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Universal’s production music unit launches BBC Orchestral Toolkit
By Chris Cooke | Published on Friday 28 November 2014
BBC Production Music, which operates as an imprint of Universal Music Publishing’s production music division, has announced the launch of the ‘BBC Orchestral Toolkit’, which, and I quote, is “a revolutionary new concept offering media professionals the ability to easily re-create the legendary BBC custom music score sound from their own editing suites”. Because who wants to work with real life musicians anymore?
The various whizzbangs and widgets within the toolkit work on Mac and PC within editing software packages including Final Cut and Avid, and “gives editors the ability to build a dynamic score that follows pictures – either by restructuring existing musical passages, constructing new ones, or by creating a free-time orchestral sound collage”.
Here’s a quote from Gary Gross, Worldwide President of Universal’s production music business: “We are always looking for creative ways to help our clients make their jobs easier, without sacrificing quality, and with the BBC Orchestral Toolkit we really believe we’ve accomplished this again. While there is no substitute for a custom score in your production, the BBC Orchestral Toolkit comes as close as possible to having an orchestra at your fingertips”.
Meanwhile, giving the thumbs up from the BBC’s side, Dominic Walker, Director at BBC Radio & Music added: “The BBC Production Music label features prestigious orchestras, composers and soundtracks from programmes such as ‘Human Planet’, ‘Desperate Romantics’, ‘Rome’, ‘Living Planet’ and many others, allowing users to create productions with big and amazing filmic sound. We are really proud to launch the BBC Orchestral Toolkit and further enhance our service”.