Album Information

Dive into the Dark features eight well known rock songs re-imagined through an orchestral lens, blending real and virtual instruments from around the world and encapsulating the audience in a full orchestral experience.

Instrumentalist from the U.S., Europe, and South America were hired via musiversal.com

Arranger/Producer: Steven Winiarz

 

Producer: Dawn Winiarz

Mixing/Mastering Engineer: Joël Dollié

 
 

Track Information

Track Title: Big Love

Original Artist: Fleetwood Mac

Instrumentation:

  • Saxophone (Live)

  • String Ensemble (Spitfire Albion One and Spitfire Aperture)

  • Harp (Spitfire Harp)

  • Choir (Dominus Choir Pro)

  • Woodwind Ensemble (Spitfire Albion One)

  • Percussion (Superior Drummer 3, Hans Zimmer Percussion)

  • Glockenspiel (Kontakt Player Native Glockenspiel)

Track Title: The Letter

Original Artist: The Box Tops

Instrumentation:

  • Violin (Live)

  • Piano (Native Instrument’s The Grandeur)

  • String Ensemble (Spitfire’s Albion One)

  • Flute/Oboe/Clarinet/Bass Clarinet/Bassoon/Contrabassoon/Contrabass Clarinet (Aaron Venture’s Infinite Woodwinds)

  • Brass Ensemble (Spitfire’s Albion One)

Track Title: Basket Case

Original Artist: Green Day

Instrumentation:

  • Violin (Live)

  • Flute (Live)

  • Choir (Dominus Choir Pro)

  • String Ensemble (Spitfire Albion One)

  • Celli Pizzicato (Spitfire Albion Neo)

Track Title: Superman’s Dead

Original Artist: Our Lady Peace

Instrumentation:

  • Violin (Live)

  • Piano (Native Instrument’s The Grandeur)

  • Bass (Spitfire Audio’s Albion One)

Track Title: My God Is the Sun

Original Artist: Queens of the Stone Age

Instrumentation:

  • Lead Violin (Live)

  • Lead Cello (Live)

  • Flute (Live)

  • Oboe/Flute/Bass Oboe/English Horn/Clarinet/Bass Clarinet/Bassoon (Aaron Venture’s Infinite Woodwinds)

  • String Ensemble (Spitfire’s Albion One)

  • Celli (BBC Symphony)

  • Brass Ensemble (Spitfire’s Albion One)

  • Trumpet/Horn/Tenor Trombone/Euphonium/Tuba (Aaron Venture’s Infinite Brass)

  • Choir (Dominus Choir Pro)

  • Percussion Hi (Superior Drummer 3)

  • Percussion Lo (Hans Zimmer Percussion and Darwin Percussion Ensemble)

  • Tambourine (BBC Symphony)

Track Title: Separate Ways (Worlds Apart)

Original Artist: Journey

Instrumentation:

  • Violin (Joshua Bell Violin)

  • Flute/Oboe/English Horn/Bass Oboe/Bass Clarinet/Bassoon (Aaron Venture’s Infinite Woodwinds)

  • Piano (Spitfire Originals Firewood Piano Felt + Pad)

  • Harp (Spitfire Audio’s Harp)

  • String Ensemble Pizzicato (Spitfire Albion Neo)

  • String Ensemble (Spitfire Audio’s Albion)

  • Trumpet/Horn/Tenor Trombone/Tuba/Euphonium (Aaron Venture’s Infinite Brass)

  • Bass (Spitfire Audio’s Albion Neo Long Sul Tasto)

  • Percussion (Superior Drummer 3 and Hans Zimmer Percussion)

  • Glockenspiel (Spitfire Ricotti Mallets)

Track Title: Machinehead

Original Artist: Bush

Instrumentation:

  • Lead Violin (Live)

  • Top Line Harmonic Violin (Live)

  • String Ensemble Pizzicato (Spitfire Audio’s Albion One and Neo)

  • String Ensemble Long (Spitfire Audio’s Originals Initimate Strings)

  • Bass (BBC Symphony - Con Lengo and Spiccato, Spitfire Audio’s Originals Intimate Strings)

Track Title: Soma

Original Artist: The Smashing Pumpkins

Instrumentation:

  • Violin (Live)

  • Flute (Live)

  • Clarinet (Live)

  • Harp (Spitfire Audio’s Harp)

  • String Ensemble Pizzicato (Spitfire Audio’s Albion One)

  • String Ensemble (Spitfire Audio’s Albion One)

  • Brass Ensemble (Spitfire Audio’s Albion One)

  • Horn/Tuba (Aaron Venture’s Infinite Brass)

  • Percussion (Superior Drummer 3)