I had "heard" dark deep horns a lot--as some of you may know, part of my "process" has been compose and arrange then mixdown, then listen to heaar what is missing, missing elements appear as "ghost sounds" in my mind -- as I originally worked on Oceans, this mix adds that voice and more...
Tips and Tricks: The opening "pad" that is alongisde the piano is using the fruity Convoluter with "piano pedal down" to hol;d the sustain pedal on the piano voice to to allow the tones to "stack" . The effect is varied over time using the automation controls. The later padlike background is using the new Image-line plug in; Luxiverb (think, phaser, chourus, convoluter crossed together)