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Masterpieces

This series of masterpieces was created by a true master of virtual orchestration, Jay Bacal. He uses our Synchron and Studio libraries for the most beautiful compositions in film history.

Jay Bacal smiling with arms raised high, standing in front of a large Ferris wheel, illustrating his multifaceted career and passions.

Director: Dean DeBlois
Starring: Jay Baruchel, Cate Blanchett
(2014)

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Toothless the black dragon from How to Train Your Dragon, with vibrant green eyes and a Masterpiece banner in the upper left corner.

Featured Library: Synchron Duality Strings

Black and white portrait of composer Alexandre Desplat with text Alexandre Desplat Harry Potter & the Deathly Hallows I.

Director: David Yates
Starring: Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson
(2010)

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Bill Weasley, Fleur Delacour, and Arthur Weasley from Harry Potter, with Hagrid in the background, in the Chamber of Secrets.

Featured Library: Synchron Percussion Bundle

Directors: Pete Docter, Bob Peterson
Starring: Edward Asner, Jordan Nagai
(2009)

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Up movie characters Carl, Russell, and Dug soaring in the sky with a Masterpiece banner.

Featured Libraries: Jay mostly used Studio Libraries and Vienna MIR Pro 3D for the solo instruments and SYNCHRON Libraries for the percussion as well as Synchron Elite Strings.

Joe Hisaishi, composer for Howl's Moving Castle. Black and white photo of a bald East Asian man looking forward, text overlay.

Director: Hayao Miyazaki
Starring: Chieko Baishô, Takuya Kimura
(2004)

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Howl's Moving Castle anime masterpiece, a fantastical steampunk castle with houses, pipes, and wings on mechanical legs, hovering over a green valley with a shepherd, sheep, and small cottages, with majestic, snow-capped mountains and clouds in the background.

Featured Libraries: Synchron Duality Strings and Synchron Percussion

Black and white portrait of composer Hans Zimmer with text Hans Zimmer, Pirates of the Caribbean

Director: Gore Verbinski
Starring: Johnny Depp, Geoffrey Rush, Orlando Bloom
(2003)

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Jack Sparrow holding Elizabeth Swann with a metal chain from Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, featuring Jack's pirate attire and Elizabeth's wet hair and dress, suggesting a scene on a ship or near water.

Featured Libraries: Studio Solo Cello, Synchron Percussion and Synchron Duality Strings

Director: Hayao Miyazaki
Starring (voices): Daveigh Chase, Suzanne Pleshette, Miyu Irino
(2001)

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Spirited Away movie poster featuring main character Chihiro and Haku in his dragon form. A black diagonal banner across the top left corner says Masterpiece. The title SPIRITED AWAY is prominently displayed at the bottom of the image.

Featured Library: Synchron Yamaha CFX

Jay also uses Studio Appassionata Strings, Studio Chamber Strings and Studio Solo Strings (sordino) in the first third of the piece. Furthermore, he also includes Synchron Strings Pro, Synchron Elite Strings, Synchron Brass, Synchron Woodwinds, Synchron Percussion and Synchron Harp.

Black and white portrait of Harry Gregson-Williams, composer for the Shrek movie.

Directors: Andrew Adamson, Vicky Jenson
Starring: Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy, Cameron Diaz
(2001)

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Princess Fiona and Shrek holding hands in a field, with a Masterpiece banner on the top left corner, Shrek the Third movie scene.

Featured Library: Synchron Woodwinds

Black and white photo of Jerry Goldsmith, the composer of The Mummy (1999), wearing glasses and holding a conductor's baton.

Director: Stephen Sommers
Starring: Brendan Fraser, Rachel Weisz
(1999)

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Still from The Mummy (1999) featuring a terrifying, decaying mummy monster facing a terrified Evie Carnahan and Rick O'Connell, who screams in terror, holding a shotgun.

Featured Library: Synchron Duality Strings

Black and white close-up of film composer James Horner, known for The Mask of Zorro film score.

Director: Martin Campbell
Starring: Antonio Banderas, Catherine Zeta-Jones
(1998)

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Antonio Banderas as Zorro, masked and in black attire, wielding a sword, with a Masterpiece banner.

Featured Library: Synchron Duality Strings

Black and white portrait of composer Jerry Goldsmith, with text overlay Jerry Goldsmith Mulan. He is an older man with white hair, wearing glasses, holding a conductor's baton, and smiling slightly.

Directors: Tony Bancroft, Barry Cook
Starring: Ming-Na Wen, Eddie Murphy, BD Wong
(1998)

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Featured Libraries: Synchron Woodwinds and Synchron Brass

Director: Robert Zemeckis
Starring: Jodie Foster, Matthew McConaughey
(1997)

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Jodie Foster as Dr. Ellie Arroway from the movie Contact, wearing a headset and pilot suit with a US flag patch, in a command chair, looking intently forward. The top left corner features a black ribbon with the white text Masterpiece.

Featured Library: Synchron Duality Strings (sordino)

Black and white portrait of James Horner, the composer for the 1995 film Apollo 13.

Director: Ron Howard
Starring: Tom Hanks, Bill Paxton, Kevin Bacon
(1995)

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Promotional poster for the movie Apollo 13 featuring actors Tom Hanks, Bill Paxton, and Kevin Bacon in astronaut suits, with a moon and spacecraft in the background.

