Goliath

Name: Goliath
Price: 69 USD
Author: EastWest

by EastWest · Sampler · General-purpose instrument library

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Goliath is a 40 GB General MIDI-compatible collection of 180 EastWest instruments, from drums and guitars to orchestra, choirs, world instruments and synths.

It costs $69 on sale (regular $199) and runs in EastWest's Opus player.

Best for: Acoustic Instruments, Keys & Synths, Drums, Guitars, Bass. Genres: all genres.

Keywords: choir, world instruments, guitar instrument, basses, brass, film & game audio, grand piano, mallets, organ, woodwinds, bass instrument, electric piano, harp, harpsichord, leads, pads, risers & hits, strings, subscription, tonewheel organ.

What it does

Goliath is EastWest's all-in-one library: 180 instruments across most styles in one collection, including everything from its predecessor Colossus. EastWest aims it at media composers, songwriters and producers who want to work "without switching libraries."

Drums and percussion: funk, jazz, rock and EDM kits, congas, taikos, Tibetan bells and ethnic percussion.
Guitars and basses: Telecaster, Les Paul, nylon, jazz, blues, ska, acoustic and distorted guitars, Hawaiian guitar, banjo, electric sitar, mandolin and ukulele; Fender five-string, '72 Rickenbacker, '66 Silvertone, fretless, slap and upright basses.
Keys and mallets: Bösendorfer, Steinway and Fazioli grands, electric pianos, clavinet, B3, Farfisa, Vox and church organs, harpsichord, celeste, marimba, vibraphone, xylophone, accordion and music box.
Brass and orchestra: trumpets, trombones, tubas, flugelhorn and four saxophones; orchestral strings, woodwinds, French horns, timpani, harp and orchestral hits.
Choirs and world: SATB, men's, women's and boys' choirs and solo vocals; bagpipes, didgeridoo, duduk, erhu, koto, sitar, shakuhachi, pan flute and kalimba, plus synth pads, leads and basses.
General MIDI: GM-compatible mapping for playing back standard MIDI files.
Playing and tools: velocity-switched variations, highlighted articulation keyswitches, and the Opus player's 46 mixer effects, individual downloads and MIDI tools.

It runs in EastWest's Opus player or PLAY 6. It is also part of the ComposerCloud+ subscription.

Source: EastWest product page

When to use it

Goliath is a ready-to-play sound set for sketching songs and cues with many instrument types from one place. It is closest to SampleTank 4, which also offers a broad workstation-style sound set; Goliath adds General MIDI mapping and more orchestral, choir and world instruments. Compared with Kontakt 8 or HALion 7, it has only basic editing, so it suits loading a patch and playing rather than building your own instruments. Its sounds date from 2008-era sampling, so dedicated libraries such as Hollywood Orchestra Opus Edition go much deeper in any single area.

Best for: songwriting sketches, demo arrangements and quick film or TV cues that need many instrument types, and playing back General MIDI files.
Genres: any.
Look elsewhere if: you want to edit or build instruments (Kontakt 8 or HALion 7) or need deep, modern orchestral sampling (Hollywood Orchestra Opus Edition).

What producers say

Reviewers praised its size and recording quality at launch; the one recent KVR user review is very negative.

MusicRadar (2008) called it "a monster amount of pro-quality sampled audio" with a well-designed interface, but noted limited editing and minimal delay and reverb controls.
KVR users rate it 1 out of 5 from one review (2025, version 1.0.8), citing background noise in some samples and crashes in Studio One, while praising the interface and some of the pianos.

Where to buy

EastWest: $69 (regular $199)
PluginFox: $69 (regular $149)
AudioDeluxe: $69 (regular $149)

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