The "Roland LA Composer" 4x Sample CD Bundle

The Vintage Roland LA Composer is a collection of sample CDs from the 1990s that were circulated within the music production community particularly among composers and studios and associated with classic Roland sample libraries used on Roland samplers.
“LA Composer” was the name given to a set of 4 CDs originally compiled by Hans Zimmer’s Media Ventures music production group These CDs were not a commercial retail product in the traditional sense, but rather shared among composers and collaborators as part of studio sample resources during the late 1990s.

The set traditionally included the following discs:
Volume 1 – Mixed Sample Sources
A variety of samples drawn from multiple sources, including Roland’s own libraries and other third-party sound collections (e.g., Spectrasonics, Prosonus), curated to serve as a quick-start sample set.
This made it useful for composers prototyping cues and ideas quickly.
Volume 2 – Roland Orchestral Family 2
Essentially a version of Roland’s “Orchestral Family 2” sample collection, containing orchestral instrument samples intended for use on Roland hardware samplers.
Volume 3 – Solo Brass, Woodwind & Turkish Strings
Focused on solo instrumental sounds such as brass, woodwinds, and Turkish string instruments reportedly created specifically by Hans for the 1998 movie Prince of Egypt (all folders marked POE_SC_98) and passed on to two other composers, featuring sample recordings from frequent musicians of Media Ventures. These samples were intended to give easier access to authentic solo-style timbres.
Volume 4 – Hans Zimmer's 1995 Private London Symphony / Air Lyndhurst Recordings
Included sample material derived from the well-known 1995 London Symphony Orchestra/Air Lyndhurst recording sessions that Hans Zimmer used during the Crimson Tide project.
These orchestral multisamples became widely used among composers, often without authorisation
These discs were widely exchanged and used within the film and media composition community, even if they weren’t sold commercially like typical sample libraries. Some of these Roland sample CDs exist today as preserved disk images (e.g., ISO files labeled “Roland – LA Composer vol. 1–4” in vintage sample collections).
These sample CDs were usually in mixed formats, some AKAI, some Roland, and some EMU. While unconventional as an official product, they became well-known and widely used among film composers, sample pack collectors, and production studios due to their breadth and quality of sounds especially given Hans Zimmer’s involvement in their curation.
Many of the samples originated from multi-source libraries (Roland, Spectrasonics, Prosonus) and were organized to suit orchestral and cinematic composition workflows.

Roland LA Composer:

• A collection of 4 sample CDs from the 1990s.
• Originally compiled and shared by Hans Zimmer’s Media Ventures group, including their own private, well-guarded original samples. • Was indeed a bootleg product which saw heavy use in the LA scoring scene.
• Included mixed samples, orchestral families, solo instruments, and elite orchestral session recordings.
• Used primarily with Roland samplers and production workflows of that era.