Featured Library: Synchron Brass

Jay also uses Synchron Elite Strings, Synchron Percussion I, Synchron Percussion III, Synchron Woodwinds, Synchron Blüthner 1895, Studio Woodwinds and Studio Special Edition Volume 1

Director: Kevin Reynolds
Starring: Kevin Costner, Jeanne Tripplehorn
(1995)

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Kevin Costner as the Mariner from Waterworld, with a sunset over the ocean and a Masterpiece banner.

Featured Library: Synchron Strings Bundle

Director: Robert Zemeckis
Starring: Tom Hanks, Robin Wright, Gary Sinise
(1994)

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Tom Hanks as Forrest Gump sitting on a park bench, holding a box of chocolates, with a suitcase beside him.

Featured Library: Synchron Duality Strings

Jay also uses the Synchron Fazioli F308 for both piano parts.

Director: Frank Darabont
Starring: Tim Robbins, Morgan Freeman
(1994)

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Image ©Simon Fernandez

Tim Robbins and Morgan Freeman portraying Andy Dufresne and Red Redding in The Shawshank Redemption, a masterpice film about hope and friendship in prison.

Featured Library: Synchron Duality Strings (regular)

Black and white portrait of composer James Horner, a man with curly hair and a beard, in front of a dark background with text overlay James Horner Legends of the Fall.

Director: Edward Zwick
Starring: Brad Pitt, Anthony Hopkins, Aidan Quinn
(1994)

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Movie poster featuring three men with blue eyes, two looking left, one looking right, with a diagonal dark blue banner across the upper left corner displaying the white text Masterpiece.

Featured Libraries: Synchron Woodwinds and Synchron World Winds

Black and white portrait of Danny Elfman, the composer for Tim Burton's 1992 Batman movie, smiling and wearing glasses.

Director: Tim Burton
Starring: Michael Keaton, Michelle Pfeiffer
(1992)

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Featured Libraries: Synchron Series
This piece has a very dense orchestration, requiring over 100 instrument instances!

Black and white portrait of composer Trevor Jones, smiling and wearing glasses, promoting his work Last of the Mohicans.

Director: Michael Mann
Starring: Daniel Day-Lewis, Madeleine Stowe
(1992)

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Viggo Mortensen as Hawkeye running through a forest battlefield, holding a rifle, with British soldiers in red coats and Native Americans engaged in combat, from the movie The Last of the Mohicans, indicated as a masterpiece

Featured Libraries: Synchron Strings, Synchron Brass, Synchron Percussion

Black and white photo of Alan Menken, composer for Beauty and the Beast, wearing glasses and looking directly at the viewer.

Directors: Gary Trousdale, Kirk Wise
Starring: Paige O'Hara, Robby Benson
(1991)

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Beauty and the Beast movie poster showing Belle in a yellow ballgown looking up at the Beast in a blue suit, text Masterpiece and Beauty and the Beast overlaid on the image.

Featured Libraries: Synchron Brass and Synchron Strings Bundle

Black and white close-up of composer John Williams looking forward, with text overlay John Williams Flight To Neverland.

Director: Steven Spielberg
Starring: Dustin Hoffman, Robin Williams,
Julia Roberts
(1991)

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Movie poster for Hook (1991) featuring Robin Williams as Peter Pan, Dustin Hoffman as Captain Hook, Julia Roberts as Tinker Bell, and other characters, with a Masterpiece banner in the top left corner.

Featured Library: Synchron Elite Strings

Jay also uses Synchron Brass, Synchron Woodwinds, Synchron Harp, Synchron Percussion, Synchron Blüthner 1895 and Studio Solo Strings

Black and white portrait of Michael Kamen, the composer for the 1991 film Robin Hood Prince of Thieves, with text overlay.

Director: Kevin Reynolds
Starring: Kevin Costner, Morgan Freeman, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio
(1991)

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Kurt Russell as Snake Plissken aiming a bow and arrow with a flaming tip, a masterpiece movie poster.

Featured Library: Synchron Brass

Jay also uses Synchron Strings Pro, Synchron Elite Strings, Synchron Woodwinds, Synchron Percussion, Synchron Harp, Studio Solo Strings, Studio Woodwinds, Studio Dimension Brass II and Studio Special Edition Volume 3

Black and white portrait of Danny Elfman, the composer of Edward Scissorhands, wearing glasses and smiling.

Director: Tim Burton
Starring: Johnny Depp, Winona Ryder
(1990)

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Edward Scissorhands attempting to eat a pea with his scissor hands, a classic movie scene with a Masterpiece banner.

Featured Library: Vienna Boys Choir

Director: Edward Zwick
Starring: Matthew Broderick, Denzel Washington
(1989)

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Masterpiece movie still from Glory depicting a climactic Civil War battle scene with Union soldiers, including African American troops, charging with intense expressions, an American flag, and a soldier firing a pistol.

Featured Library: Synchron Duality Strings (regular)

Black and white portrait of composer Alan Silvestri, known for Back to the Future.

Director: Robert Zemeckis
Starring: Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Lea Thompson
(1985)

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Movie poster for Back to the Future, featuring Marty McFly checking his watch next to a flaming DeLorean, with Masterpiece overlay.

Featured Library: Synchron Brass

Jay also uses Synchron libraries exclusively (with the one exception of a Studio Solo Violin layered over the first violins).