Spire Halcyon is a collection of 120 presets and 30 bonus drum sounds for Reveal Sound’s Spire that takes you back to a time when electronic dance music and film scoring collided.
Inspired by the distinctive sound of late 90s and early 00s action, thriller and crime soundtracks, it captures the era when an explosive fusion of trance, techno, big beat and progressive electronic music found their way into blockbuster cinema, creating a sound that was simultaneously cutting edge, emotional and relentlessly energetic.
From punchy synth leads, driving basslines and acid-infused sequences to cinematic pads, rhythmic pulses, and propulsive arpeggios, Halcyon delivers the unmistakable character of turn-of-the-millennium electronic film music. These are sounds built for high-speed chases, covert operations, and adrenaline-fuelled suspense.
Think BT‘s The Fast & The Furious, Trevor Rabin‘s Gone In 60 Seconds, the early action work of Harry Gregson-Williams (Spy Game, Deja Vu), John Powell‘s earlier Bourne scores and also composers such as Mark Isham, Marco Beltrami and Graeme Revell. Think the classic Euro Noir of Run Lola Run, and Europacorp’s The Transporter, Kiss of the Dragon and Taxi. And don’t forget artists like Sasha, Underworld, Orbital and Paul Van Dyk.
Designed specifically for Spire’s unmistakable tone, Halcyon embraces the synth’s roots in trance and electronic dance music while exploring the cinematic side of its personality. The result is a versatile toolkit equally suited to film scoring, game audio, electronic music and modern hybrid soundtrack productions of all kinds.
Spire Halcyon is available for £19.99 +VAT and is released as part of The Unfinished New Synth Summer.
