[Nicolai P. Zwar]

I disagree, it is much more difficult to “re-create” the sound of an orchestral recording with another orchestra than it would be to recreate a synthesizer recording with another synthesizer. Synthesizers are by there very nature more deterministic and predictable in their output, whereas an orchestra his 50 to 100 people, all different, all with unique instruments… no matter how the Vienna Philharmonic plays a piece, no matter who conducts, they will never ever sound like the Berlin Philharmonic or vice versa. Of course, if you record multiple synthesizers “in a room”, it becomes more tricky (because the room is then “analog”), but should still be easier than an orchestra.

Whereas I’ve heard Alan Howarth recreate John Carpenter scores that sound just like the original film score tracks (except when they purposely divert from it, when Howarth embellishes expands on them).