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
