![]() The soundtrack of Descent 1 was composed on a Roland SC-88 (or a sister model), which was the "gold standard" Midi hardware module of the era. ![]() So I don’t know who actually picks the instruments that the orchestra will use. > The primary duties of the conductor are to interpret the score in a way which reflects the specific indications in that score, set the tempo, ensure correct entries by ensemble members, and "shape" the phrasing where appropriate. I don’t know whether it is actually the role of the conductor to pick instruments. Someone who knows about orchestra music and performance correct me if you think what I said was off base. It’s kind of like we get to listen to new interpretations of the music, where the sheet music remains the same but the conductor has told the orchestra to perform it different in terms of instruments used. And with different sound fonts like the original vs the FatBoy sample posted on the site and ITT there was always something fun about the idea that music directors were practically composing symphonies to be played by individual orchestras on each user's machine
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