A studio orchestra is an orchestra that exists only in a recording, movie, or television studio. That is, it does not perform in public concerts or for audiences generally. They are typically run by movie and television studios to produce film and television soundtrack recordings. Nearly all easy listening orchestras are studio orchestras. Some famous easy listening studio orchestras are the 101 Strings, the Living Strings, and the Hollyridge Strings.
Some famous studio orchestras include Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, BBC Symphony Orchestra, and The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra.
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“The studio people want me to do Good-bye Charlie for the movies, but Im not going to do it. I dont like the idea of playing a man in a womans bodyyou know? It just doesnt seem feminine.”
—Marilyn Monroe (19261962)
“As the artist
extends his world with
one gratuitous flourisha stroke of white or
a run on the clarinet above the
bass tones of the orchestra ...”
—Denise Levertov (b. 1923)