EastWest walked away from the annual NAMM TEC Award ceremony as a winner again this year. For the third time in five years, the software giant has taken home this prestigious award. Their latest instrument, Hollywood Fantasy Orchestra, received the award for Best Musical Instrument Software, a fiercely contested category with many big brand names competing for the title.
The EastWest team broke out in cheers of joy when the announcer proclaimed EastWest Hollywood Fantasy Orchestra as this year’s winner. Multi-award winning Producers Doug Rogers and Nick Phoenix took the stage to receive the award together with Wolfgang Kundrus, Chief Technology Officer, and Blake Rogers, Chief Marketing Officer. Nick Phoenix thanked everyone in his acceptance speech and said: “It’s been an amazing ride with EastWest, being able to create crazy products.”
From left to right: Wolfgang Kundrus, Nick Phoenix, Doug Rogers
The TEC Award is only the latest gem in Hollywood Fantasy Orchestra’s crown: This innovative and completely different orchestra has amassed many accolades throughout the composer community. Hollywood Fantasy Orchestra bridges the gap between orchestral and world instruments - perfect for the next big fantasy epic or medieval tale. It features unique ensembles of world instruments, mixed with modern octave-doubled orchestral sections. Many of the instruments have been recorded in trios, creating a powerful and beautiful sparkling stereo image that cuts through any mix, all captured in stereo with surround sound options to create Dolby Atmos and other surround sound formats, plus all the features of EastWest’s Opus software.
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