Soundscape Examples

Vladimir Hirsch
http://www.last.fm/music/Vladim%C3%ADr+Hirsch

Hirsch is a composer, instrumentalist and sound alchemist who worked with dark, ambient and classical music. Although his sounds/music is much longer than my 10 second brieft, the sounds give great meaning and emotion throughout, which is what I need to create in mine.



Beach
This soundscape found on Youtube, is much more like the one I have been assinged to create. The soundscape is much shorter and portrays just one word - "Beach". The composer has used associative sounds such as waves crashing and seagulls squaking as well as a light melodic tune using a piano near the end. When not looking at the visuals on the video, it certainly does its job in creating a personal response to the sounds we hear.
 

City
This is another simple soundscape which uses recorded sounds from the city, and merges them together to create a very nice visual of an industrial town/city. I could easily use recorded sounds from the city, rather than me creating sounds using my own instruments, and then edit them on some sound software such as Audacity.

 

Alio Die
http://www.last.fm/music/Alio+Die

Alio Die is a much more electronic and acoustic artist and soundscape producer than the likes of Hirsch above. The pieces he creates a more ambient and minimalistic, with the use of softer sounds rather than orchestral. The use of these sounds give a sense of relaxation and dreaminess, which allows our mind to rest and visualise what these sounds mean.