What instruments are used in the recent "Sherlock Holmes" soundtrack?

Asked by adinaa (253

) January 10th, 2010

I just saw “Sherlock Holmes” (with Robert Downey, Jr. and Jude Law) and loved it. The soundtrack was perfect, beautiful but just dark and demented enough to fit the era.

I know there are strings and piano, but it was another instrument, sometimes used solo, that is stuck in my head. It sounded like a violin combined with a piano—autoharp maybe?

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It’s digitally created.

Flo_Nightengale (1491

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I remember reading that the crew that made the soundtrack went around and bought many old pianos then took them to an empty parking garage and did ‘unmentionable things’ to them.

And yes the soundtrack kicks major booty. I’ll try and find the article about it again for you.

Syger (1389

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It definitely sounded like there was some banjo in there. Not completely sure though.

Baloo72 (702

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It is NOT digitally created. A man named Diego Stocco created an instrument he calls the Experibass and he played it in the Sherlock Holmes soundtrack. Anything that sounds a bit off from your normal stringed instrument is probably that. Youtube experibass and you’ll see it. Amazing instrument with a wide variety of weird sounds.

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