Yes, it’s true. After countless plaudits and awards and years of offering many their first steps on their Spitfire journey, it is time to retire the jewel in the Spitfire crown. Albion was the first in a series of products from Spitfire package together everything needed to create contemporary sounding film music.

Over the years, Albion has made its way into many A-listers hearts as an awesome sketch pad for blockbuster movies, her many curios gracing contemporary award-winning movie soundtracks. She has underscored countless AAA games, and continually ensures that there is rarely an evening in front of the television where her beautifully recorded-to-tape tones won’t grace your airwaves. Not to mention the odd surprise appearance on hit records that have decided to go ‘widescreen’! For these reasons, and many more, we consider Albion to be a modern classic in sample-ware.

When released in 2011 it garnered universal praise as a game changer not only for her quality of sound and tools specially curated by Spitfire’s team of award winning composers & producers, but also for her extraordinary bold price point. It quickly found its way into the palettes and hearts of music makers the world over from award winning power users to students stepping out into their careers as successful media composers.

So it is with heavy hearts and a proud tear in our eye that we must now put her out to pasture. We will naturally continue to support a product we’re truly proud of. This will include any new feature discoveries we may make along the way (Albion was recently upgraded to be hosted by our new BML codebase).

Therefore, this will be your last chance to buy the original Albion, and we hope that offering it to you at the price of £149 (RRP £349 – OR AROUND $230 from $540 IN US DOLLARS!) is a compelling incentive for you to join this adoring club. More importantly, we hope she provides you with many more years of happiness.

Link: http://www.spitfireaudio.com/albion-r-i-p.html

 

Thanks Dingus! Couldn´t embed that video myself

 

It's Peter Jackson last chance to get the right music for next boring "The Lord of the Rings" sequel movie.

 

Please somebody explain it to me, I don't understand. Are they killing the albion brand? Spitfire will never release a newer albion? The will never sell the I II III IV Albions? Sorry for being that stupid but it make no sense to me...

 

I think I got it. it is just the dead of the first Albion right?

 

I don't understand this. They already made it, it's there, it's done. Why remove it ? If people still want it, more money for them. I really don't understand this decision. It literally costs nothing to still have it up.

Maybe it has to do with some sort of copyright they have to renew ? hence its not worth the cost for the 2 copies they'll sell ? I don't know how these things work.

Otherwise it just makes no sense