Tombek, Dohl, Darbuca, Surdu, Darbucket.
Kickstart engine
This interface is built especially for our percussive libraries to make it easy to map sounds to any connected MIDI interface. It also includes the microphone mixer and available feature controllers.
Kickstart 2
An additional kickstart interface for the timpani allowing you to play the full range of these instruments in a separate patch.
What's Included
Taiko ensemble
- Ensemble - Hit
- Ensemble - Roll
- High - Hit
- High - Roll
- High - Puilli Hit
- High - Rim Hit
- Low - Hit
- Low - Roll
- Low - Rim Hit
- Low - Puilli Hit
- Large - Hit
- Large - Roll
- Large - Rim Hit
- Large - Puilli Hit
Paper djun
- Ensemble - Hit
- Ensemble - Roll
- Solo - Hit
- Solo - Hit (alt)
- Solo - Roll
Bombo ensemble
- Hard Hit
- Hard Roll
- Soft Hit
- Soft Roll
- Hand Hit
- Hand Roll
- Finger Roll
- Flam
Surdo ensemble
- Ensemble - Hit
- Ensemble - Roll
- Solo - Hit
- Solo - Roll
Low boom
- Hard Hit
- Hard Roll
- Soft Hit
- Soft Roll
- Rim Hit
- Rim Roll
- Puilli Hit
- Puilli Roll
Low boom gallery
- Hard Hit
- Hard Roll
- Soft Hit
- Soft Roll
- Rim Hit
- Puilli Hit
Bass drum gallery
- Hard Hit
- Hard Roll
- Soft Hit
- Soft Roll
- Rim Hit
- Puilli Hit
Gong drum
- Hard Hit
- Hard Roll
- Soft Hit
- Soft Roll
- Rim Hit
- Puilli Hit
- Alt Hit
Dhol ensemble
- Ensemble - Stick Hit
- Ensemble - Hand Hit
- Solo - Hand Hit
- Solo - Hand Top
- Solo - Hand Bottom
- Solo - Stick Hit
- Solo - Stick Top
- Solo - Stick Bottom
Darbuka
- Hit
- Fist
- Slap
- Tap
Snare
- Hit
- Flam
- Roll
Tombek ensemble
- Ensemble - Hit
- Ensemble - Slap
- Ensemble - Tap
- Solo - Hit
- Solo - Slap
- Solo - Tap
Boobam
- Random Hit
- Random Rod
- Beater Hit - F3
- Beater Hit - G3
- Beater Hit - A3
- Beater Hit - B3
- Beater Hit - C4
- Rod Hit - F3
- Rod Hit - G3
- Rod Hit - A3
- Rod Hit - B3
- Rod Hit - C4
- Hand Hit - F3
- Hand Hit - G3
- Hand Hit - A3
- Hand Hit - B3
- Hand Hit - C4
- Hand Hit - D4
- Hand Hit - E4
- Hand Hit - F4
Buckets
- Solo - Hit
- Solo - Flam
- Solo - Roll
- + Snares Ens - Hit
- + Snares Ens - Flams
- + Snares Ens - Roll
- + Crushers Ens - Hit
- + Crushers Ens - Roll
- + Darbuca Ens - Hit
- + Darbuca Solo - Hit
- + Darbuca Solo - Hit (alt)
Tamtam
- Hit
- Scrape
- Scrape (long)
- Scrape (Choke)
- Scrape (Spatial)
- Roll
- Roll (Spatial)
- Roll (Inverse)
Metal
- Piattis - Hit
- Piattis - Choked Hit
- Anvils - Hit
- Crusher - Hit
- Crusher - Roll
Timpani
- Hard Stick Hit
- Soft Stick Hit
- Rod Stick Hit
- Hard Stick Roll
- Soft Stick Roll
- Rod Stick Roll
FAQs
I already own HZ01 and HZ03 and I want Hans Zimmer Percussion, how do I get it?
If you already own HZ01 and HZ03, you will receive Hans Zimmer Percussion Professional completely free of charge on the day of release!
Is Hans Zimmer Percussion the same as HZ01 and HZ03?
Hans Zimmer Percussion is a consolidation of Hans Zimmer’s mixes from HZ01 and HZ03, plus additional features. Hans Zimmer Percussion Professional contains additional microphones and mixes from Hans Zimmer, Junkie XL, Alan Meyerson, Steve Lipson and Geoff Foster.
I own one of HZ01 or HZ03, how do I get Hans Zimmer Percussion?
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