What is the techniques used at the beginning of "Victory" by Two Steps From Hell?

Question

Apart from the drums and piano at the beginning of this piece, there is some kind of string arrangement happening. I'm not sure what technique is being used, it is also used in several of their other pieces.

Answer 1

There is nothing unusual happening in the strings, unless you regard staccato as a special technique. String players have a number of different ways of playing staccato but it's normally their choice which one they'll use for a particular phrase.