Engineer #8 thought it was a real cello, but he wasn’t sure.” I told them nothing in advance. The first six thought it was from a sampler, not a real cello.

I asked them to listen for whether the cello was real or from a sampler. I surveyed eight audio engineers who work here. I believe the cello sound is from a sampler, not live recorded real cello. The bow sounds are always the same and individual pitches always sound identical. “For the Game Of Thrones intro music question, I used the iTunes version of Season 2, Episode 1 as the test audio and listened carefully. So, what is that sound in the series opening? Scott Levitin, Chief Engineer at Warner Elektra Atlantic Studios in Burbank CA, had this to say: Since my beef with the series concerns only the theme used in the opening credits, the YouTube version is not relevant here). (The television theme, though, is definitely not the same as the HBO “Official” theme found on YouTube that several folks pointed me towards. I will correct this mistake as soon as I return to my NYC studio. The actual theme on the series appears to use a sampler* (or, VST – Virtual Studio Technology), not a MIDI. In my Disgruntled Iggy video, I used the wrong soundtrack – I set it to one that is indeed a MIDI version. Prior to expounding on that, however, I must take a moment to admit that I made a mistake. The scale of the reaction to my recent post was unexpected and very interesting.