LONDON – The 2026 edition of the annual musical face-off between compositions by Hans Zimmer and John Williams returned to London’s Royal Albert Hall on July 12. The London Concert Orchestra, augmented with expanded sections for brass and percussion, this year featured a spatial twist with the help of a 64-channel TiMax SoundHub setup. More details from TiMax (www.timaxspatial.com):The Music of Zimmer vs Williams show at the Royal Albert Hall is the flagship date in the show’s annual program of events. Mixed by FOH engineer Phil Wright from its inception, this year he added a spatial twist with the help of a 64-channel TiMax SoundHub – bringing the “beyond stereo” thinking he’d seen succeed on festival sites and other events. Used solely for this concert, TiMax SoundHub segued simply into the audio set-up, driving each component of the Hall’s PA individually.