Horror Scoring Bundle by Simple Samples Audio

As a composer or sound designer, you know that truly effective horror isn't built on standard orchestral libraries. It lives in the margins: the uncomfortable dissonance, the fragile wood texture, the single string scrape that feels like a razor blade. If you're tired of fighting with stock sounds to create a genuinely unsettling atmosphere, this is your solution.

Simple Samples created the Horror Scoring Bundle for film, TV, and game composers who need authentic, bizarre, and beautiful textures without tedious manipulation. This is not a collection of synth pads; it's a deep-dive into the tortured acoustic soul of seven instruments, captured with the unique, avant-garde playing techniques of world-class session musicians.

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Inside the Bundle: Seven Acoustic Instruments, Completely Transformed

This bundle gives you nearly 2 GB of bespoke, high-quality content, inspired by the chilling sound design of the popular fiction podcast Dark Dice. The collection is built around acoustic instruments being pushed to their breaking point, covering strings, woodwinds, and plucked instruments:

• Horror Harp: A 100-year-old lap harp sampled with bows, metal scrapes, knocks, and wood hits producing brittle, rattling textures you can't find elsewhere.
• Horror Piano: A detuned, battered upright piano sampled with hammers, sticks, felt, and hands for percussive glisses, disturbing phrases, and chaotic hits.
• Horror Dulcimer (ft. Kyle Paxton): Delivering unique effects like Coin Strikes, Chaos Glissandi, Bows, and a deep 'Accordulcimer' pad.
• Horror Violin (ft. Matheus Garcia Souza): Features extreme playing like Spider Tremolos, Bow Pressure, Ricochets, Col Legno, and sudden Chaos Stabs.
• Horror Cello (ft. Andrew Dunn): Create dread with Scratchy Sustains, Spooky Sustains, Bartok and Hammer Pizzicatos, and deep Bends.
• Horror Flute (ft. Kristin Naigus): Provides unsettling sounds like Growls, Stutters, Risers, Double Flutes, and bizarre trills on the Native American Flute.
• Horror Clarinet (ft. Kristin Naigus): Delivers deep, resonant dread using the Bass Clarinet for Squeaks, Spooky Sustains, Tremolos, and extreme wind techniques.

Shape the Terror with Intuitive Controls

Every Kontakt patch across the seven libraries includes a powerful, centralized control panel designed for quick sound sculpting. You don't just get static sounds you get performance-ready instruments:

• Reverse Keyswitch: Instantly flip your playback to create rising tension and unsettling sonic reveals.
• Dynamic Control: Easily map expression to the Mod Wheel for real-time intensity control.
• Sonic Enhancers: Add depth and grit with dedicated knobs for Saturation (for subtle distortion), Chorus (for width), and the spectacular Shimmer reverb (with octave harmonics for an ethereal tail).
• Sculpting Tools: Fine-tune your textures with the Lo Pass Filter and Resonance controls.

This entire bundle requires the Native Instruments Kontakt FULL Version 7.10.7 or higher. It is not compatible with the free Kontakt Player. This limited-time deal gives you all seven full libraries for less than the price of a single one at retail.