And for that additional emotional charge, there is a Women’s and Men’s Choir at your fingertips.Īs with previous collections, Metropolis Ark 4 was recorded at the sublime Teldex Scoring Stage in Berlin. With a Melodic Percussion Ensemble, Tuned Timpani & Tom Ensemble and a whole host of Percussion and Drum Ensembles at hand to harness the rhythms. Metropolis Ark 4 includes an impressive array of High, Mid and Low String Sections for you to choose from, not to mention 10 Mixed Brass & Woodwinds Sections. Shaped by their rough surroundings, these sounds are edgy, offbeat and expressionistic. This time around, we have special high energy articulations – Power Legato, Martele Sets, Overblown Winds, Overpressure Strings – designed to harness the raw power behind the professional sheen.Īs well as the strong rhythmic and melodic articulation sets, Metropolis Ark 4 provides the building blocks for creating striking orchestral effects and textures.

The dynamic range goes from pianississimo to fortississimo, but the underlying force and bite is always there – every whisper is a controlled scream.

Just like the oppressive calm before a returning storm, the sound is always powerful and aggressive. All performed and mixed in such a way that the listener perceives them as a single sound. Similarly, the mixed wind sections are not instrumental sections in the conventional sense, but rather special blends of colors that come together to create a broad palette of virtual instrumentation. The sections are not small – they are sharply focused like the Maschinenmenschrobot in Fritz Lang’s Metropolis, all unbridled expressive energy and singularity of purpose. This latent symbiotic power comes to the fore in the same way with Metropolis Ark 4 – Elite Orchestral Forces, which integrates various approaches from the previous three collections, performed to perfection by the Metropolis Orchestra.

After all, some of the tiniest insects are hardwired to floor a six-ton elephant. Size may be king in the natural world but sometimes the real power lies beneath the surface.

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