Orchestral leader produces bass violin movement from forgotten state (8)
I believe the answer is:
oblivion
'forgotten state' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'orchestral leader produces bass violin' is the wordplay.
'leader' suggests taking the first letters.
'produces' is an anagram indicator (I've seen 'produced' mean this).
'bass' becomes 'b' (musical abbreviation).
The first letter of 'orchestral' is 'o'.
'b'+'violin'='bviolin'
'bviolin' with letters rearranged gives 'blivion'.
'o'+'blivion'='OBLIVION'
'movement from' is the link.
I am not very happy about this link. Some or all of it may be part of another bit of the clue.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for oblivion that I've seen before include "State of being mentally withdrawn or blank" , "Total forgetfulness -- limbo" , "State of being forgotten or unconscious" , "lack of fame" , "Unconsciousness - nothingness" .)